We open-sourced a fantasy story.
We open-sourced The Nestomir, and educational fantasy story, and the whole world can contribute.
The goal of The Nestomirâ„¢ open-source effort is to create a timeless educational tale for the next generation of learners, together. A tale that will forever instill a fearless growth mindset into the hearts and minds of young learners around the world (and also open up their imaginations to the power of learning STEM).
Participate in a Few Quick Steps
The easiest way to participate is by submitting a Learning Tip to the book. It will be printed in the paperback and featured in the native app/e-book.
Click the pencil icon on the top right of the GitHub file to make an edit
Save your edit (scroll to the bottom of the page)
The Nestomir™ team will review your submission, and if it looks good, we’ll merge it into the story!
*Make sure to sign up for a free GitHub account to make your contribution
About the book
Jake Addison, a 12-year-old boy, from Grapefield, Wisconsin, is plagued with academic struggles, social challenges, and issues at home. His life changes forever, when, after getting into a fight in school, he decides to abandon class early. An accidental wrong turn tumbles him into the midst of a war based in a galaxy millions of light years away whose culture worships a mysterious force, The Utma, which is believed to guide how all beings learn, love, and create. 9 computer science lessons are organically woven through out the story. See the story outline here on GitHub.
*The entire book is open-source–contribute, edit, share your ideas. If your contributions are excepted, they will be printed in the next version and you will be profiled/featured!
Lessons Embedded in The Tale
Quick Demonstration of Python (Ch. 2)
What is Code? (Ch. 5)
A Variable in Action (Ch. 6)
Control Flow in Python (Ch. 7)
The Open Source Ecosystem (Ch. 9)
The Essence of Data (Ch. 10)
Problem vs. Solution (Ch. 12)
The Function (Ch. 12)
The Jupyter Notebook (Ch. 13)
The Internet Stack (Ch. 15)
*As the book is now open-source, we’d love your edits, contributions, thoughts, and ideas on how to make these lessons better. Even add your own lesson to the story!
Community
Chime in on our Discord server to chat with others in our community
Check out our website to learn more about the story behind the book and to also view special project rewards that go along with contributing to the story (and app)
The Wiki on GitHub is constantly being updated and anyone can add to it
The Social Reading Movement
It’s not just the story! We have also open sourced our mobile application and if you’re a developer, we’d love to have you contribute to creating the most incredible, social, e-reading experience ever! Let’s make reading really, really fun again!
Our goal with the open-source e-reader is to make reading more fun for learners around the world. And you can help us build it!!!
Links to the repositories
— The Nestomir™ team