GRANT HOSFORDCEO & CO-FOUNDER
TABLETS, TABLETS,EVERYWHERE!
BUT DO THEY HELP KIDS THINK?
CONFIDENTIAL2
THE TABLET GENERATION
CONFIDENTIAL3
MY BACKGROUND
Son & Brother of Educators
A Builder
A Dad
CONFIDENTIAL4
MY MESSAGE• 75% of schools will have 1:1 tablet
programs in 3 years.• Tablets are a bridge to the future• Best practices are already emerging
CONFIDENTIAL5
NOISE…Tablet pain points:• Expensive• Wi-Fi management• Clunky for creation• Political hot potato• Sensationalism
CONFIDENTIAL6
CONFIDENTIAL7
BACK TO THE FUTURE - 1983
“We want to put a great computer in a book that you can carry around with you…”
- Steve Jobs
“The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention...”
- Seymour Papert
CONFIDENTIAL9
FEARLESS EXPLORATIONMore 3 year olds can use an app than can tie their shoes!
CONFIDENTIAL10
CONVENIENCE & …
vs
CONFIDENTIAL11
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 $-
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
Implementaion Cost per StudentCost Saving Per Student per Year
… COST
CONFIDENTIAL12
OTHER IMPORTANT BENEFITS1. Immediate 2. Adaptive3. Immersive4. Global
CONFIDENTIAL13
CONFIDENTIAL14
COMPUTING IS EVOLVING…Then… Soon…
CONFIDENTIAL15
AND TOMORROW’S JOBS…
OUR STORY IN 4 SLIDES
CONFIDENTIAL17
THE MISSIONcodeSpark will ignite curiosity about computer science and democratize the study of it.
CONFIDENTIAL18
WHY THE TABLET?
When given appropriate tools, young children can actively engage in computer programming.
- Marina Bers, Ph.D – Tufts University
Professor, Child DevelopmentKids as young as 5 can understand sophisticated concepts if you get the mouse, keyboard and syntax out of the way.
- Anonymous Entrepreneur
CONFIDENTIAL19
Sandbox PlayStructured Goals
INSPIRATION
CONFIDENTIAL20
SOLUTIONA “pick up and play” app for kids 5 to 8
Structure + Sandbox
Alyssa Tormala
A 1:1 TABLET CLASSROOM
English Teacher St. Mary's AcademyPortland, Oregon
CONFIDENTIAL22
CONFIDENTIAL23
EPIPHANY #1Students Should Be Partners in Action Research
“My students became far more confident as learners, self-advocates, and problem solvers than I had seen the previous year.”
CONFIDENTIAL24
EPIPHANY #2Organization Is Inherently Tied to Learning
My students said that their learning improved because everything they needed was on their tablets, so they stayed more organized.
CONFIDENTIAL25
EPIPHANY #3Assessments Can Be Both Fun and Effective
Students came in buzzing on quiz days and I could immediately assess and correct student understanding as needed!
CONFIDENTIAL26
EPIPHANY #4Digital Tools Can Improve the Writing Process and Final Product
“Going paperless allowed me to add extra rounds of drafting, peer review, and revision for students
I was also thrilled to discover that their final essays were of higher quality!”
CONFIDENTIAL27
1:1 IS COMING BECAUSE IT WORKS!Kindergartner students using tablets scored much higher on literacy tests than students that didn’t use the device. Source: TUAW
Tablet equipped medical students scored 23 percent higher on national exams than previous unequipped classes. Source: MobiHealthNews & UCI
Students using tablets saw their math test scores increase 20% in one year compared to students using traditional textbooks. Source: CNN Tech & Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
