Disruption in the market

1. Techie becomes
Teacher
Brett Somers
MIT-Stanford VLAB
EdTech Team
bsomers3@gmail.com
415-568-6819
Twitter: @somers_brett

2. Tools
2.Real-time adaptive learning
tools
3.Student individual/group
productivity
K-12 Teachers Need

3. Need Common Core Tracking Tools
• Teacher Challenge:
Too many students
To much data
No time to track progress

4. • Developer Opportunity:
Collect data from all computing actions
send this data to a central repository
report this data to a teacher
dashboard
Need Common Core Tracking Tools

5. Need Real-Time Adaptive Learning Tools
Teacher Challenge:
Not 35 of Mr. Somers
Santa size bag of realia
10 seconds to chaos

6. • Developer Opportunity:
Use CC tracking data to reteach
Students work at their pace (home ext.)
New trust in Games that teach
Curriculum
Need Real-Time Adaptive Learning Tools

7. Need Student Indiv/Group Productivity
Teacher Challenge:
Terrible two’s all over again
Bully = Cool : Smart= tool
Leader without a team

8. • Developer Opportunity:
Relevant Virtual with a “real” feel
Collaborative with clear team roles
Rebrand smart as cool, bully the fool
Need Student Indiv/Group Productivity

9. Teacher back to Techie
To disrupt Ed
... In a good way that is. No bullies
allowed.
Brett Somers
MIT-Stanford VLAB
EdTech Team
bsomers3@gmail.com
415-568-6819
Twitter: @somers_brett

10. Teacher back to Techie
To disrupt Ed
... In a good way that is. No bullies
allowed.
Brett Somers
MIT-Stanford VLAB
EdTech Team
bsomers3@gmail.com
415-568-6819
Twitter: @somers_brett