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Grant Hosford - Tablets, Tablets Everywhere! But Do They Help Kids Think?

Tablet adoption has skyrocketed and there has been a push to create meaningful content for these devices. However, so far the results have been mixed with only few stand out companies creating fun, engaging apps that actually teach something while many, many others create mediocre or even inappropriate content. So, should we be concerned? Yes, and no. And are more good things coming? Yes!

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Grant Hosford - Tablets, Tablets Everywhere! But Do They Help Kids Think?

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  1. TABLETS, TABLETS, EVERYWHERE! BUT DO THEY HELP KIDS THINK? GRANT HOSFORD GRANT HOSFORD CEO & CO CEO & CO- -FOUNDER FOUNDER

  2. THE TABLET GENERATION 2 CONFIDENTIAL

  3. MY BACKGROUND A Builder Son & Brother of Educators A Dad 3 CONFIDENTIAL

  4. 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 4 CONFIDENTIAL

  5. NOISE… Tablet pain points: • Expensive • Wi-Fi management • Clunky for creation • Political hot potato • Sensationalism 5 CONFIDENTIAL

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  7. BACK TO THE FUTURE - 1983 “The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention...” “We want to put a great computer in a book that you can carry around with you…” - Seymour Papert - Steve Jobs 7 CONFIDENTIAL

  8. THE POWER OF TOUCH 8 CONFIDENTIAL

  9. FEARLESS EXPLORATION More 3 year olds can use an app than can tie their shoes! 9 CONFIDENTIAL

  10. CONVENIENCE & … vs 10 CONFIDENTIAL

  11. … COST $800 $700 $600 $500 Implementaion Cost per Student Cost Saving Per Student per Year $400 $300 $200 $100 $- 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 11 CONFIDENTIAL

  12. OTHER IMPORTANT BENEFITS 1. Immediate 2. Adaptive 3. Immersive 4. Global 12 CONFIDENTIAL

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  14. COMPUTING IS EVOLVING… Then… Soon… 14 CONFIDENTIAL

  15. AND TOMORROW’S JOBS… 15 CONFIDENTIAL

  16. OUR STORY IN 4 SLIDES OUR STORY IN 4 SLIDES

  17. THE MISSION codeSpark will ignite curiosity about computer science and democratize the study of it. 17 CONFIDENTIAL

  18. WHY THE TABLET? When given appropriate tools, young children can actively engage in computer programming. - Marina Bers, Ph.D – Tufts University Professor, Child Development Kids as young as 5 can understand sophisticated concepts if you get the mouse, keyboard and syntax out of the way. - Anonymous Entrepreneur 18 CONFIDENTIAL

  19. INSPIRATION Structured Goals Sandbox Play 19 CONFIDENTIAL

  20. SOLUTION A “pick up and play” app for kids 5 to 8 Structure + Sandbox 20 CONFIDENTIAL

  21. A 1: A 1:1 TABLET 1 TABLET CLASSROOM CLASSROOM Alyssa Tormala English Teacher St. Mary's Academy Portland, Oregon

  22. 22 CONFIDENTIAL

  23. EPIPHANY #1 Students 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.” 23 CONFIDENTIAL

  24. EPIPHANY #2 Organization 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. 24 CONFIDENTIAL

  25. EPIPHANY #3 Assessments Can Be Both Fun and Effective Students came in buzzing on quiz days and I could immediately assess and correct student understanding as needed! 25 CONFIDENTIAL

  26. EPIPHANY #4 Digital 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!” 26 CONFIDENTIAL

  27. 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 27 CONFIDENTIAL

  28. THANK YOU! Email: grant@codespark.org Twitter: codesparkceo 28 CONFIDENTIAL

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