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Apps for Good CAS 2011

Apps for Good CAS 2011. Apps: a fast growing market. Worldwide Mobile Data Usage Forecast, by Region. Job opportunities Money to be made Room for ideas. Since 2003, there has been a 60% drop in students taking Computing at A-Level. 80%-95% new products fail. 60%-80% new businesses fail.

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Apps for Good CAS 2011

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  1. Apps for GoodCAS 2011

  2. Apps: a fast growing market Worldwide Mobile Data Usage Forecast, by Region Job opportunities Money to be made Room for ideas

  3. Since 2003, there has been a 60% drop in students taking Computing at A-Level • 80%-95% • new products fail 60%-80% new businesses fail Only 9% of Computing A-Level students in 2010 were female

  4. Why?

  5. What is the outcome? 6 * 7 = ?

  6. How do you pronounce this word? • cacophony

  7. Who is this man?

  8. How do you solve this?

  9. Recognise standard problem Use standardised tool

  10. Apps for Good-What’s the difference? • Learning to ask the right questions • Learning to define a problem before • devising an appropriate solution • Offering genuine choice; bottoms-up approach • Opportunity to“fail” as well as to succeed • Giving opportunities to create (not just use) • Grounding it all in “the real world”

  11. A practical apps course 1: Problem definition 5: Build & test 2: Market research 4: Product design 3: Solution design

  12. Grounding it in the real world-Our Expert Community Students pitch their apps to our expert community and benefit from their advice

  13. Examples of student apps Transit • Buzzer • Buddiezzz Stop & Search

  14. Benefits for students Becoming creators and more savvy users of technology Confidence & aspirations Cutting-edge technology Soft skills Real world situations Work with professionals

  15. Three tiers of partners Content-use only (Launched Sep ‘11) Affiliate partners Now prototyping, some places available, main launch Sep ‘11 • Certified partners • subsidised • non-subsidised

  16. Growing network of schools • 3 Training hubs (+1 potential hub in SW) • 33 Certified Partner Schools • 10 Affiliate Partners • Content-only partnerships launches when learning platform goes live in September • Over 1500 students reached from Sept 2011

  17. Learning Platform Available from September

  18. Next steps • Sign up to newsletter for updates on website • Access learning content from September • Use selected materials with classes • Attend dragon’s dens for ideas • Learn from/use best practice from certified/affiliate partners • Indicate interest • Join as affiliate and access training, materials and community • Run group as school level • Share/use best practice from other schools • Apply for certified status as appropriate • Certified partnerships now oversubscribed • To join waiting list, indicate interest and join as affiliate • Content-only • Affiliate • Certified-- • NOW FULL

  19. Debbie.Forster@cdieurope.euhttp://cdieurope.eu/get-involved/newsletter/www.appsforgood.orgTwitter @appsforgoodcdi#appsforgood

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