grant hosford - tablets, tablets everywhere! but do they help kids think?

GRANT HOSFORDCEO & CO-FOUNDER

TABLETS, TABLETS,EVERYWHERE!

BUT DO THEY HELP KIDS THINK?

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THE TABLET GENERATION

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MY BACKGROUND

Son & Brother of Educators

A Builder

A Dad

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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

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

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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

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THE POWER OF TOUCH

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FEARLESS EXPLORATIONMore 3 year olds can use an app than can tie their shoes!

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CONVENIENCE & …

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OTHER IMPORTANT BENEFITS1. Immediate 2. Adaptive3. Immersive4. Global

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COMPUTING IS EVOLVING…Then… Soon…

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AND TOMORROW’S JOBS…

OUR STORY IN 4 SLIDES

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THE MISSIONcodeSpark will ignite curiosity about computer science and democratize the study of it.

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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

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Sandbox PlayStructured Goals

INSPIRATION

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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

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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.”

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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.

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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!

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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!”

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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

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THANK YOU!

Email: grant@codespark.orgTwitter: codesparkceo