Prepd's debate technology has been rebuilt and reimagined. At NSDA Nationals 2016, Prepd unveiled Generation 3 - the latest and greatest version of its technology - during a coaches clinic held on June 12. This is the slide that Prepd's founder, Ian Panchèvre, presented to coaches and students. Learn more about Generation 3 by visiting www.prepd.in and by reading the following blog post: https://prepd.in/introducing-prepd-generation-3/

1. Debate Technology
For Prepared Debate Squads
Generation 3
Presented by Ian Panchèvre
June
12th
from
1:00
PM
–
2:00
PM
Salt
Palace
Conven9on
Center,
Mee9ng
Room
151
E-­‐F
NSDA
Na9onals
2016
–
Salt
Lake
City,
UT

2. Agenda
History: Generation 1
History: Generation 2
Insights and Inspiration
Generation 3 Unveil
Library Demo
Timeline and Roadmap
Success Stories (from next school year)
Open Discussion
Generation 1

3. Generation 1
August 2013 – May 2014
Generation 1

4. Prepd
launched
in
August,
2013
Prepd
is
an
applica9on
that
helps
Extempers
research,
prac9ce,
and
compete
Generation 1

5. Quickly
file
web
ar9cles
for
Extemp
(e.g.,
Ar9cle
Catcher)
Generation 1

6. Increase
produc9vity
while
prepping
in
draw
(e.g.,
Round
Manager)
Generation 1

7. Total
filing
ac9vity
through
year
1
136
Premium
Teams
|
2,400
Students
|
390,000
Ar9cles
Generation 1
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
Aug,
2013
Sep,
2013
Oct,
2013
Nov,
2013
Dec,
2013
Jan,
2014
Feb,
2014
Mar,
2014
Apr,
2014
May,
2014
Jun,
2014
Aug,
2013
Sep,
2013
Oct,
2013
Nov,
2013
Dec,
2013
Jan,
2014
Feb,
2014
Mar,
2014
Apr,
2014
May,
2014
Jun,
2014

8. Generation 2
Generation 2
May 2014 – July 2016

9. Prepd
is
a
family
of
apps
that
helps
debaters
research,
prac9ce,
and
compete.
For
coaches,
Prepd
makes
it
easy
to
manage
and
monitor
their
team.
Generation 2

10. Extemp
launched
in
May,
2014
Complete
technology
rebuild
to
improve
performance,
interface,
and
usability
Generation 2

11. Total
filing
ac9vity
through
year
2
265
Premium
Teams
|
6,744
Students
|
1,200,000
Ar9cles
Generation 2
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
140000
Aug,
2013
Sep,
2013
Oct,
2013
Nov,
2013
Dec,
2013
Jan,
2014
Feb,
2014
Mar,
2014
Apr,
2014
May,
2014
Jun,
2014
Jul,
2014
Aug,
2014
Sep,
2014

12. Congress
launched
in
May,
2015
New
app
to
help
Congressional
Debaters
research,
prac9ce,
and
compete
Generation 2

13. Dashboard
launched
in
August,
2015
New
app
to
help
coaches
manage
and
monitor
their
team
Generation 2

14. Total
filing
ac9vity
through
year
3
417
Premium
Teams
|
13,143
Students
|
2,400,000
Ar9cles
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
140000
160000
180000
200000
Generation 2

15.
New
Premium
Teams
joining
Prepd
each
month
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Generation 2

16.
Heat
map
displaying
concentra9on
of
Prepd
Teams
(yellow
=
most
dense)
Generation 2
Top 5 States:
- Texas (34%)
- California (5%)
- American Samoa (4%)
- Kansas (4%)
- Oklahoma (4%)

17.
Most
popular
news
publica9ons
(n
=
2.4
million)
16%
10%
9%
8%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
New
York
Times
(15.9%)
BBC
(10.3%)
CNN
(9%)
The
Washington
Post
(7.6%)
Reuters
(7.6%)
The
Guardian
(7.2%)
The
Economists
(6,5%)
Chris9an
Science
Monitor
(5.5%)
The
Wall
Street
Journal
(3.8%)
Huffington
Post
(3.2%)
Al
Jazeera
America
(2.8%)
Poli9co
(2.8%)
Bloomberg
(2.7%)
NPR
(2.6%)
Fox
News
(2.5%)
Brookings
Ins9tu9on
(2.4%)
TIME
(2.2%)
USA
Today
(1.9%)
ABC
News
(1.9%)
Generation 2

18. Insights and Inspiration
Insights and Inspiration
Gen 2 à Gen 3

19. 1) Many
teams
use
Extemp
to
save
and
organize
research
files
for
other
debate
events
(some
students
use
Prepd
for
personal
research,
too).
2) Some
teams
are
reluctant
to
switch
to
Prepd
because
they
don’t
want
to
manage
mul9ple
technologies.
Insight 1:
Debate teams need a comprehensive evidence
management technology
Insights and Inspiration

20. 1) Coaches
are
educators
and
many
debaters
are
high-­‐achieving
students.
Both
user
groups
feel
strongly
about
the
educa9onal
value
of
debate.
2) Some
people
don’t
understand
how
Prepd
differs
from
Dropbox
and
Evernote.
Prepd
sounds
like
“just
another
file
sharing
app.”
Insight 2:
Prepd needs to embrace its unique potential
as an education technology
Insights and Inspiration

21. Most
common
improvements
and
feature
requests:
• Improved
PDF
file
management
• Advanced
search
and
filtering
• Accessibility
on
smartphones
• User
roles
and
permissions
• Faster
loading
speed
• File
backup
op9ons
for
offline
emergencies
Insight 3:
Prepd still has work to do, improving usability and
addressing product gaps
Insights and Inspiration

22. Prepd
shins
from
a
collec9on
of
apps
to
a
technology
plaoorm,
offering
a
debate-­‐agnos9c
app
as
the
plaoorm
base
that
other
apps
“run
on
top
of.”
Inspiration 1:
Generation 3 as a technology platform
Insights and Inspiration
GEN
02
GEN
03

23. Prepd
evolves
into
an
educa9on
technology,
so
students
can
learn
more
while
they
research
and
teachers
are
efficient
and
empowered.
Insights and Inspiration
Inspiration 2:
Generation 3 as an education technology
GEN
02
GEN
03

24. Inspiration 3:
Generation 3 as a high-performing technology
Prepd
closes
product
gaps
and
drama9cally
improves
performance
and
usability
by
rebuilding
with
advanced
web
technologies.
Insights and Inspiration
GEN
02
GEN
03

25. Insights and Inspiration
Generation 3
Coming August, 2016

26. The
Library
is
a
new
app
that
func9ons
as
a
unified
research
hub.
It
is
the
base
of
Prepd’s
plaoorm,
where
all
of
a
debate
team’s
files
are
stored.

27. The
Library
is
also
an
educa9on
technology.
It
helps
debaters
learn
more
while
they
research
and
gives
coaches
powerful
insights
into
student
learning.

28. The
Library
introduces
lots
of
func9onal
improvements:
PDFs
are
easier
to
use;
the
Library
can
be
accessed
on
smartphones;
Search
is
more
advanced,
etc.

29. Extemp
has
improved
performance
and
the
Genera9on
3
aesthe9c
paqern.
It
is
easier
to
create,
edit,
delete,
and
merge
folders/sub-­‐folders.

30. Congress
has
an
evidence
management
system:
Research
files
and
arguments
can
be
saved
to
specific
bills,
so
debaters
can
stay
organized
in
round.

31. library-beta.prepd.in
Library Demo

32. Timeline and Roadmap
(or what is happening when).
Timeline and Roadmap

33. Generation 3 Phased Rollout
• March – May:
• Alpha test
• 20 debate teams providing early feedback
• May – July:
• Closed beta
• Gen 3 available to nationals participants + summer camps
• Early August:
• Open beta / launch
• All Prepd teams and users
• Generation 2 data will be migrated over to Generation 3
Timeline and Roadmap

34. Product Availabilities by early August
• Library
• All core functionality
• Deferred until fall: Vocabulary List and Memory Bank
• Dashboard
• Generation 2 compatibility with Generation 3
• Miscellaneous fixes and feature changes to improve usability
• Extemp
• All core functionality
• Deferred until fall: Simulate Round
• Congress
• All core functionality
Timeline and Roadmap

35. 2016 – 2017 Tentative Roadmap
• Mobile
• Prepd for iPad compatibility with Generation 3
• iPhone/Android Library apps (catch articles on your phone)
• Dashboard
• Rebuilt Dashboard
• New Generation 3 analytics, settings, and grading tools
• Debate
• Market / user research for a dedicated “Debate” app (i.e., LD,
PF, CX, etc.)
• Design explorations, proof-of-concepts, alpha prototype
Timeline and Roadmap

36. Student and teacher success stories
(from next school year).
Success Stories

37. • Arjun
is
a
US
Extemper.
His
next
draw
starts
in
10
minutes.
• Arjun
knows
the
topic
area
is
“Economy.”
• Last
year,
Arjun
would
open
folders
in
Extemp
and
read
ar9cles
before
the
round;
this
worked,
but
it
wasn’t
ideal.
Success Story 1 - Arjun

38. • This
year,
Arjun
sits
back
with
his
iPhone
and
accesses
the
Library
through
the
Chrome
mobile
browser.
• Arjun
reviews
Memory
Bank
flashcards
that
have
the
“US
Economy”
tag.
Success Story 1 - Arjun

39. • Arjun
draws
a
ques9on
about
the
effects
of
rising
interest
rates
on
our
economy.
• Arjun
remembers
his
Memory
Bank
flashcards
about
monetary
9ghtening
and
confidently
selects
the
ques9on.
• Arjun
gives
a
kick
ass
speech
and
wins
the
tournament.
Success Story 1 - Arjun

40. • Miss
Gomez
is
a
teacher
and
debate
coach
who
uses
Prepd
ac9vity
to
assign
grades.
• Last
year,
Miss
Gomez
would
download
ac9vity
reports
from
the
Dashboard.
She
gave
all
her
students
who
caught
at
least
50
ar9cles
a
100
for
the
weekly
assignment.
• This
worked,
but
Miss
Gomez
wishes
she
could
assign
grades
for
more
educa9onal
ac9vity.
Success Story 2 – Miss Gomez

41. • This
year,
Miss
Gomez
logs
into
the
Dashboard
and
creates
assignments
for
her
students.
• As
the
students
complete
assignments,
a
comple9on
grade
appears
in
Miss
Gomez’s
Dashboard.
• Miss
Gomez
can
also
track
the
ar9cles
her
students
read
–
as
well
as
her
students’
answers
to
the
comprehension
exercises.
Success Story 2 – Miss Gomez

42. • The
Genera9on
3
Dashboard
empowers
Miss
Gomez
with
a
new
grading
tool.
• Miss
Gomez
holds
students
accountable
for
ac9vity
beyond
catching
ar9cles.
• But
more
importantly,
Miss
Gomez
now
has
insight
into
the
reading
and
studying
habits
of
her
students.
Success Story 2 – Miss Gomez

43. • Tiffany
wants
to
give
a
prac9ce
Extemp
speech.
• Tiffany’s
team
doesn’t
buy
Exemp
ques9ons.
• Last
year,
Tiffany
found
free
ques9ons
online,
but
they
weren’t
very
good
and
weren’t
what
she
was
looking
for.
Success Story 3 – Tiffany

44. • This
year,
Tiffany
logs
into
Extemp
and
launches
the
“Simulate
Round”
feature.
• Tiffany
selects
a
topic
area
and
a
difficulty
level.
• Extemp
presents
three,
quality
and
targeted
ques9ons
that
were
recently
used
in
a
compe99on
(collected
by
Prepd
Offline).
Success Story 3 – Tiffany

45. • Tiffany
selects
a
ques9on
and
starts
her
prac9ce
round
in
Extemp.
• Tiffany
gives
a
great
speech
on
a
topic
she
hasn’t
spoken
on
before
and
she
receives
an
appropriately
difficult
ques9on.
Success Story 3 – Tiffany

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