Apps for Good is a program that teaches students how to code apps to solve problems in their community. It was founded in the UK in 2010 and has since expanded internationally, with the goal of reaching 2 million students per year who can learn coding skills. The program aims to grow the next generation of problem-solvers and tech entrepreneurs through technology education. Students use coding to address issues they see, rather than just learning coding for its own sake.

1. Presenter Name Event Name
Create apps to
change your world
Apps for Good
Iris Lapinski & Eleanor Murphy VISIR Seminar 25-26 March 2014

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Why?
• To grow the next generation of problem-solvers and tech
entrepreneurs
• Technology education
• 31,000 students since 2010
(50-50 boys & girls; exponential growth)
• Coding with a purpose – not just for it’s own sake
Founder: failed female engineer :)

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Some history
• Inspired by CDI in Brazil (1995); 2010 start in UK
• Dell as founding corporate sponsor 2010-13
• Pivot from community centers into schools into governments
• Listen to your most passionate early customers
• Build great tech platform fast (we miserably failed at the 1st
attempt and this cost us a year of growth)
• Students pick their own problems -> pedagogy inspired by
Paulo Freire

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Big hairy ambitious goal
• Internationalising to several countries
• Reaching 2 million students per year
• Scale: finding passionate partners (regional
governments, corporate partners, education non-profits) to
give our content and platform reach