A Social Learning Platform for Coding the Mobile Web

1. A Social Learning Platform for
Coding the Mobile Web
Learn Create Share

2. World-wide Problem
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● K-5 learn Scratch, lose interest by Grade 6
● No coding tools directly target G6-12
● Less than 10% grades 6-12 teach coding
● Teachers intimidated by coding tools
● Students not prepared for 21st century

3. Resulting Economic Impact
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● Computer science is present in the
majority of jobs today
● Universities can’t get enough CS students
while there is a high demand for coders
● Current graduate rate: 1,000,000 coding
jobs will be unfilled in the next 5 years...

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There is a solution!
Imagine if all these technologies were combined...
Social Networking
Mobile Web
Code Sharing Visual Coding

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Introducing Vizwik
A social platform that promotes coding literacy...
Social Networking
Mobile Web
Code Sharing Visual Coding

6. How it works...
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1. Sign up for free account on Vizwik
2. Create a “class” for your students
3. Add a Tutorial for your students to learn from
4. Invite your students to join with private class code
5. Students open the Tutorial and create their own project
6. Completed projects are shared and marked
7. The completed app can be shared with Family and Friends
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Teacher
Tutorial
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Class
Friends
Family
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Student
Project
Project

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Beta Tested
● October 2013 - June 2014: Beta tested 600
students in schools from ages 14-25
● 100% made an app from a template during
2 hour workshops, they all learned to code!
Utilities Clubs Events Mashups

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Beta Test Results: It works!
● 85% liked the workshop and would recommend Vizwik to their friends
● Retention of 30% logged in and worked on their apps after workshop
● 75% of developers learn the entire platform within a day with no training

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Seeing is believing

10. Advantages of being Social
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● Coding with friends speeds up learning
● Focus is Mobile Web, largest network today
● Produces real software enabling students to
experience entrepreneurship
● Teachers can create and share learning materials
● Classroom-based where students create and share
● Help and tutorial system enables students and
teachers to learn at their own pace

11. www.vizwik.com
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Public Beta Release: September 2014
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