Presentación de Apps for Good en el Desafío Fundación Telefónica

1. Create apps to change
your world

2. 2
Our vision
To grow a new global generation of problem solvers & makers: students
who can create, launch & market new products that change their world

3. 3
Our key principles
Inquiry-led education Real-life problems Technology
 Student-led pedagogy
 Peer-to-peer learning
 Team work
 Open brief
 Students pick
problems they are
close to (family,
friends, community)
 Mobile, social and
web apps
 Drag & drop tools +
coding

4. 4
21st century pedagogy
From: Fountain of knowledge
Educator
Individual
students
To: Rock climbing coach
Educator
Expert
Team of
students
 Old style top-down/ front-of-
class teaching model
 Undifferentiated disengaging
learning model, no real life use
 Practical applied model
 Educator as coach, not lecturer
 Differentiated learning driven by
students with expert advice

5. 5
Coding with a purpose
Scoping
Idea generation & screening
Product development
Pitch & competition
Crashcourse
 Student-led
 Project-based
 Creative & expressive
 Real world context
 Technical and “soft” skills
5 modules of content framework:
 30-50 contact hours
 Lean start-up approach
 STEAMED, not just STEM
 Science
 Technology
 Engineering
 Arts
 Maths
 Entrepreneurship
 Drama
 Educators have a lot of freedom to
adjust content framework to local
needs (within some guidelines)

6. 6
Technology tools pyramid
APIs
esp. Facebook, data
Web development (HTML, CSS, Javascript)
e.g. JSbin, Thimble
Building blocks
e.g. App Inventor, AppShed
Wireframing
e.g. Balsamiq, Lucidchart, POP app
 Educator decides
how high to move
up the pyramid with
his students
 Based on educator
and students skills &
motivation

7. 7
Our offer
Content + Communities + Platform
 Open-source free learning
content
 Continuously updated to
keep pace with tech sector
 One-stop-shop for discounts
of tech learning tools
 Educator peer-to-peer
community
 Expert community of
mentors
 Purpose-built core
delivery infrastructure
─ Content access
─ Expert matching
─ Awards submissions
─ Data & analytics

8. 8
Our key audiences
Student &
alumni
Corporate
Partners &
Funders
Educators
(in schools) +
Departments
of Education
Experts
volunteers

9. 9
Our current reach
UK: 17,000+
US: 300+
Catalonia: 6,000
47 1,250
6,250
23,300
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14
 80% of course implemented
in school timetable
 98% formal learning
environment (schools)
Opera/onal
years
>
No.
of
students
trained
>

10. 10
Our audience & impact
17%
49%
In tech industry AfG students
Females in UK 2013/14
= 32%
= 22%
22%
30%
UK national average AfG students
= 8%
In tech industry
15%
 15%
Non-white ethnic background in UK 2013/14
 10-18 year olds (70% in UK:
13-15 years)
2012/13 Impact Report:
 60% significant improvement in
students’ programming and ICT
skills
 88% improving teamwork for
students
 82% reporting significant effect on
communication skills for
students
 90% effect on students’ problem
solving skills

11. 11
2012-14: UK policy change
 Jan ‘12: Education Secretary Michael Gove: English
ICT curriculum in schools “boring and dull”. He
mentioned Apps for Good in his speech as a best
practice example
 Sep ‘12 – Sep ‘14: Opportunity for schools to test
new approaches to ICT and computing
 Sep ‘14: New computing curriculum launches
75%
25%25%
75%
2011/12 2012/13
After-school club or
mixed model
In timetable

12. 12
Case study I: Wick High School/ Scotland
 Track and manage cattle data
Cattle
Manager
Dog Log
 Walk your obese dog and keep it fit
 Secondary school in the
far North of Scotland
 Very rural area
 No typical access to
technology career
opportunities
 Scottish Curriculum for
Excellence with focus on
computer science
 “Never has an educational
programme opened up so
many opportunities to
students and so many
doors to industry.”
 “Our pupils are incredibly
proud of what they
produce”
 TalkTalk Digital Hero
Award 2013
Chris Aitken,
Computing
Science Teacher

13. 13
Case Study II: Policy innovation - Catalonia
 Feb ‘13: MWC education panel
 Jul ‘13: ICT curriculum change
 Jul ’13: AFG provides content
 Sep ’13: content adaptation done
 Dec ‘13: teacher training complete
 Jan ‘14: launch of courses
─ 196 schools
─ 6,000 students
 Inspiring cross-sector partnership between Department of Education and the GSMA
 Apps for Good provides content as well as advice

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