The document discusses challenges faced by K-12 teachers and opportunities for developers to address those challenges through new educational technology tools. Teachers need tools to better track student progress according to Common Core standards, provide adaptive learning tailored to each student's needs, and encourage productive individual and group work among students. Developers could create tools that collect student data, use it to reteach concepts, and implement collaborative virtual learning environments that make being smart "cool." The goal is to disrupt education in a positive way through new technologies.

1. Techie becomes
Teacher
Brett Somers
MIT-Stanford VLAB
EdTech Team
bsomers3@gmail.com
415-568-6819
Twitter: @somers_brett

2. K-12 Teachers Need
1. Common Core Tracking Tools
2. Real-time adaptive learning
tools
3. Student individual/group
productivity

3. Need Common Core Tracking Tools
Teacher Challenge:
Too many students
To much data
No time to track progress

4. Need Common Core Tracking Tools
Developer Opportunity:
Collect data from all computing
actions
send this data to a central repository
report this data to a teacher dashboard

5. Need Real-Time Adaptive Learning Tools
Teacher Challenge:
Not 35 of Mr. Somers
Santa size bag of realia
10 seconds to chaos

6. Need Real-Time Adaptive Learning Tools
Developer Opportunity:
Use CC tracking data to reteach
Students work at their pace (home ext.)
New trust in Games that teach
Curriculum

7. Need Student Indiv/Group Productivity
Teacher Challenge:
Terrible two’s all over again
Bully = Cool : Smart= tool
Leader without a team

8. Need Student Indiv/Group Productivity
Developer Opportunity:
Relevant Virtual with a “real” feel
Collaborative with clear team roles
Rebrand smart as cool, bully the fool

9. Teacher back to Techie
To disrupt Ed
... In a good way that is. No bullies allowed.
Brett Somers
MIT-Stanford VLAB
EdTech Team
bsomers3@gmail.com
415-568-6819
Twitter: @somers_brett