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1) Edcanvas update - stats2) How teachers are using Edcanvas for differentiation – quote from ben3) Differentiation is a BIG hard $$$$$ problem – school slide here4) We can solve it, make it simple and effective 5) How? Leaf differentiation6) How? Decentralized differentiation – mission control7) Why is this different? teacher-centric and individualized lessons8) Timeline?? – partner with DPS, etc9) What we want from you - $$ and school relationships

EdcanvasSimple, yet effective Differentiation

Edcanvas to date

TODO: Current status and update on Edcanvas

“It struck me as an incredibly robust platform for pulling together

the vast resources from multiple platforms in a short amount of time with the ability to build an adaptive

“canvas” quickly for different student groups.”

Ben WilkoffDirectory of Blended Learning

Denver Public Schools

Differentiation is hard.

Many NSV schools are attempting blended models with adaptive or differentiated content:

• Aspire Public Schools (Eres Academy)• Rocketship Education• Summit Public Schools• Leadership Public Schools• LA Alliance (BLAST)• DSST Public Schools• E.L. Haynes Public Charter Schools• Ingenuity Prep• Renew Schools (SciTech Academy)

Edcanvas can make this easy

We know how to make complex systems simple for educators Edcanvas is widely known as one of the simplest edtech tools for teachers We have ethnographic, anecdotal, and statistical data on how great teachers have

been differentiating using Edcanvas

Make differentiation easy, yet effective

“Leaf” differentiation method: Single dimension thought-process for creating a multi-dimensional lesson plan Checkpoints that actually result in student and teacher action items

Decentralized Differentiation Students given agency over learning Teachers and students modify lesson plans 1:1 student/teacher differentiation in real-time, based on student progress.

“This is the Holy Grail of differentiation”

Ben WilkoffDirectory of Blended Learning

Denver Public Schools

“Leaf” Differentiation

What is “Leaf” Differentiation? Single Path Multiple Checkpoints

spawn “Leaves” based on results

Students get more or less instruction based on their level.

Standard Branching“Leaf” Differentiation

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Decentralized Differentiation

What is Decentralized Differentiation? Students own a copy of any lesson plan they

receive Teachers and students work 1:1 whenever a

student has trouble Teachers can make changes to the students’

lesson plan in real-time Students can request changes that a

teacher then approves

Student-centric Differentiationvia 1:1 instruction and requests

Why we are different

1) Teacher centric2) Individualized differentiation

Timeline to Differentiation

Making it Happen

Funding for developers Enables us to ramp up production and provide pilots for the 2013-2014 school year.

“Leaf” Differentiation

“Leaf” Differentiation

Decentralized Differentiation