Apps for Good

A New Movement in Education

Debbie ForsterManaging Director

Twitter –@appsforgoodcdi@debbieforster

One of my favourite apps & my favourite

innovators

Cattle Manager

Track and manage cattle data

“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”

Chris Aitken, Computing Science Teacher

Apps for Good – what hasn’t changedOur vision:

To grow a new global generation of problem solvers & digital makers:

@debbieforster

students who can create, launch & market new products that change their world

How do we do it

Real world contextoUse real world problems

oDraw on real world Experts

oUse real world methods

oDevelop tech skills & “soft”

skills

Apps for Good – How do we do it?

Our three pillars

Student-driven

learningoKeep it project-based

oDraw on flipped classroom

approaches

oGive opportunity for

creativity

oUse a team approach

oBuild in opportunity to “fail”

Coding & technologyoKeep it creative

oFocus on purpose

oUse familiar technology

oUse full range of free

software

oDraw on self- or peer-

learning

Apps for Good – moving the agenda on

Getting students STEAMED

Arts Entrepreneursh

ip Design

Apps for Good - Experts

Connecting online and in person

More guidance & tips on Expert

sessions

Our Impact 2013/14

Our Reach

Our Impact 2013/14

Using computers

Programming/coding

Working in groups

Making presentations

Solving problems

Coming up with ideas

Judging if ideas are good

Speaking to industry experts

Designing a product

Market research

0% 40%

80%

Students' skills improvement

Percentage of stu-dents who reported improvement

Percentage of educa-tors who reported improvement

Apps for Good-wider skills and knowledge

Growing the next generation

of problem solvers & digital makers