Unreasonable Learning

Shane Hill Founder & CEO @SkoolboUK

About me!

• Former teacher (11 years)

• Inventor of Mathletics, World Math’s Day & Spellodrome and now Skoolbo!

• 20 billion questions answered on the above sites!

• Awarded Social Innovation Leadership Award at World CSR Congress and Awards 2013

“CHILDREN DON’T CATCH UP” A struggling reader at 7 years old is 88% likely to be a struggling reader at 10 years old.

(Juel, 1994)

Beliefs 1. Radical improvement is possible 2. Illiteracy is solvable (4-10 year olds) 3. Connectivity is helpful, but not essential 4. Great software and hardware is not enough

5. Motivation is critical!

Glamourise Learning!

Fun and engaging!

Get into the kids world

Immediate feedback and support

Opportunity to make mistakes

Learning Sprint – 60 seconds

1. Children perform better against the clock 2. Decision fatigue sets in after 60 seconds 3. Brain / neuro plasticity 4. Adaptive algorithms is the key to fixing

‘learning holes’

Content tailored to the individual. Powerful adaptive algorithms.

Emphasis on doing rather than watching. High volume efficient learning.

Easy Sign in

Multi-Platform

Highly meaningful reporting for teachers and parents

Newsfeed – of key stats!

The T-shirt Effect

The help of Partners

20

Developing Countries

UK

• Started on the 7th May • Signed up 1100+ schools in the first month! • No educational product has ever entered a market that fast…

• We want 11K schools on board by 2016…

Good Organic Growth in Direct to Home Market 20% per month

Summary 1. Radical improvement is possible 2. Illiteracy is solvable (4-10 year olds) 3. Connectivity is helpful, but not essential 4. Great software and hardware is not enough

5.Motivation is critical!