Hi Johnny! I loved your work! What a great idea! I have never been interested (and was really bad at school) in math, but I was fascinated by your project. Unlike some of our peers who commented on including yourself into the video, I would have to disagree with them... As a part of my job (I am a LINC Hybrid instructor), I have to do webinars and create instructional videos for my students. To be honest with you, I don't feel comfortable in front of the camera and never even rewatch those webinars or videos of myself. Awesome work overall!

Hi Johnny! Great job on your elevator pitch. I appreciated that your venture pitch was in video format as well. You have established your credibility as the CEO of Mathlandia by making mention of your experiences teaching math in Japan (and in Vancouver) and outlining the differences in the way math is taught there as opposed to in other countries. It shows that you bring another perspective to the table. It was a good segue into your pitch. I can also attest to how being immersed in something helps you to learn much better. When I first started school, I could not speak English. However, since I was immersed in an English school, I quickly learned the language. So, I agree with math being learned the same way. I love what you propose here, and you back it up with research and a sound rationale for using VR in math learning at 4:36 of your video. Your differentiator from competing VR math platforms is that Mathlandia would cover the entire math curriculum and developing real-life learning scenarios as the backdrop. This of course would require more money and time to develop, so I would like to know how much you are asking for to develop your product!

Hello Johnny, Good work on your Mathlandia pitches. I thought that throughout both presentations you had a great conversational tone which made me interested in learning more and also made me feel at ease. I agree with your reflection in that I like how you drew on Seymour Papert's work for your inspiration, however, I am unsure how Mathlandia fully embraces constructionism. My understanding of constructionism is that students learn best by constructing and sharing the meaning or knowledge artifacts that they create. Do you mean that by participating in the virtual world students will be "sharing" their knowledge? Another really cool part of your pitch was how you outlined the competitive edge of your particular product compared to the other products available- I thought you did this in an easy-to-understand manner and that you made it very clear (I wish I had done this fo rmy pitch!) The only other constructive feedback I have is that I found a few of your slides a little wordy/fuzzy, so I found it hard to follow along with what you were saying while also trying to read the slides. Overall, I think you did a good job and really like how you gave the context of your own educational experiences when coming up with Mathlandia. Cheers, Sarah

Hello Johnny, Great concept. Your elevator pitch was great. Half way through your elevator pitch and I already wanted to know more about it. I come from an Asian background too, so I know all about the practice that we have to go through. After all practice makes perfect. Immersion is the way to go. Student can personally experience math application of different scenarios. Like Scott I also asked myself how would that work with trigonometry or harder math. But math is in our daily lives, so I guess teenager students would be set in real-life scenario applying different type of maths to solve the problem. Math was not an issue for me at school, but I saw many struggle with it. Maybe your venture could expand to other subject too. Would you consider that?

Great idea Johnny! I too was hooked right away, as I am not a math person at all and struggled mightily with it in high school. The idea of immersing oneself in a culture - be it language or mathematics, I believe is the best way to learn. I would have to agree with Sarah and Marc though - we want to see you! I also found the text a bit overwhelming in your video as well, and while I know that you want to show your research but it was distracting trying to look at it and listen to you at the same time. I really liked the example you used of having a student going to a virtual candy shop and purchasing candy using math but did wonder how higher level courses like grades 11 and 12 would be experienced in VR. As you suggest, competitors use geometry but I would love to see how SIN and COS could be done... since I still have no clue what they are or what they do! Again, I really appreciated your venture pitch and would certainly consider investing as I think the immersive aspect of it would be really beneficial for all learners.

FEEDBACK: Great idea and work Johnny! The first 15 seconds of your elevator pitch hooked me to want to hear more about how Mathlandia could help solve the problem. I think your elevator and longer venture pitch would benefit from us seeing you on screen instead of the text slides and being shortened to a minute or less, but your delivery was quite convincing.

Hi Johnny, I think language immersion is a great way to reflect the benefits of Mathlandia; the name for your venture makes perfect sense. I enjoyed your pitch videos. They were compelling and persuasively convey your venture. I would only suggest that you put yourself in the video, at least at the beginning, to establish better authenticity and to better express your championship. I would also suggest less words per slide. I found it a bit overwhelming and found myself ignoring the text to pay attention to you. This resource lists some suggestions such as advice on how many words/messages per slide, which I found very helpful: https://startups.co.uk/write-killer-startup-pitch-deck/?utm_source=iNews-Readers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SNS+iNews+Highlights+for+August+22+2018 With my EVA hat on, I believe Mathlandia would be a smart investment. Math was boring for me in school and not my strength. It is a common problem and you do a great job explaining why. Take math out of a real world context and it is like trying to learn a language in a classroom. I definitely think that using MR to make math learning more hands on and authentic through role-play can transform math learning, even more than GBL, and would be a smart investment.