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Thanks for the feedback Jason! The pricing model definitely needs to be adjusted for the labour costs to complete the video analysis. You do make a great suggestion with the government grant to subsidize some of the costs.

Thanks for the feedback Joshua! My intention is for the caregivers of the elderly to be using the app on their behalf so hopefully they would be more familiar with the use of a smartphone. I never thought of that angle for the use of the term "virtually". I will definitely re-consider the name.

Vibhu, Thanks for you input. Yes, definitely privacy of information is always a concern in health care. I would have to make sure the stored videos on our server is secured and after a period of time the files would be deleted. The brief video clips of the various key areas of the home will hopefully not pose as a significant personal health information breach unless the location of the home is able to traced and it makes the client more vulnerable to burglary.

Hi Vibhu, I like your use of the Piktochart program. It lays out your information in an organized manner and you have made the information easy to understand. During online synchronous classes would students be given time to work on a variety of teacher assigned questions or would that the time online together as a class commonly be used for collaborative class discussion where everyone is working on the same task? May be something to consider when designing a product specifically for synchronous online classes. Good job! Edwin

Hi Jason, I really enjoyed watching your elevator and venture pitch! You bring an authentic presence in the video and raise your points in a logical sequence! The video medium you chose to present the material definitely maintains engagement. Have you considered partnering with an organization such as Autism Canada? That strategic partnership may help further build traction and trust with your potential investors? Great job! Edwin

Note: I do not use Facebook so I posted my response here instead. Activity #1: World's Weirdest Festivals I would rate infographic a 4 out of 5. I loved the colors and interesting icons. The descriptions of each of the festivals was difficult to read but the overall design is pleasing to the eye. Perhaps adding some statistics or a colorful graph would increase the amount of data that a viewer would receive from the infographic. For example, the number of people who attend the most popular festival. The infographic also only really has one main category of information to share. This may be viewed as more effective and clear or limited in the content of information shared. Recycling I would rate this one a 4 out of 5 as well. It uses a variety of methods to convey the information visually from numbers to pictorial icons. Different categories are also evident from the design. If I were to point out one area of improvement it would be the title or headline. The use of the term "recycling" is used and seen everywhere that it may not grab the attention of its viewers immediately. Visual literacy has become progressively more important and improves retention as mentioned by this group's presentation; however, my concern if that information can sometimes by simplified too much leading to misinterpretation from its viewers. This is common in healthcare I believe as patients may take things at face value and not question what is being presented to them. I know that one of the criteria's stated of an inforgraphic is that it does not try to sell something explicitly or make an argument. I think marketers are savvy to intermingle information with a subtle sell and consumers may be taken advantage of. By sharing certain information to a viewer it may appear that they are doing them a favor and that generosity may continue if they choose to work further with that company/organization.

Hi Stefan, Interesting business concept that mirrors the Etsy market! Makes searching for material more interesting. Where you currently work is the education publicly funded with a mix of private schools as well like the Canadian system? The reason I am asking is to determine how willing would public education system educators be willing to purchase resources for their class. I can see private schools being quicker to react make purchasing decisions but I may be way off base. Perhaps someone in our class who has worked in a private school could comment further. In the area of healthcare, many technologies that would improve healthcare already exists in other countries but it seems that hospitals are slow to adopt them. The lengthy and rigorous process of applying for a request for proposal (RFP) to make bidding of products/services fair is a major turn off for entrepreneurs in the public sector. I wonder if there is a better process that could be put in place to support entrepreneurs in education and healthcare.

The venture pitch presentation was very well delivered. The credentials of the pitch added credibility to the pitch. I found the explanation of how a project comes to being funded useful to understand the business model; however, I would not invest in this venture. I wonder if teachers could strive to create a feedback system whereby each class that goes on a particular field trip shares their experience on an online platform hosted by that particular venue. I envision it to be like "TripAdvisor", educational field trip division. This sort of feedback can also assist the host venue to make improvements to their own visitor experience. The compensation model does not particular provide much incentive for teachers to want to initiate a project as Chris Helsby eluded to already in his post.

The venture pitch was presented very well with passion from the CEO being very evident; however, I would not invest in this venture. The question I raise is whether the underlying pain point is sufficient enough to create a solution for it. It may not entirely be a bad thing for students to have multiple user names and passwords as this may improve their memory. Sometimes technology may not always be the solution to a problem. I wonder if simply encouraging students to use the same user name and password for all of their educational applications is enough of a solution to this pain point. Working with traumatic brain injury patients who have memory challenges we encourage them to devise an approach or strategy to recall important information. The venture pitch provided good detailed background and market data to support their ideas.

When I started reading the 10 sketches of new pedagogies that might transform education in this report I was not too surprised by some of the sketches. I feel some of the themes are not new themes or trends but existing approaches that were re-worded. For example, cross-over learning could have been combined with incidental learning. By focusing on the informal settings and unintentional learning situations the theme of context based learning could emerge. Learning that occurs in isolated formal settings is not particular useful for the needs of the students living in rich cultural context. These three themes perhaps could have been merged together. The pedagogy identified as "embodied learning" reminded me of using a multimodal approach when educating. If a patient has a visual impairment then tactile or auditory may be emphasized. The underlying approach it to capitalize on the multiple modes of representation to convey the message to your learner. In essence, this could be considered an adaptive teaching approach. What was beneficial was that the report rated the potential and timescale for its adoption. Furthermore, the identification of six themes (ie scale, connectivity, reflection, extension, embodiment and personalization) provides useful information for education administrators/policy makers to evaluate a learning technology to determine its feasibility. Though not from the Innovating Pedagogy Report, I wanted to comment that I found the categorization of technologies, tools and strategies from the New Media Consortium (NMC): Horizon Report to particularly useful (ie consumer technologies, digital strategies, enabling technologies, internet technologies, learning technologies, social media technologies and visualization techniques). Separating the technologies in such a manner enables more direct comparison when performing a competitive market analysis. Sometimes products or services may be seen as a competitor; however, upon closer review it may not be competing in the same category. I found the NMC categories more useful than the Ambient Insight report which categorized digital learning products as follows: self-paced eLearning courseware, digital referenceware, collaboration based learning, simulation based learning, game based learning, cognitive learning, mobile learning. The categories described by NMC are more distinct.