Kendra Grant

Okay very cool! Based on the antique double lens, 3d viewers my parents - called stereoview only of course moving. I love the magnet as a mouse click! http://www.t-o-m-b-o-l-o.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/stereoscope-1.jpg

Thank you for taking the time to review our OER. We appreciate your feedback. The goal was to make navigation intuitive so thanks for noticing :) I haven't heard of Google Cardboard. Thanks for sharing. As I mentioned in another post I think our OER will be obsolete very quickly!

Thank you for your review. I'm glad we got to do the wearable week. It's always fun to learn more about a cutting edge technology. Kendra

Hi Leah, Thank you for your review. It is much appreciated. I agree with you regarding our site. My background is in visual learning and accessible learning. I do think our site is somewhat over busy and the instructions for the three activities are difficult for some to read with background image. Since these were jpegs it made them inaccessible to screen readers so I included a link to plain text as well. One question since I try to make my websites accessible what in particular was difficult and how could we fix it? Thank you too for the links, in some ways I think our OER will be obsolete in 6 months :) Kendra

Hi Collen, I think this is the least structured of our requirements so as long as you reference the 4 sections of the rubric you'll be fine. I usually rate my participation as a percentage of the group and then I go chronologically through the course - from the intro weeks (say 2 posts), to an overview of the Opportunity forecasts (2-3 posts). Then I mention responding to others, posting information related to the course (under EVA) (2 posts). I then included how I engaged people and posted during my week's Opportunity forecast (2 posts). After each section I put the link in so they go to directly to the post. Hope that helps! Kendra

Review: Well done in front of the camera! Very difficult to do but you pulled it off. You were clear on your product, why it is needed and what it will do. I’d highlight your differentiator a bit more - why is the guidance office connection important? Since this is a fictional company I’m thinking you might need an MVP before you could ask for money. I’m not sure if you’d get the cash to code or not. I really liked your site. It had a clean look that made it easy to navigate. I like the elephant and the ASK IT visual. This really helped me understand your product. I would have included this in your video with a cut away to the product. I like the direct connection to the guidance counsellor and this makes it explicit. Your pricing model is a good one too. Rather than individual purchases you have one price. This could easily be expanded to a district price. Investors may ask what your recurring revenue might be since you seem to have one time pricing. You have stiff competition with Remind (just changed their name I think) that claims 1 in 5 teachers in the US uses the app (and it is free for educators) so your differentiators, which you explained clearly are important if you are to grab the other 4 out of 5 teachers not using their app. One error I noticed was the button on this page - http://remind-e.weebly.com/differentiation.html - it reads “CLICK ON THE ELEPHANT BELOW TO SEE HOW MARKETING!”

Review: Your pitch is very clear and straightforward. I would encourage you to use visual and not read the text on the screen but use them to highlight your ideas. From your pitch I am a little unclear how this works - is it an app, how do you (the company) pay for the books? how does it improve reading? You might want to focus on one or two positives (don’t over-promise) for example, highlight that the difference between a good reader and a poor one is often the number of hours they spend reading. Reading buddy will increase the number of hours in a fun, simple way that builds the learning and self-esteem of both the reader and the child who lent their voice. Your venture video was very well done and answered many of my questions. I wasn't sure about the pricing _ $250 and 5 text. That would be extremely but perhaps I misunderstood your pricing. The only other concern I would have is your ask is too low. Having had a startup with a burn rate of $70,000 per month (and no salary for the co-founders) I think you could blow through this very quickly, especially if you have to pay for copyright on the books or create your own. The idea is a great one especially with the inclusion of French. I'd expand you market quickly and include Spanish so you could take advantage of the huge market in the US!

Feedback: Great job! I’m always impressed when people include live camera work. You did it extremely well. My one thought around your pitch is you need to expand your focus a bit and give some salient details. As an investor I’d want to know what will this cost the districts? What’s the cost to transfer - when do they see ROI? So addressing how you get the districts to spend money to save money would be important to me. In your venture pitch you were very comprehensive. I feel I understood your product and what it could do. One suggestion I would suggest is to include more images and avoid reading the bullet points. You did embellish on what was on the screen but more people will read ahead on you. I like that you included the breakdown of expenses! Many real startups don't do that!

Review: Well done! You covered all the basis of your pitch clearly and succinctly. I did wonder how your new venture relates to your old. How does experience with children’s app inform what you are going to do now? You venture site was cleanly design, easy to navigate and clearly outlined your intent. I was able to understand the problem and your solution but my question of how your previous successful venture impacts this. You might want to talk about the lessons you’ve learned from the previous work, or that you are going to use some of the technology you develop to build out courses or perhaps, some gamification that you created through your children’s apps that apply to the new venture. I’d be upfront about it. “You might be asking yourself, what do children’s apps have to do with employee training programs? More than you might think! Let me explain…” Overall an excellent job. You were great on camera and believable! Nicely done.

Review: I can tell you have a real passion for your product and the inspiration section of your site was heartfelt. Your video pitch made me want to learn more. As a special educator I get it but it is highly unlikely the general investor would. For this reason, you might want to define your device a bit better. Another suggestion I would have is you might want rethink the design of your device somewhat. It is a lot of technology especially for students who often struggle with change and/or have sensitivity to materials. I’m not sure how a student with special needs would react to wearing google glass, but I know how their peers might. That being said I was interested since my focus has always been special education but you’d need to target the right investor for them to get it. Finally, I'd be careful with religious symbols in my pitch. You don't want to limit your product market or investor interest to Christians. I think your inspiration could stay the same but perhaps a name change would be in order. If as an investor I don't believe in angels I may not give you your 1 minute.