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Kevin Andrews

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Centre For Academic Development & Enrichment (CADE)

Centre For Academic Development & Enrichment (CADE)

By Kevin Andrews on August 6, 2017

In a 21st century classroom, teachers face the monumental task of enabling learning experiences that engage and challenge every student every day, while being responsive to each student’s interests, needs, and abilities. Too often, professional development fails to engage and challenge teachers in the same robust ways we ask them to teach, and is rarely responsive […]

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Udemy – An Opportunity Audit (Assignment #1)

Udemy – An Opportunity Audit (Assignment #1)

By Kevin Andrews on June 30, 2017

Have you ever thought about selling a course online or were looking to further your knowledge base on a subject or topic? If so, then Udemy might be the place to start. For many looking at this online resource, Udemy is a type of “course marketplace” listing everything from business, marketing and management skills to […]

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Udemy – A global online marketplace for teaching and learning.

Udemy – A global online marketplace for teaching and learning.

By Kevin Andrews on June 11, 2017

Have you ever thought about selling a course online or were looking to further your knowledge base on a subject or topic? If so, then Udemy might be the place to start. For many looking at this online resource, Udemy is a type of “course marketplace” listing everything from business, marketing and management skills to […]

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Turing Tumble

Turing Tumble

By Kevin Andrews on June 3, 2017

Let you and your kids build real mechanical computers! We all need to detox from our screens and computers. It is a common fact that the amount of time children spend glued to a screen has risen dramatcally in the last 20 years and to make matters worse children are also now multi-screening – using more than one […]

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Code.org – Market Analysis

Code.org – Market Analysis

By Kevin Andrews on May 27, 2017

Code.org (http://code.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing awareness of coding worldwide. Their focus is on expanding access to computer science to women and underrepresented minorities in an attempt to provide computer programming skills for everyone. Code.org’s website has many resources for programming instruction in the school setting (https://code.org/educate/resources/videos) such that anyone should be […]

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Greetings From Newfoundland

Greetings From Newfoundland

By Kevin Andrews on May 21, 2017

Hi Everyone, My name is Kevin Andrews and I currently live in Torbay, Newfoundland. This would be my 7th MET course which means one step closer to the end of this journey. Just last week we had a surprise visit from this beauty! At the moment, I am a full-time grade 8 English teacher with […]

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13 Aug Posted on Week 12 – Big Data & Learning Analytics Analysis

Hey AR Group, thanks so much for the badge as I really enjoyed participating. Lots of great content and ideas provided in your OER! I share this badge with everyone who participated as there were so many insightful comments. All the best! K

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Hey AR Group, thanks so much for the badge as I really enjoyed participating. Lots of great content and ideas provided in your OER! I share this badge with everyone who participated as there were so many insightful comments. All the best! K

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13 Aug Posted on Week 10: Makerspaces OER – Recap

Hi Maker space Team! Thanks so much for the badge as it was a pleasure to participate. I share it with everyone as there were so many great comments and ideas posted! All the best! K

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Hi Maker space Team! Thanks so much for the badge as it was a pleasure to participate. I share it with everyone as there were so many great comments and ideas posted! All the best! K

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10 Aug Posted on Hi Kevin, thank you for your feedback. A…

Hi Mackenzie, thanks for the reply. Sounds like you have it figured out; well said!

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Hi Mackenzie, thanks for the reply. Sounds like you have it figured out; well said!

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10 Aug Posted on Hi Andrew, The user-friendly layout easi…

Hi Janna, thanks so much for you review and reply. I will add to my reflection to be more specific on my goals and audience. You also provide an interesting last question in your review and to think about it, CADE would facilitate VTS teaching for schools to enhance their existing curriculums providing necessary workshops for teachers so as they can add to their teaching styles another method to keep the kids engaged.

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Hi Janna, thanks so much for you review and reply. I will add to my reflection to be more specific on my goals and audience. You also provide an interesting last question in your review and to think about it, CADE would facilitate VTS teaching for schools to enhance their existing curriculums providing necessary workshops for teachers so as they can add to their teaching styles another method to keep the kids engaged.

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10 Aug Posted on Thank-you for the feedback Kevin. The pi…

Hi Justin. I had a look at the link you provided for your revised pitch - I think it is the same one? It says on YouTube it was Published on Aug 5, 2017? Might there be a different link? Well done by-the-way for changing it! Great effort!

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Hi Justin. I had a look at the link you provided for your revised pitch - I think it is the same one? It says on YouTube it was Published on Aug 5, 2017? Might there be a different link? Well done by-the-way for changing it! Great effort!

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10 Aug Posted on The amount of work you put into this was…

Hi Scott, thanks for your thoughts and ideas. Like Scott, I agree that there might be too much text and not enough images and graphs to go along with the theme of using images to learn. Will include that into my final reflection as potential changes to the pitch. Thanks again.

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Hi Scott, thanks for your thoughts and ideas. Like Scott, I agree that there might be too much text and not enough images and graphs to go along with the theme of using images to learn. Will include that into my final reflection as potential changes to the pitch. Thanks again.

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10 Aug Posted on This is a great website, impressive, I c…

HI Agnieszka, thanks for your support and appreciate your thoughts and ideas. I appreciate your thoughts on making a better argument for investors as there should be projected costs and anticipated profits included within the business model. Will add that to my reflections for sure. Also, totally understand the different cultural implications of using self-promotion from the CEO and how more sensitivity should be brought to the table if this was a true venture. Thanks.

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HI Agnieszka, thanks for your support and appreciate your thoughts and ideas. I appreciate your thoughts on making a better argument for investors as there should be projected costs and anticipated profits included within the business model. Will add that to my reflections for sure. Also, totally understand the different cultural implications of using self-promotion from the CEO and how more sensitivity should be brought to the table if this was a true venture. Thanks.

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10 Aug Posted on Hi Kevin, This was a project that has ef…

Hi Ryan, thanks for your kind words and helpful assistance. I like your thoughts of making sure it is SCORM compliant and will at that thought to my final comments on this assignment.

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Hi Ryan, thanks for your kind words and helpful assistance. I like your thoughts of making sure it is SCORM compliant and will at that thought to my final comments on this assignment.

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10 Aug Posted on Hello Kevin, Thank you for introducing a…

Hi Ghassan, thanks for your comments and thoughts on my project. You point on having people globally to represent the company would be helpful and I have taken that into account in my final reflection to this assignment as a global presence it important if this project is to reach all people. Will also address the profit margin as it may have been too low to pull in potential investors in addition to showing them how much can be made with investment.

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Hi Ghassan, thanks for your comments and thoughts on my project. You point on having people globally to represent the company would be helpful and I have taken that into account in my final reflection to this assignment as a global presence it important if this project is to reach all people. Will also address the profit margin as it may have been too low to pull in potential investors in addition to showing them how much can be made with investment.

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10 Aug Posted on MyClinical the Mobile App for Clinical Instructors

Hi Eva, Good venture and elevator pitch! I enjoyed your tone and relevant animations in the elevator pitch along with the overall message as it was clear to understand.  It kept my attention the entire time as I felt like I was learning all about MyClinical. With respect to your venture pitch you had some good content on the website as you clearly outlined both the problem and your solution for potential investors. I liked the market trends, focus, and competition page as it further facilitated your research to prove to investors you are serious about your product. That said, I was left looking for a more developed business model. Every investor wants to get their money back, so it's important to tell them how you plan on generating revenue. For instance, showing  a list of the various revenue streams for your model and the timeline for each of them. How will you price your product and what does your competition charge? You should also discuss the lifetime value of your customer and how you will keep him engaged. Along those same lines, every business has competition even if you think you're offering something new and unique. List your competition and why your product/service is different from their model. If your competitors have been acquired, list acquisition prices and who acquired them. Finally, if you have already raised money, you will want to talk about how much, who invested and what you did with it. If you have not raised money yet, talk about what you have accomplished with minimal funding. If you have personally funded your startup, make it known. Investors like to see entrepreneurs who have invested their own money. If you’re pitching to raise capital, list how much you're looking to raise and how you intend to use the funds. Again, thanks for a great pitch as I would be very interested as a potential investor.

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Hi Eva, Good venture and elevator pitch! I enjoyed your tone and relevant animations in the elevator pitch along with the overall message as it was clear to understand.  It kept my attention the entire time as I felt like I was learning all about MyClinical. With respect to your venture pitch you had some good content on the website as you clearly outlined both the problem and your solution for potential investors. I liked the market trends, focus, and competition page as it further facilitated your research to prove to investors you are serious about your product. That said, I was left looking for a more developed business model. Every investor wants to get their money back, so it's important to tell them how you plan on generating revenue. For instance, showing  a list of the various revenue streams for your model and the timeline for each of them. How will you price your product and what does your competition charge? You should also discuss the lifetime value of your customer and how you will keep him engaged. Along those same lines, every business has competition even if you think you're offering something new and unique. List your competition and why your product/service is different from their model. If your competitors have been acquired, list acquisition prices and who acquired them. Finally, if you have already raised money, you will want to talk about how much, who invested and what you did with it. If you have not raised money yet, talk about what you have accomplished with minimal funding. If you have personally funded your startup, make it known. Investors like to see entrepreneurs who have invested their own money. If you’re pitching to raise capital, list how much you're looking to raise and how you intend to use the funds. Again, thanks for a great pitch as I would be very interested as a potential investor.

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