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Accelerating STEM for
Successful 21st
Century Careers
laetitiagrail
@myBlee1
L A E T I T I A G R A I L @ G S W TO K YO 2 0 1 7
My personal journey to
digital entrepreneurship
What is myBlee Math?
State of the art of
Adaptive Learning
I am an entrepreneur and expert in education and digital learning.
After teaching and tutoring Mathematics in secondary schools and Stats for finance in an MBA, I founded Les Cours Marcel in
2007, an after-school academic support program for children and young adults which built a strong reputation for its pedagogy.
Technologically savvy, I founded myBlee Math in 2011 with ex CTO of AlloCiné. myBlee Math is the premier iPad tool to teach
K-6 math in districts and schools seeking excellence. As a leading application for adaptive learning, myBlee Math established a
new location in SiliconValley in early 2014.
I founded LGM Digital in 2015. LGM Digital helps organizations, institutions and companies change their approach of e-learning
through innovation, digital best practices and edTech: Corporate Training, EdTech Start-ups Strategy & development, Adaptive
Learning, K-12 Curricula, Digital Resources Best Choices, Innovation in Education and latest theories regarding learning etc
I also directed textbook publications, wrote the French Digital Council's 2012 report, "Learning in the Digital Age". I am a
mentor at SchooLab (start-up accelerator for French Grandes Ecoles), a founding member of AFINEF (french equivalent of UK
BESA), a member of IADAS (International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences), a board member @ed21 (French EdTech
accelerator in Paris).
I am also part of the jury at start-up/digital events such as the Lovie Awards and the Zee Entrepreneur. I am member of the
counseling board for Lagardère Group, in charge of sustainable and digital education. I am an expert and advisor @Scientipôle
for start-ups in edtech and corporate training.
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M Y B L E E M AT H
T H E I PA D TO O L T H AT T E A C H E S K - 6 M AT H F O R S C H O O L S
S E E K I N G E X C E L L E N C E
Source: Distimo
MYBLEE’S BELIEF – EDUCATION IS THE FIRST STEPPING STONE TOWARDS
A BETTER WORLD
• Education is the key driver of tolerance, progress, innovation and gender equality.
• Kindergarten and Elementary school (K-6) are the priority
• Social class differences and gender differences can still be addressed at this early stage or at least diminished
• Children build during K-6 the bases for future success in STEM and studies
• Mathematices Concepts taught in K-6 are of complex (e.g. it took centuries / millennium to
formalize “zero”, or the alphabet) and requires the best of pedagogy to support generalist
teachers in each topic
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GLOBALLY EDUCATION FACES CHALLENGES
• Eroding levels at schools in a number of
countries due to lack of investment in
education
• At the verge of introducing EdTech in the classroom…
• … but facing the challenge of lack of innovative and pedagogic content
• Scale quickly the school system to educate the masses…
• … while, beyond the massive required investments, …
• … training a good educator /teacher takes 20 years
Western World Developing World
WHAT IS MYBLEE MATH?
M Y B L E E M A T H I S A
M I X O F
A C A D E M I C R I G O R
S I N G A P O R E M A T H
& A T R U L Y
I N T E R A C T I V E T O O L
• Comprehensive K-6 Math
curriculum on iPad
• 2000+ lessons and exercises
• Reports for teachers
• Adaptive learning
• In French, English & Spanish
WHAT IS MYBLEE MATH?
MYBLEE MATH IS INTERACTIVE
Rewards &
Game Design
based on
cognitive
sciences
Handwriting
Recognition
system
Speaks
with
students
Manipulation
of math
tools
MYBLEE MATH KEY FEATURES
Explains to
students
their
mistakes
Singapore
Math, IB &
CCSS
curricula
Teacher’s
Dashboard
A D A P T I V E L E A R N I N G
S TAT E O F T H E A R T A N D G O A L S O F
U S I N G A DA P T I V E L E A R N I N G TO O L S
The United States Department of Education
defines “Adaptive Learning” as digital learning
systems that can “dynamically change to better
suit student learning in response to information
collected during the course of learning”
Main benefits:
Evaluate continuously through adaptive learning.
• Track learner progress continuously (by self assessment
or tests)
• Adapt next session to the outcomes
• And iterate to improve the learning process.
remediationRetain concepts for longer
Adjust coursework to learners’ difficulty
Relationships between concepts
Data analysis
Learner modeling
Recommandation system
Computorised adapative testing
Differentiated learningDecision trees
Artificial Intelligence
A.I.
Basic
differientiationDecision
treesComplex
algorithms
Mapping of
knowledge Basic
algorithms
myBlee Math’s intelligent system offers a personalized
learning path for each child.
The paths are calculated by taking four important
factors in consideration:
o The educational curriculum corresponding to
the student’s age
o The results of their previous completed
activities
o The data generated by all users
o And the advice of teachers and educators
How does it work?
A combination of
7 million exercises have already been completed in myBlee Math by
students around the world.
A massive collaborative filtering system similar to the machine learning
techniques used by giants of the tech industry like Google, Amazon,
Criteo and Netflix, but...
The students win
The application understands that students are different and uses
machine learning to discover the weak and strong points of every
single student to deliver appropriate guidance.
There isn’t only one path for learning math.
L A E T I T I A G R A I L
@laetitiagrail
+33681053454
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