Top Hat Monocle provides a web based tool that teachers can use to interact with their students during class, with things like polls, interactive demonstrations, and discussion tools. Students can participate using any device they happen to have like their cell phones, smartphones or laptops.
15. Grassroots approach Get buy-in from profs and students Then get school-wide adoption Best of both B2C and enterprise world
16. Things are going well Less than 1 year since we came out of private beta Over 35 universities in North America and the world Over 25k paying subscribers in September Profitable and growing
Top Hat Monocle is a tool that teachers can use to engage their students in the classroom with things like polls, interactive demos, and discussion toolsStudents can participate using pretty much any device they happen to have, like their cell phone, smartphone, or laptopIf you’ve ever experienced the painfully common 300 person lecture hall where a prof talks at you for an hour while you struggle to stay awake, we hope to fix thatLet me give you a bit of background about the problem we’re trying to address
Various reasons why this is not put in practice
It’s really hard to sell to schools
Mobile devices are freaking everywhere
Students now have devices, so it’s possible to make class interactive without costing the school any money
Top Hat Monocle lets students use devices in class for engagement
Polls, interactive demos, discussion tools, and more
Take textbook model and apply it to software
Get students and professors to buy in, then sell to schools