1. Brad Zdenek Innovation Strategist January 2018
$100,000 Nittany AI Challenge 2018
Brad Zdenek
Innovation Strategist
January 2018

2. EdTech Network
Partnering to drive innovation in education

3. Potential

4. Imagine …

6. + + + = Faculty Staff People Context Technology AI UnderGrad Students
Graduate Students
People
PSU
World Campus
Higher Education +
Context +
Technology
EdTech Partners AI +
Innovation =

7. Three Phases
Ideas
Prototypes
Minimal Viable Products

8. Support & Incentives 10 Best Ideas - $2,500 each
5 Best Prototypes - $5,000 each
Best MVPs – Pool of $50,000

9. Support & Incentives AI Partners (Mentors, Access, Training)
Google Cloud Machine Learning
Amazon Web Services Machine Learning
IBM Watson
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning
EdTech Partners (Data, Access, Context)
Blackboard
Inside Track
Campus Management
Discourse Analytics

10. Team Formation

11. Slack

12. What type of team?
Team Lead
Technical Lead 
Subject Matter Lead

13. Timeline

14. December January February March April November11 8 4 10 30
Design Thinking Workshops
April 4 & 5
NAIC Ideas Due
January 29
Idea Awards Announced
February 5
Ideation at GEW
Prototype Winners Announced
March 29
Launch of NAIC at HackPSU
Prototype Demos at Penn State Startup Week
March 27

15. Announce & Demo MVPs at EdTech Engage Announce Grant Selection20
May
June
July
August
September
October
MVP Demo 
August 31
MVPs Due
July 31
Announce & Demo MVPs at EdTech Engage
Grant Review
Announce Next NAIC
Announce Grant Selection

16. https://edtechnetwork.psu.edu/challenge
How Do You Start?

17. Imagine …