EdCircuit Staff 
Jessie Woolley-Wilson 
To say that Jessie Woolley-Wilson is a force to be reckoned with in the EdTech world would be an understatement. Jessie of DreamBox Learning, and formerly spent time at Kaplan, LeapFrog SchoolHouse and Blackboard.
A Platform Reshaping the Way the World Learns – One Chapter at a Time
Jessie has an intriguing way of looking at life and business in the form of chapters. The development of DreamBox can be described as a journey from one chapter to the next influenced by the adaptive learning process.
DreamBox has created a learning platform that is age and grade agnostic. It meets the learner where they are in the learning process and allows for simultaneous instruction to take place in real-time, regardless of the student’s level of achievement. The technology impacts learning at the point of instruction and therefore erases the elements of being held back or left behind.
“We love mistakes because mistakes give us insight into how a student is thinking.”
The platform is based on solid research that is constantly being tested and modified by data collected through actual results in the field. The analysis or more specifically, mistake analysis, helps ascertain the “why” behind a student’s answer, improving overall learning and agency. It’s an important distinction when compared to many EdTech companies who choose to put technology ahead of strong academic research.
Living Life in Chapters
Jessie applies her chapter theory to the sensitive topic of minority representation in education and societal leadership. Life is full of chapters, and just because you came from a difficult beginning, it does not define your life. All of life is development through chapters of living. It’s important that minority youth see the successes of leadership from comparable beginnings.
The demographic change from city living to suburb has lessened the everyday encounters that once allowed young people to see successful minority adults in action. Jessie believes successful minorities owe it to themselves and future generations to engage technologically and reach out through social media and other means – demonstrating guidance and hope.
Jessie Woolley-Wilson is a visionary; education thought leader and a societal inspiration.
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