HP Innovation Journal Issue 05: Winter 2016

MAKER SPOTLIGHT For Education and Healthcare Makers In this issue we spend time with Sprout by HP team members Brad Short, inventor and creator of Sprout by HP, and Frances Ayalasomayajula, HP Global Healthcare Solutions Senior Manager, to learn more about how Sprout is helping teachers, students, cli- nicians, and patients to develop new forms of collab- orative learning and healthcare. interests, allowing science, technolo- gy, engineering, art, and math to find its way collectively into school projects. What makes Sprout by HP such a universal solution for today’s Makers? What impact is Sprout having on teachers? We are in an extremely exciting time where the technology is catching up to the aspirations for more seamless user experiences. With Sprout anyone is able to create and express themselves without hurdles of specialized skills and tools. The natural user interface makes it very appeal- ing to all types of users and sectors. How is Sprout being used in classroom environments? Students find Sprout to be a very empowering tool. The user interface is very intuitive espe- cially for children who are Kinesthetic or visual learners. With its touch interfaces, multimedia capabilities, and numerous education applica- tions, Sprout seamlessly blends physical and digital learning. Students can reach beyond the classroom walls to bring outside objects and content into their classroom projects and presentations. They can also collaborate across disciplines and At Pioneer Center for Human Services Sprout by HP helps people with developmental disabilities learn and express themselves 26 Innovation Journal · Issue 5 · Winter 2016 Bonsall High School students using Sprout by HP for mashups and layouts; stop-motion animation; video capture; and tracing and stenciling Sprout is the perfect teacher’s workstation. It allows teachers to combine multiple tools into one easy to use platform, instead of forcing them to use techniques dictated by different devices. Sprout can serve as a projector to share physical elements that are part of a lesson plan—dis- sections, physics, chemistry, etc.—and then seamlessly switch to digital content that sup- ports the same lesson. It’s also allowing teachers to foster a more collaborative learning environment. The MyRoom application enables teachers and stu- dents to share a digital canvas. Students in the classroom or remotely can log in and contrib- ute to the same canvas, building content live. A remote tutor sees exactly what the student is working on as if they were standing right next to the student. Is Sprout having a similar impact on healthcare? Yes, as with Education, Sprout is promoting collaboration and expression in the Healthcare sector as well. From empowering patients throughout their healthcare journey, to enhanc- ing care delivery, and making global population healthcare more collaborative, Sprout is helping patients and clinicians approach healthcare in a more immersive way. For example, at Pioneer Health Center for Human Services, Sprout is helping to remove obstacles for people with limited mobility. With its intuitive, less intimidating interface and ap- plications, users can better express themselves and their creativity. With Sprout users can work on fine motor skills and control, communicate in new ways, and gain additional confidence. Is Sprout helping to improve collaboration between clinicians and patients? Sprout allows patients to become actively in- volved in their healthcare journey by making it much easier for healthcare providers to visual- ly demonstrate instructions and offer patients more detailed explanations of medical condi- tions and disease management. For example, group diabetes management programs encour- age their higher-risk patients to participate, but for some of those patients leaving home is a difficult task. Sprout enables the courses to now be delivered to them dynamically. Health liter- acy is also a challenge around the world today. Sprout’s ability to intuitively provide telehealth services or serve as a patient kiosk in waiting rooms and doctor offices helps face that chal- lenge head on. 

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