“Breakthroughs in Learning: When AI Meets Neuroscience: Making Your Child’s World Their Screen - Without a Screen,” is the topic of First Friday Forum’s talk by guest speaker and entrepreneur Jim Marggraff.
Jim Marggraff is speaking at First Friday Forum (FFF), April 14 at 10 a.m. His topic is “Breakthroughs in Learning: When AI Meets Neuroscience: Making Your Child’s World Their Screen – Without a Screen.” The in-person forum is in the Fellowship Hall at Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, located at 49 Knox Drive, Lafayette.
Marggraff said new brain research can be combined with AI (Artificial Intelligence) to create multisensory experiences which accelerate learning at any age.
“When this happens for young children, we will be preparing our next generation to lead the world to new heights and to solve our world’s most challenging issues,” he said.
He will present a hands-on, sneak-peek demonstration of the technology he is creating to show how this is possible.
A serial inventor and entrepreneur, Marggraff was named both Entrepreneur and Father of the Year by Ernst and Young. He is also a TED (technology, entertainment and design) speaker.
For more than 30 years, Marggraff has dedicated his energy, vision and inventiveness to developing standards, applications, technology and products for companies committed to creating innovative solutions, improving learning and advancing human creativity, curiosity and communication.
Marggraff invented the popular LeapPad learning device, which is listed in the top 150 inventions from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) graduates.
His commitment to technology-based learning helped LeapFrog grow from $16 million to $680 million in annual sales, and sell more than $1 billion worth of LeapPads and educational content worldwide in less than five years.
Marggraff’s voice – as lead voiceover talent for LeapFrog, the company that purchased LeapPad – has greeted tens of millions of the device’s users. His inventions and content have impacted more than 100 million children and adults in reading, math and language skills and have sparked and fueled a passion for lifelong learning for people around the globe.
In February 2019, he was awarded the “Rotary STAR Humanitarian Award” for his work in propagating information and education.
In 2020, he founded his seventh company, Kinoo, Inc., a breakthrough literacy and learning platform, which develops critical skills without screens. Using a handheld Magic Wand Reader, kids interact with ordinary paper books with sounds, light and motion. Think of it as Wii for books meets a LeapPad.
Marggraff received several degrees from MIT and holds more than 60 granted patents.
Currently, Marggraff is CEO, Chairman and Co-Founder of Kinoo, Inc; board member of Foresight Mental Health; advisor to the Jibe Company; Chairman and Co-founder of The Global Impact Group and board member of the Gleason Family Foundation Leadership Council, One Shared World.
FFF Chair, Mike Rusk, is thrilled to have Marggraff as its next speaker.
“This is an outstanding opportunity to learn from one of our own. Jim lives in Lafayette and is a leading innovator in today’s world,” said Rusk. “Come to Fellowship Hall or follow along on Zoom.” Register to attend via Zoom at lopc.org/first-friday-forum/ and click on the “Register Here” button.
Bobbie Dodson can be reached at bobbiedodson109@gmail.com.
