What’s the big idea?

Apps for Good is an open-source education technology programme that lets students build apps to solve problems they care about.

The charity provides course content, training and industry connections to volunteers who partner with teachers to deliver the programmes. There are currently 17,000 students from 230 schools on the course.

Why we like Iris

Iris Lapinski is an edtech entrepreneur inspiring young people to engage with digital technology.

She is CEO of CDI Apps for Good, the award-winning education and technology charity working on digital inclusion, entrepreneurship and community action.

Iris has always been interested in the social power of digital media. Prior to CDI Europe, she worked as a consultant specialising in social sector investment, and the social and economic impact of telecoms and digital media.

She holds a BA in Cultural Studies from the European University Viadrina Frankfurt, and an MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Iris is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Big Society Network’s support programme for the UK’s best social entrepreneurs. In 2012, she was named one of Britain’s 50 New Radicals by Nesta and The Observer.

Follow her here: @irislapinski

Photo, right: Iris Lapinksi. Credit: Dell Inc. Licence: Attribution 2.0 Generic.

Photo, left: Apps for Good website.