DO NOW

As you settle in, please take a moment to tweet a response to:

What are the cultural divides that get in the way of collaboration among edu stakeholders?

(teachers, students, developers / publishers, researchers, administrators)

Tweet to #edtechbridge #edcampLdr #EdCampLdrOH

BUILDING THE BRIDGE AMONG

EDU STAKEHOLDERSSteve Isaacs@mr_isaacs

William Annin Middle School

WHO’S HERE?

● Who is in the room?● Who has heard of @Games4Ed● Who has heard of #edtechbridge?● What is your experience working with various

edu stakeholders?

WHAT IS EDTECHBRIDGE?

COMMUNITY● Foster collaborative relationships among edu stakeholders create greater

learning opportunities for students● Lead discussions on topics important to all stakeholders● Bridge the cultural divide among educational stakeholders

PLATFORM● Games4Ed community / working groups http://www.games4ed.org● Weekly Twitter chat #edtechbridge 7pm EST● Google+ community http://goo.gl/NrGC3N● Nurph channel archives nurph.com/edtechbridge

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

Bridging The Gap Between Teachers and Entrepreneurs

Problem-Solving Session

250regular chat participants

500average tweets/hr during the chat

50% 50%teachers

1 year later . . .

creators/ students/

researchers

SUCCESSES● Growing active

community● Important discussions● Relationships outside of

Twitter● Interest from influential

organizations

SUCCESSES & CHALLENGES

CHALLENGES● Fostering deeper

collaborations ● Documenting takeaways● Asynchronous

communications and conversations

LET’S CHAT

Q1: How do stakeholders need to disrupt

their own processes in order to collaborate?

GOALS

LAST YEARWe wanted to leave SXSWedu and start a community. Done!

THIS YEARWe want to further the community to allow for deeper connections and collaborations.

Q2: Going beyond the twitter community,

what should be the next steps for teachers,

developers, students, and even researchers

to collaborate further?

TWEETS

THANKS!

Join us at

#edtechbridge

on Twitter

7pm EST Wednesdays

#slowchat format for July

CREDITS

Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free:

⊡ Minicons by Webalys⊡ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival⊡ Photographs by Unsplash