A presentation on the cultural divides that exist between educators and EdTech creators and how we can overcome them as a community.

1. 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

2. BUILDING THE BRIDGE
AMONG
EDU STAKEHOLDERS
Steve Isaacs
@mr_isaacs
William Annin Middle School

3. 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?

4. 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

5. WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
Bridging The Gap Between Teachers and Entrepreneurs
Problem-Solving Session

6. 250
regular chat participants
500
average tweets/hr during the chat
50% 50%
teachers
1 year later . . .
creators/
students/
researchers

7. 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

8. LET’S CHAT

9. Q1: How do stakeholders need to disrupt
their own processes in order to collaborate?

10. GOALS
LAST YEAR
We wanted to leave
SXSWedu and start a
community. Done!
THIS YEAR
We want to further the
community to allow for
deeper connections
and collaborations.

11. Q2: Going beyond the twitter community,
what should be the next steps for teachers,
developers, students, and even researchers
to collaborate further?

12. TWEETS

13. THANKS!
Join us at
#edtechbridge
on Twitter
7pm EST Wednesdays
#slowchat format for July

14. CREDITS
Special thanks to all the people who made and released these
awesome resources for free:
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⊡ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
⊡ Photographs by Unsplash