Increasing EdTech Innovation In Schools (K-12)
Gabriel Lucas, Castilleja School (Palo Alto, CA)Kelsey Vroomunn, Urban School (San Francisco, CA)
Castilleja: All-girls, Day, grades 6-12Urban: Co-ed, Day, grades 9-12
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Innovation is everywhere
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Meet your neighbor
What’s your favorite EdTech innovation?
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Overheard at OESIS
• The process matters, not the product (Ray Ravaglia, Stanford University)
• Iterate / explore / try (Patricia and Aileen, Sage Hill School)
• Instructional designers need educators (Howard Lurie, CS4ED)
• Need to step out of our comfort zone (Jeff Bradley, OESIS)
• Spin-off and insulate innovation pilots (Amanda Parashar, Kohelet High)
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First half: Gabe
• Learning from failure: one educator’s EdTech innovation story
• A few “externally-driven” initiatives
• A few “educator-driven” initiatives (with six recommendations)
• Open discussion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkramer62/5811096333/
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Learning from failure: one educator’s EdTech innovation story
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Gabe at SF State
• Taught two classes meeting 50 min/period, 3 periods/week
• No wife, no kids, no mortgage, no money
• Plenty of space and computers
• No collaboration requirements
• No management oversight
• Masters thesis research
• Plenty of free time
• No formal review
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Gabe at SF State
• Taught two classes meeting 50 min/period, 3 periods/week
• No wife, no kids, no mortgage, no money
• Plenty of space and computers
• No collaboration requirements
• No management oversight
• Masters thesis research
• Plenty of free time
• No formal review
Dislike sales
No marketing
UI not intuitive
Built only for me
Too many features
Charged $$ upfront
Didn’t generate user base
More interested in teaching
Lacked a development partner
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Educator’s dilemma
As the years go by
My involvement in
K-12 education
Time to innovate and be entrepreneurial
Thirst fo
r specialized EdTech to
ols
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A few externally-driven initiatives
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Imagine K12: Seed funding for EdTech start ups
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Imagine K12 companies
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Imagine K12 companies
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EdSurge
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EdSurge
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EdSurge
build (or contribute to design process)
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NewSchools Venture Fund: Education Investment
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Silicon Valley Education Foundation
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TeacherSquare: Building EdTech communities
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“Fabrication EdTech” innovation
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4.0 Schools
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A few “educator-driven” initiatives(with six words of wisdom from Gabe)
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Goal: Bring educators and “external” EdTech enthusiasts together
Inspiration: Could schools play a more active role in the EdTech development cycle?
1. Start the dialogue
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Who came
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How might we questions
1a. …make EdTech more student-‐driven? 1b. …enable educators to design their own EdTech solutions?
2a. …improve access to EdTech tools? 2b. …capture data from EdTech tools to make more informed decisions?
3a. …support schools' use of EdTech in ways that are transformative? 3b. …improve the selection process of emerging EdTech tools?
4a. …give students and teachers more opportunities to participate in the EdTech innovation cycle?4b. …re-‐imagine EdTech as a fabrication-‐oriented opportunity (much like the maker movement)?
5a. …re-‐imagine the school day, to support innovation, as well as online and blended learning?5b. …enable EdTech entrepreneurs to observe & interact with students and teachers?
6a …create a thriving community of EdTech enthusiasts ?6b. …improve the student learning experience through the use of emerging EdTech tools?
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2. Support teacher-driven entrepreneurialism
Chicago teacher founded, Imagine K12 funded--while still working at a school
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3. Think big and seek grants!
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4. Students!
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Club Academia
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5. Tinker with building-block tools
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Overheard at OESIS
• The process matters, not the product (Ray Ravaglia, Stanford University)
• Iterate / explore / try (Patricia and Aileen, Sage Hill School)
• Instructional designers need educators (Howard Lurie, CS4ED)
• Need to step out of our comfort zone (Jeff Bradley, OESIS)
• Spin-off and insulate innovation pilots (Amanda Parashar, Kohelet High)
6. Take these ideas to heart
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Partnership for 21st Century Assessment
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Partnership for 21st Century Assessment
LMS
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Partnership for 21st Century Assessment
LMShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch
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Opportunities and challenges
Differentiation
Rich PD experience
Walk the walk
Fundraising
Multi-constituency
Learn by doing
Solve actual problems
World --> School
Take ownership
Student engagement
Time
Space
Money
Expertise
Bandwidth
Paradigm shift
Seems daunting
Is this our mission?
Required content
Financial models
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“Thinking big” examples
• Google’s 80/20 rule
• Hacker-in-residence
• EdTech maker lab
• KickstarterEDU
• Flipped EdSurge events
• Innovation consortiums
• More Club Academias
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Open discussion
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ED TECH INNOVATION
KELSEY VROOMUNN
designing faculty challenges for
Director of Ed Tech, Urban School of SF@KelseyVroomunn [email protected]
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ED TECH CHALLENGE?PDWhat is an
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ED TECH CHALLENGE?PDWhat is an
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ED TECH CHALLENGE?PDWhat is an
Confucius:
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ED TECH CHALLENGE?PDWhat is an
Confucius:
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ED TECH CHALLENGE?PD
Ed Tech Chef ISTE 2013 (and 2014)
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On Your Tables...
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On Your Tables...BAM!! A Challenge Card
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On Your Tables...BAM!! A Challenge Card• If you don’t like your challenge, move!
•Making, Blended Learning, Girls & STEM, Mobile Learning, PD
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On Your Tables...BAM!! A Challenge Card• If you don’t like your challenge, move!
•Making, Blended Learning, Girls & STEM, Mobile Learning, PD
Blended real world application: Compile resources in an open wiki, allowing group members to
contribute their own finds and to keep a record of activity.
Not a one day event! Give time for groups to consult resources before F2F discussions.
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On Your Tables...
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On Your Tables...STOP!! 3 Constraint Cards
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•Either flip them over one by one to add additional difficulty or...
•Instant gratification by considering all 3 constraints at once
On Your Tables...STOP!! 3 Constraint Cards
Sunday, February 9, 2014
•Either flip them over one by one to add additional difficulty or...
•Instant gratification by considering all 3 constraints at once
On Your Tables...STOP!! 3 Constraint Cards
Real world application: Think about and ask others what they perceive to be constraints at your campus. Great way to introduce the empathy piece of Design Thinking.
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How might we...
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How might we...
Real world application: Prototype the ideas that come out of your session!
Editable .PSD cards on my website chimeraeducation.weebly.com
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