Polling the Wisdom of the Masses: Crowdsourcing & Crowdfunding

Torrey Trust

Twitter in 60 Seconds

Take 60 seconds to watch the following clip about the power of Crowdsourcing via Twitter:

http://tinyurl.com/twitter60

Agenda

Crowdsourcing 101

Why? How? What?

Crowdfunding

Crowdsourcing 101

Examples

“Web MDs: Social Media are Changing How We Diagnose Disease” (Alice Park, TIME Magazine)

Competitions Red weather balloon challenge Fold.it

Colleges

Olympic Ticket

Fancierhealth

Why Crowdsource?

Utilize the Wisdom of the Crowd

Crowdsourcing Activity Rules: Do not look up the answer on an Internet search engine Give your best (most educated guess) Everyone must participate

http://tinyurl.com/hpguess

Why Crowdsource?

Results Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: 309 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 734 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: 652

Compare your response to the average of all of the responses – which response was closer to the actual number of pages?

Why Crowdsource?

Utilize Wisdom of Crowd

Find Answers/Solutions

Fundraise

Learn

What You Should Crowdsource

Solutions Tech Problems, Classroom Management Issues

Feedback Lesson Plans New Classes/Clubs

Resources Classroom (equipment, supplies) Tech (websites, web 2.0 tools, apps)

Advice New textbooks, Starting an After-School Program, Differentiating

Instruction

How-To

Build Global Support Network

Ask Your Network Blog Tweet with Hashtags Discussion Forum Post Collaborative Document (Google/TypePad)

Tip: Cast a Wide Net

Crowdsourcing Tools

Edmodo vs. Ning

Crowdsourcing Tools

Twitter Hashtags (#edchat, #edtech) Wider Audience http://cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html Twitter Handle (@torreytrust)

Direct tweet toward a person

Crowdsourcing Tools

LinkedIn

Facebook

BetterLesson

EdWeb

Yahoo! & GoogleGroups

Others?

Crowdsourcing Tips

Select the most effective tools

Networking & Netiquette

Verify the information your receive

If your crowd has questions, give answers

Crowdfunding

Name (Global Alexa Rank) Kickstarter (746) IndieGoGo (4,301) GoFundMe (15,586) ChipIn (27,977) RocketHub (55,230) GiveForward (72,001)

Donors Choose

Crowdfunding Tips

Creative Pitch Make a video

Offer tiered incentives (i.e., cards from kids)

Be bold & think big ($1000, $500, $100)

More initial funding = More funders Closer to funding goal = more donations occur

Leverage your global support network & crowdsource tools Connect with people with large networks and leverage their

networks

Questions

Credits

Presentation Designed by:

Torrey Trust

Doctoral Candidate

Education: Teaching & Learning

Gevirtz Graduate School of Education

UC Santa Barbara

K-12 Tech Tools Database Founder

Contact Me

torreytrust@gmail.com

www.torreytrust.com

@torreytrust

http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com

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