Polling the Wisdom of the Masses: Crowdsourcing & Crowdfunding
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This document discusses crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. It defines crowdsourcing as utilizing the wisdom of crowds to find answers, solutions, feedback, and resources. Examples are given such as medical diagnosis on social media and online challenges. Crowdsourcing is recommended for solutions, feedback, lessons, resources, advice, and fundraising. Tools for crowdsourcing include Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and online groups. Crowdfunding examples include Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, and DonorsChoose. Tips are provided for effective crowdsourcing and crowdfunding including building networks, casting a wide net, and leveraging those networks.
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Polling the Wisdom of the Masses: Crowdsourcing & Crowdfunding
- 1. Polling the Wisdom of the Masses: Crowdsourcing&Crowdfunding Torrey Trust
- 2. Twitter in 60 Seconds Take 60 seconds to watch the following clip about the power of Crowdsourcing via Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/twitter60
- 3. Agenda Crowdsourcing 101 Why? How? What? Crowdfunding
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. 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?
- 8. Why Crowdsource? Utilize Wisdom of Crowd Find Answers/Solutions Fundraise Learn
- 9. 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
- 10. 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
- 11. Crowdsourcing Tools Edmodo vs. Ning
- 12. Crowdsourcing Tools Twitter Hashtags (#edchat, #edtech) Wider Audience http://cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html Twitter Handle (@torreytrust) Direct tweet toward a person
- 13. Crowdsourcing Tools LinkedIn Facebook BetterLesson EdWeb Yahoo! & Google Groups Others?
- 14. Crowdsourcing Tips Select the most effective tools Networking & Netiquette Verify the information your receive If your crowd has questions, give answers
- 15. Crowdfunding Name (Global Alexa Rank) Kickstarter (746) IndieGoGo (4,301) GoFundMe (15,586) ChipIn (27,977) RocketHub (55,230) GiveForward (72,001) Donors Choose
- 16. 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
- 17. Questions
- 18. 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