Bridging the Teacher-Entrepreneur Divide

Summary of the proposed session

Teachers and EdTech entrepreneurswant to work together

to make great technology

But there is a divide

economic

cultural

political

social

ideological

Dividebetween

Teachers EdTechEntrepreneurs

Divide

Teachers EdTechEntrepreneurs

Innovation processConstraints

BudgetPaceTime

Join 2 teacher/technologists

Steve Isaacs Middle School Tech Teacher

Katya Hott Learning Content Producer

Discuss your experience as a teacher as an entrepreneur as a technologistShare goals and challengesGive each other advice

EdTech startups need to test early and often or we wont survive in the market

Teachers need to consider standards when choosing tech for the classroom

Let’s pool our experiences to create a resource together

Let’s take a step toward

Bridging the Divide

Teachers EdTechEntrepreneurs