crowdsourcing knowledge through social media

Crowdsourcing Knowledge Through Social MediaTorrey Trust

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

How many medal sports were featured in the 2012 Olympics?

Why Crowdsource?

Utilize the Wisdom of the Crowd How many medal sports were featured in the 2012

Olympics? 26

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)

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! & Google

Groups 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

CreditsPresentation Designed by:

Torrey TrustPh.D. Student

Education: Teaching & Learning

Gevirtz Graduate School of Education

UC Santa Barbara

K-12 Tech Tools Database Founder

Contact Me

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www.torreytrust.com

@torreytrust

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