For suggestion of this course, I would hope that the “emerging marketing analysis” to be reduced by 1~2 weeks, giving more time to exploration of really successful ventures. We could study their early pitches, match their venture plans with their real corporation trails, and discuss the secrets of them to survive through risks and chances. […]
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sheza
Constructive Suggestions…
It was a pleasure working with you all this term. I really enjoy MET courses as they allow us to learn from each other, work collaboratively and share insights on a variety of topics in our field. As a suggestion for improving participation in future cohorts, I think having a greater opportunity to work with […]
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unclereg
Suggestions for future…
Hello, Great comments so far, lots of suggestions that I agreed with. Not much to add, just that it was difficult to find certain submissions. Though I liked the hyperlinked searchable words at the right-hand margin of the screen for quick reference. As for the assignment descriptions, I would suggest putting at least one sentence […]
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ping
Hi Regen,
I missed the self-reflection like you 🙁 Agree with your that there should be a description of this in the assignment outline. I even think that reflection is not so necessary, as we are not sure whether we will base our A3 on the A1 analysis at that early stage.
Ping
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Dennis Pratt
Participation Suggestions
I was quite happy to see that this course was not going to be heavily based on postings and comments as my last course had over 6000 submissions and felt overwhelmed by the amount of reading and writing. I did find, however, that each blogging platform used throughout the course had positive and negative characteristics. […]
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gillian
Dennis,
I do agree that the quality of postings did seem higher than in other courses (I am sure many of those 6000 posts were “thanks” and emoticons). As I felt that there were less opportunities to participate, I felt pressure to ensure I made the most of the opportunities I did have.
gillian
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gillian
A few final thoughts and suggestions …
As many of you have noted, this course has been quite a journey or ‘venture’ in itself. I did, however, find that my own participation came in ebbs and flows and fits and starts. After some reflection, I think that the weblog platform and missed opportunities for further engagement could be improved. When it comes […]
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janetb
Hi Gillian,
Great comments – I, too, found the navigation in the blog format a little off-putting at times. I also found that there were more individual comments about concepts, but far less interactive discussion about them than in other courses.
I also agreed with your comment about “the Ask” part of a venture. I was stumped on that, too. I also had no idea what is generally considered acceptable for both amount and timeline on the Return, so more guidance on those would have been helpful.
Thanks for your post,
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gillian
Thanks for your reply Janet – it was nice to know I wasn’t alone :). I was happy to have the opportunity to express my thoughts.
gillian
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vawells
Hi Gillian
Great suggestions to facilitate greater participation! The format of the blog did not lend itself to interactive discussions but instead as Janet said posts were mostly comments about concepts covered. For me a LMS offers more structure, ease of use and facilitated more collaborative learning opportunities.
Enjoy the rest of your summer
Valerie
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gillian
Valerie,
Thank you. Best to you for the rest of your summer as well.
gillian
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Dennis Pratt
Gillian;
Great ideas. I did like that this course was not “post heavy” as some courses eat too much time reading and posting comments. I believe the amount of time on discussions should match the weight of the mark given to it but that seems to rarely be the case. I agree that some things were difficult to navigate and I am aware of a few instances where directions were unclear.
Enjoy what is left of your summer.
Dennis
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gillian
Dennis,
I agree that there have been some courses where participation expectations have been overwhelming and the value placed on them rather … um … underwhelming. The value in this case does seem to match the time and effort allotted; however, I do feel that there were missed opportunities for learners to give and receive constructive feedback which would have helped to build a more supportive and active community.Cheers to the rest of your summer as well.
gillian
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Deborah S
Hi Gillian,
I agree with your comments about navigation. I found it time consuming to locate the posts I was supposed to provide feedback on this past week. I had the same problem in weeks two and three of the course before the group presentations started. While it may have been easier to administer the course in a LMS, I was happy to get experience with this blogging tool and I’m certainly feeling more confident with it than I was at the start of the term.Deborah
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gillian
Deborah,
It certainly was a valuable learning experience in regards to using a weblog as a learning platform. While I still prefer the accordances of an LMS, weblogs are a less costly alternative.Thanks for your comments and I hope you enjoy the rest of your summer.
gillian
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Danielle Dubien
Hi Gillian,
I agree that it would have been useful to have more information about estimatiing the value of the “ask” and “return”. I was able to estimate some values, and having watched Dragon’s Den a few times, I had a bit of an idea of values that were reasonable. Perhaps references or a video on cost and profit estimates would have done the trick.
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toddpowell
Looking back…. and looking forward.
After looking back upon our very fast time together, there were a few things that I can offer as suggested improvements. First of all, the WordPress platform is one that a colleague and I are seriously looking at for future use in the classroom (over other learning environment platforms). The one thing that I struggles […]
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mariefrancehetu
In retrospect
Hello, This has been an overall great learning journey . . . I learned much about learning ventures (fictional and real) and felt there were brilliant ventures out there I would love to add to my technological tool box. The highlight of the course, in my opinion, were the OER’s; I really enjoyed viewing, participating and communicating […]
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Meggan Crawford
Hi Marie-France,
I like your adjustment of the OERs to get extra time for feedback on the pitches. I definitely agree that this adjustment would be helpful and everyone would still be able to engage with all of the OERs. It also might help to keep people fully engaged with each OER, as it felt as though people were more focused on their pitches than the OERs in the last few weeks.
Good thinking!
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mariefrancehetu
Hello Meggan,
Thanks for responding . . . It is a bit normal to concentrate on the pitches as they require quite a bit of time to create, so it would be nice to have extra time to work on them without feeling the need to cut back on OER participation.
I think the idea of gathering constructive criticism in an open forum at the end of a course is daring and useful. I think all MET courses should do this, there is always room for improvement and to get a learner’s point of view is a great way to improve the learning experience from course to course.
Cheers!
Marie-France
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Denise
Hi Marie-france,
i agree about your comments about the community of practice.
I can see some benefit in your suggestion about the OERs and more time for pitches, but I also wonder what the benefit of sprucing up the pitches for final submit would be (apart from better marks?) . I have learnt a lot from people’s comments and seeing other pitches . What I would suggest rather than more time revising the pitches that we submit the pitch reflection after the week of feedback and reflect on what we noticed when we posted, what we learnt from other people’s comments and other pitches and then outline changes we would make.
Cheers
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mariefrancehetu
Hello Denise,
I think that if the peer evaluation is part of the project it would really make it more ‘real’. In real life one would never launch a venture pitch unless it has been seen by an audience willing to give you feedback. Whether you actually get a better mark or not is irrelevant, but the creation process is more complete if you include a peer review that allows you to make changes (or not) to your presentation.
I like your idea of reflecting on what we learnt from peers’ comments, and instead we could say or outline the changes we did make.
Cheers!
Marie-France
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Denise
HI Marie-france,
I don’t think we are disagreeing. I absolutely agree – peer evaluaiton has been incredibly important – I am just not sure I would want to redo my pitches (esp as they are hypothetical). The advantage of the reflection after viewing everyone else’s pitch and feedback is that is integrates it all without the need to redo the pitches.
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toddpowell
I really appreciated your comments on the communication and postings. I found it difficult if I wanted to be in a “discussion thread” with someone, who had posted a day previous. There were so many posted after, that I know that the individual who I was aiming at wouldn’t be reading mine.
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gillian
Marie-France,
Some very constructive ideas. I think overall an overall message is emerging through yours and others’ suggestions is the missed opportunity to engage more fully in a community of practice.
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mariefrancehetu
Hello Gillian,
Any suggestions on how to improve or increase opportunities to engage more fully in a community of practice?
Marie-France
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gillian
I have mentioned a few in my own post above yours, but I think the best opportunity is one mentioned by others and that is the opportunity for peer feedback on assignments.
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Dennis Pratt
Marie-France;
I agree that a category needs to be mandatory as I submitted a post and then realized it was not in the proper category. Once I figured out how to switch it over some of the editing was changed and there was no way to change it back.
Good suggestion!
Dennis
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Dave Horn
Future Consideration
Hi Everyone, Thanks very much for all the great discussions, input, and ideas. I definitely know that I will be drawing upon a lot of them as I continue to progress through education and administration. I have two suggestions for revisions to this course. The first is a minor structural one, where I’d have liked […]
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Denise
I agree Dave, lots of good learning to use for the future.
Agree too about your two suggestions.Denise
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gillian
Dave,
some very practical suggestions for ease of course navigation through a blog platform such as this. While I see the value of having everything ‘out there’ in regards to this course creating an OER, it does point to some obvious disadvantages when compared to an LMS platform. Your point was made extra clear this week as I was hunting down the venture pitches assigned to me for evaluation. It would have been great if this somehow made easier and less time consuming. Perhaps we could have each created our own subpage?
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Deborah S
Hi Dave,
I agree with both of your suggestions. I struggled with the navigation in this last section of the course, as well as in weeks one to three as older posts were several pages back, making them time consuming to locate. It would also be nice to have a full list of who had posted comments into each post instead of person 1, person 2, person 3 and xx others are discussing. When I pop into the course throughout the week, it would be nice to quickly see which posts I had responded to and which ones I hadn’t.Deborah
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Sherman Lee
Participation Portfolio – Course Suggestions
Hello everyone, Like many of you have mentioned, this was another amazing term here in MET. There were some rough times throughout this term, but I think we did a great job! I have learned a lot in regards to ventures. I don’t think I am meant for it, but at least I know a […]
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vawells
Hi Sherman
I like your idea. It is a good way to check for understanding and at the same time promote participation.
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Valerie
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Donna Forward
Hello all,
I’m not sure what a pulse check is. I saw it in this last optional participation improvement assignment but I’m still wondering.
Cheers,
Donna
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Sherman Lee
Hi Donna,
Pulse check is a regular check in to see if team members are still surviving. In this case, what I refer to as pulse check is a bi-weekly check-in post by students to state how they are doing within the course. It is simply a post where students express how they are feeling in class, which I think would help keep the class on track. This will also allow other students to give suggestions as to how they are tackling certain task that the author of a post may express difficulties in.
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Donna Forward
Thanks Sherman,
When David had mentioned Pulse checks in the final participation portfolio outline, I thought that there was actually a button that we could press where we could vote on how we felt about others’ assignments:)
This is what was written:
4.Use the PulsePress tools to like/dislike other students suggestions, and possibly comment on them to add value
So, I thought the Pulse tool was actually a button.
Yeah okay, time for a break I think!
Yours,
Donna
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Denise
Well I am with you Donna – I too thought it was a button – like the votes for the pitches.
Denise
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gillian
Sherman,
With better understanding of your idea – thanks to your elaboration, I think it is a very sound one. Although there is participation within the OER’s each week – there does seem to be a disconnection within the course log itself.
A quick check in would help build a community of practice and give learners an outlet to vent and perhaps seek answers to questions.
gillian
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vawells
Participation Suggestion
Hi all The summer term is almost at an end. I’m not sure where it went but August 5th is just around the corner. One suggestion I would make to promote greater participation would be to have small cohort groups peer edit and provide feedback on assignments and/or to work through OER activities. This would […]
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toddpowell
I really like your idea of smaller groups which stimulates more discussion. I think that collaboration at any point is hugely important.
Todd
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mariefrancehetu
Thank You & Summary of Week 12 Dear …
Thank You & Summary of Week 12 Dear colleagues, thank you all for participating in our OER with such enthusiasm. We initially felt that Week 12, being the last week for everyone to work on assignment # 3, would perhaps mean a little less participation . . . on the contrary – we were pleasantly […]
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Claire Burgoyne
Thanks Week 12 Team,
The activities you provided encouraged participation. I appreciated the opportunity to reflect on my reasons for choosing the MET program and consider how well it has met my expectations. I appreciate seeing the results of the survey so promptly. You all did a great job not only of preparing for week 12 but also of moderating during the week.Claire
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lisamallen
The Educational Technology Experts (ETE)
I’m Lisa Allen, President and Owner of the Educational Technology Experts (ETE), a global consulting firm that specializes in providing analytics, recommendations and training of educational technology to educational institutions. This pitch is requesting the venture’s first year operating costs of $300,000 as an investment in the company. Youtube Elevator Pitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R9m3qq63Z8 Venture Pitch Paper
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vawells
Hi Lisa
Your venture sounds interesting however I wasn’t able to view your elevator pitch due to your privacy settings.
Valerie
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lisamallen
Hi Valerie,
Thanks for letting me know – all fixed now 🙂
Lisa
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vawells
Thanks Lisa. I can now access it.
Valerie
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Deborah S
Hi Lisa,
I can definitely see the potential in your venture and I think it fills a gap in the education system. I thought you did a good job describing the service in your written venture pitch, both to the educational and institutional customer.Before I would invest, I would like some additional information on your marketing plan, and how you determined that you would need three consultants to begin with. I also wasn’t sure whether you would be focusing on the educational or institutional market first. Would you be pursuing them equally? Would your focus be elementary or secondary, or both?
Deborah
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lisamallen
Thanks for this feedback Deborah – you’re right, a more comprehensive “plan of action” would have been a good thing to include in my pitch.
Cheers,
Lisa
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unclereg
Hey Lisa,
I like the idea and think it be great once it’s implemented within schools but getting access to schools will be difficult. I think district contracts with companies like G&T (Grand & Toy) & Staples will not let you anywhere near the financial outflow for continuous spending from departments. I love the point you make that we are educators not technological experts, which is so accurate. I think technology use within schools will continue to follow the pattern, ‘Hey I want what that guys got’ and that person goes and gets that device from and for their own departments funding. For the future I would suggest planning how you will innovatively gain access to public school department heads, and school spending. Good luck.
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lisamallen
Thanks for these comments Regen, I think that you’re right when it comes to public elementary and secondary schools. With higher education and private institutions though, I think they’re much more open to bringing in consultants. Perhaps that is where my “consulting firm” should try to gain entrance into the market.
Cheers,
Lisa
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vawells
Hi Lisa
I enjoyed watching your elevator pitch. You present the advantages of your venture very clearly. I can see the potential in your idea and agree there is a need for this in the school system. I was left with a couple of questions; Most districts employ their own IT staff so why would schools go outside of this? Would districts allow schools to go outside, as most schools have to choose goods and services from district approved lists?
Good luck with your future venturesValerie
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lisamallen
Hi Valerie,
Thanks for these comments – and great questions. Not working in the public school system, I don’t really know how they contract vendors… that being said, perhaps my consulting firm can gain access into the private educational market to start and build credibility there? I think the biggest issue with IT staff is that they don’t have that education theory background – and that’s what sets this consulting firm apart from the IT staff.
Cheers,
Lisa
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mariefrancehetu
Hello Lisa,
Here are some comments on your venture pitch and your elevator pitch:
Elevator pitch
It is difficult to say all that you want in a one minute period, so it sounds a bit as if you are rushing to say it all quickly. A suggestion might be to make a simple powerpoint presentation outlining the main points, and then use this presentation to read out from on your computer as you are filming yourself.In one minute you do manage to summarize the essence of your venture however.
Venture Pitch paper
You present a very strong paper here. You outline the need and the solution quite well. You establish your marketing possibilities expertly and it shows your paper is well researched. If such a company was looking to hire I would be interested . . .
As an investor, you certainly have convinced me that it would be a worthwhile project to invest in.Well done!
Marie-France
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lisamallen
Thanks Marie-France,
I agree, in hindsight a powerpoint presentation would have been more effective for the one minute pitch!
Cheers,
Lisa
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Leonora Zefi
Hi Lisa,
I liked your venture plan and how you specified the growth projections. Here are my comments.Elevator pitch message
The need for The Educational Technology Experts (ETE) services is clearly outlined in the introduction – piqued my interest with the question at the very beginning. The solution is well explained but I would have been persuaded about the success of the venture if I got a clearer sense of the ”uniqueness or differentiation” characteristics of the service provided by the venture.Marketability
While I see understand the importance of having these professionals advise school administrators, given the arguments and stats about the market, I wasn’t convinced about market opportunities for this venture. Just stating that the government of Canada and BC spend 5 -7 and 4.5 billion in the next 3 years” doesn’t necessarily mean that money will be allocated to a service specific to what the venture is proposing.
There was no mention of competition and that made me a bit nervous despite the specific growth figures (although long-term – 5 years)Venture Plan
Your venture plan is very well structured and clearly laid out. It includes details plan – revenue and expense processes are very clear and outline promising prospect for the company therefore convincing the investor on ROI.
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lisamallen
Thanks Leonora,
It’s hard to pin point the competition since “consultants” are everywhere and the information out there is quite vague. You’re right though, it would have been good if I had included that information in my pitch.
Cheers,
Lisa
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Leonora Zefi
Hi Lisa,
I completely understand the challenges of pinpointing the competition. I had the exact same challenge – the main competition for my venture is corporate training companies and there are myriads of them.
Enjoy the rest of the summer.Leonora
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gillian
Hi Lisa,
You were braver than I was for your elevator pitch – couldn’t get myself in front of the camera. I found the elevator pitch to be somewhat disengaging however as you were not looking at the camera, but rather reading somewhere off to the side – losing eye contact. I did think that your voice had good variation in pitch and tone though.As for your venture pitch, it sounds like a great idea. The service sounds extremely thorough from needs assessment to implementation, and I thought it very smart of you to note that consultants were experts in both education and technology, so that you would retain credibility from all sides of the market. I also appreciate how you are careful not to disparage educators by explaining that teachers and admin are experts in education, but not necessarily technology. I also think that the public would appreciate how you are careful to note efficiency and effectiveness – ensuring that private business is accountable with public funds.
As for your numbers, the costs that you mention sound reasonable, but it does seem that you may be missing a few expenses such as office space, equipment etc.gillian
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lisamallen
Thanks for your comments Gillian,
In hindsight, a powerpoint presentation would have been better for the one-minute pitch (especially since I am not the best public speaker in the world).
Cheers,
Lisa
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karonw
Hi Lisa,
Thank you for sharing your venture with us. I quite liked your venture idea and I think you have done a good job in trying to deliver as much details and specifics as possible within 1:11 minutes. It is very challenging to be able to pin point the core ideas and being able to present it. You did very well in that matter in trying to convince your investors. However, as an EVA I am a bit picky in the presentation itself, I would find it more convincing if the presenter was looking at the camera providing some eye contact and at the same time adding a smile would definitely boost up the atmosphere of the pitch. Other than this, I think you have did a good job.
Keep up the good work.
Karon
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lisamallen
Thanks Karon,
I appreciate your comments. It’s sometimes difficult to smile when you’re nervous! 😉
Cheers,
Lisa
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troos
Hello Lisa:
Your venture, Educational Technology Experts, is a great idea and similar to my venture proposal for professional development in educational technology. You have good personal presence in your elevator pitch but focusing in on the camera once in a while would have relieved the “scripted” feel to the video. You identify clear pain points and explain your market expectations well. As the venture leader, you sound convinced of your product’s value. Great job. You mention the need for investment based on labor and advertising. I wonder if you are short-changing yourself here. What about office space, equipment, travelling costs and internet access? Will you have a team to support you? You may have provided answers in your venture pitch but I am just analyzing your elevator pitch here. The first half of your elevator pitch seems aimed at convincing your clients rather than your investors. I think your investors need to here this same information but somehow it needs to be clear that you are directing this at them rather than your clients. Good work!
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Chelsea M Woods
Hi Lisa, great concept, and certainly an area where schools need support. The school I am currently working at brought in EdTech Audits, and they provided us with recommendations for development and areas of strength. I would have liked to hear more about the structure of your reporting process and how you will ensure that your people are experts, and provide useful recommendations to your clients.
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Dennis Pratt
Private consulting is a great idea for offering professional development for teachers. I would actually prefer to take PD from someone in the industry rather than a colleague teacher. I seem to get more out of the presentation as they usually provide real examples of work that they are doing. The difficult part might be to find, train and keep qualified staff that can relate to teachers and education and try to turn a profit doing so. I know we spend quite a bit of money on PD and some of it gets wasted in my opinion. I would want to make sure we are getting the most for our money and think that most schools are the same. If you have a great product and teachers like it, the word will spread quickly.
Good idea! I can’t wait to see what sessions you have lined up.
Dennis
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toddpowell
Lisa,
Very well done, especially with the paper. You have obviously thought about gaps that exist in the current educational systems. As for the venture pitch, I was a little disconcerted about not being “looked in the eye.” I know that camera work can be daunting, especially for 1 minute.Coming from both secondary and middle schools, what would your primary focus on implementation be??
Cheers,
Todd
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unclereg
Welcome to the NEW Personalized Sylvan Tutoring Service….
Hello all, The link for my Elevator Pitch is below and posted on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXBKx-t77n4 As for my venture pitch, I’ve embedded it as a word file within this post. Please let me know if there is any difficulty accessing the youtube video and I’ll try and assist. Thanks so much. Enjoy. -Regen Schmidt […]
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sheza
Hi Regen,
Your Elevator Pitch was more of a sales pitch for why someone should be interested in this service from Sylvan rather than a pitch directed to investors. It was also quite difficult to hear as the volume on your video was quite low.
Also, I don’t see the educational technology edge to your venture? As an investor I wouldn’t have been compelled to read onto your Venture Pitch, and even though I did I did not find answers to such questions as the ask, market share, ROI, or information on your CEO and Team. I understand that this venture would be an offshoot of the Sylvan chain but some consideration should have been given to these points to successfully complete the requirements of your Venture Pitch.
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lisamallen
Good Mind Maps
Hi all, Thanks to this weeks group, I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a good mind map this week. For me, I think the answer to what makes a good mind map, is that I make it myself. Mind maps are a way of learning, problem solving and exploring ideas. For me, when […]
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kimnoel
Adventures in Mind Mapping!
Great job with mind-mapping week 9! Like others, I have not ever really thought of mind-mapping as a teaching tool, but more of an assessment/review tool. Having used VUE many times in the MET program, I have learned that mind-mapping is a very versatile way of giving visual representation to thoughts and processes. And, the […]
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Sherman Lee
Thank you, Kimberlee. I am glad that you experienced collaborative mind mapping as something new 🙂 From a teacher’s point of view, I do share a similar concern towards mind map. Before I started researching into this project, I have always thought that mind mapping was a very personal exercise, because I have always been asked to do this individually in school. I have done a little bit of this exercise with various groups in academic, professional and personal project, but it was something that was more drawn by one person while the rest dictates. One underlying puzzle that I had was that I wonder how ‘messy’ and confusing it would be to have too many hands in a pot; the amount of time to simply get used to the changes people had made is huge, due to different communication style and visualization.
Flipping the conversation on its head, let’s take a look at this from a more business perspective. If the “messiness” in a collaborative mind map is a concern, what could potentially address this pain point to elevate a tool to a functional level in terms of facilitating or even encouraging a group collaboration on a mind map? What might make you, as a grade 6 teacher, buy into this idea?
Sherman
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vawells
Reflections on mind mapping
Thank you for the introduction to this new tool. As I said before I have used concept maps for brainstorming sessions, pre assessment and exit cards. This particular application would be too difficult in my own context however tools such as spiderscribe(online) and kidspiration are student friendly and helpful for grade 3 students. With the […]
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Leonora Zefi
Using mind mapping in the classroom
It’s interesting to see such a variety of applications of mind/concept mapping. I have used mind mapping in problem-based learning where learners are presented with a scenario from the workplace and they have to resolve a communication problem. As pointed out in previous posts, mind mapping can be an effective tool to teach and reinforce concepts […]
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danishaw
Thanks for your input, Leonora! I too think it is crucial to include a reflective piece as a means of summary so that all learners use the visual learning artifact as a means to expand upon and develop their knowledge base. If one was to use the tool only as a means of idea generation then the deep thinking and reasoning potential would be lost.
Dani
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gillian
A big thank you from Week 8!
Hi everyone, Thanks very much for your feedback during our Week 8 presentation. We were very impressed with everyone’s PLEs and added resources (we have stolen/borrowed many of them). There was a lot of insightful input and discussions, which greatly enhanced the experience both for ourselves and hopefully for you, our colleagues. Symbaloo (it’s also […]
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toddpowell
Hello Everyone!!
Hello all, My name is Todd Powell, and I am coming at you from the VERY beautiful city of Victoria, B.C. in Canada. My sincerest apologies for the VERY late intro, but I have been dealing with a very unfortunate situation at my school with one of my students. I have the wonderful honour of […]
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vawells
Hi Todd
Welcome to the course.
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Sherman Lee
Hi Todd,
Welcome to the family. Hope everything is sorted out with your student there 🙁 Looking forward to working with you as well.
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Donna Forward
Welcome Todd. Good to have you on board!
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Donna Forward
I took the entrepreneur self-assessment survey and I’m definitely not an entrepreneur. However, the questions they ask are interesting. Time to become innovators! Donna:)
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Denise
Hi Donna,
I took it too and was just at the average for some and way below for others! Maybe a bit risk averse….Denise
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gillian 10:27 am on August 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Sheza,
Your suggestions for increasing participation in the OERs make a good deal of sense. Many of the groups offered significant content that needed to be reviewed before participation of any value could be made. I found in some cases this took a considerable amount of time leaving me until near the end of the week before I could reply and respond to the comments of others. By allowing a little more time for each might help alleviate some of that pressure.
gillian
Danielle Dubien 9:51 pm on August 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Sheza and Meggan,
I agree that 3 extra days to deal with each OER would have been very useful. Often, it seemed that just as discussions were warming up, the week was ending. Having two overlapping OERs at any time would be manageable.
Danielle Dubien 9:59 pm on August 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Oops, I meant Gillian instead of Meggan. I mixed up my team mates.