Met with Ana and James at the Starbucks in down town Palo Alto to talk about our propositions and main hypothesis of what we observed in terms of Tech Adoption and iHub.

Here are some of the updates:

Abstract (Ana):

Problem statement:

• How do third party organizations facilitate productive technology adoption practices between schools and education technology companies?
• How does iHub facilitate education technology innovation?
• How does iHub facilitate collaboration between educators and entrepreneurs to promote education technology innovation?

Propositions:

1. (Lucas): iHub’s activities revolve mainly around teachers
   1. iHub’s emphasis is on supporting teachers
   2. iHub focuses mainly on supporting teachers
   3. iHub primarily focuses on supporting teachers more so than other stakeholders
   4. iHub focuses on supporting teachers rather than entrepreneurs
2. (James): Having a focus on teachers grants organizations access into schools
   1. Fostering relationships with teachers facilitates technology innovation
   2. iHub’s relationships with teachers facilitate startups’ access to schools
   3. iHub’s relationships with teachers grant startups classroom access
3. (Ana): iHub feels they have to do more than #1 and #2 room for improvement

Context (Lucas):

• What are SVEF and iHub?

Methods (James):

• No literature review/research of topic
• 1-hour observation
• Field notes
• Interview guide peer-reviewed by classmates
• Two 1-hour interviews
  • Together with observation = methodology triangulation
• Transcriptions
• Coding and propositions

Limitations (Lucas):

• Interview and observations had little correlation
• Limited previous knowledge of what the company did
• Findings (everyone):

Conclusion:

iHub successfully brings together educators and entrepreneurs, but we don’t know if this is actually having a positive impact on ______