December 2011 panel on “How Educators and Entrepreneurs Can Collaborate.” From Educators & Entrepreneurs Summit: The Future of Education Technology at Microsoft NERD in Cambridge, MA.
I had a great time.
Great memories with fellow panelists / keynote speakers @jenmedbery @JeremyJ @marissalowman from @edtechup - just saw the photos #edtech
Hundreds of women + dozens of men = Women 2.0 PITCH, V-Day.
Incredible speakers. Inspiring entrepreneurs. Lots of new friends.
On multiple occasions, I was asked by female attendees if I now understood what its like to be the gender minority at tech events.
“No clue,” I said by the fifth time.
“Why?” they asked.
“Because you asked me how I’m doing.
We rarely ask.
You opened your circle when I approached.
We rarely notice.
How could I know what its like to be outnumbered 9 to 1 everyday,” I thought, ”at the most welcoming tech event ever?”
Originally published on the Alumn.us Blog:
Some of the deepest schisms in the U.S. between the haves and the haves-not stem from disparities in resources between schools and as a result of which schools our children attended.
These disparities are deeply rooted and seemingly intractable, and yet there is hope that they can be checked, reduced, or even eliminated - by us.
