These slides discuss the importance of collaborative learning and envisioning solutions within the world of the Internet of Things. I gave this presentation at the Internet of Things meetup on July 16, 2015. Further details of myself and the other presenters that night are at: http://bit.ly/1VWaxcs

1. Collaborative Learning
The role communities play in IoT
Justin Grammens

3. Human Needs
• Once Physiological (air,
water, etc) and Safety
are covered
• Then come the Love/
belonging needs:
• Sense of belonging
and community
• Give and receive love
Maslow's Hierarchy

4. About Me
• First User Group I Attended -
Ruby Users of MN - 2006
• Why Was I There?
• Learn from others
• Meet news friends / network
• Power is stronger in numbers

5. About Me
• I wanted to give back
• Groups formed
• 2008: Mobile Twin Cities -
Monthly.
• 2009: Mobile March - Full day
conference!

6. Community
• If I'm working on building something on my own…
• Are are others doing it as well?
• Then, let’s work together!
&

7. Wikipedia
• Create a free encyclopedia for
everyone
• 80,000 volunteers update the site
• Why?
• Because it’s fun
• They are doing something that
will be remembered

8. Software Collaboration
• GitHub
• Shared revision control
and source code
management
• 9 million users with 21
million repositories
• Open sourced projects
hosted for free!

9. Software Collaboration
• Stack Overflow
• Platform for users to ask and
answer questions
• Answers are voted up or down
• 4,000,000 registered users
• 11,000,000 questions
• Use it to build their career and
show expertise.

10. How Does This Relate to
IoT?

11. IoT Growth
Software and Hardware are both needed

12. Open Source Hardware
• Arduino
• Low cost
• Low power
• Well supported
• Quickly assemble a
prototype (LEAN)

13. Arduino.MN
• Founded in 2012
• Local group of hardware/
software professionals
• Open hardware,
connected devices (IoT)
• Monthly meetings and
hack nights to share
projects

14. Let’s Have A HackDay!

15. #IoTHackday
What can you build together in 12 hours?

16. Let’s Have A Conference!

17. @IoTFuse
• Conference to unite
hackers and makers with
executives
• Sense of community
looking toward the future
if IoT
• Like Mobile March - cast
the net wide

18. @iotmpls Growth

19. Local Stories

20. Spark (2012)
Powered by Arduino and demoed at Arduino.MN

21. Spark -> Particle
2 Kickstarters > $1MM Pledged

22. Hidrate
Conceived at Startup Weekend 6 - Sept 16, 2014

23. Choosatron
Jerry Demoed @ Arduino.MN in June 2012

24. ReCap & Mico
Two successful Kickstarters from Igor Ramos

25. Water Meter Solutions
Colin and Josh Demoed @ Arduino.MN in Nov 2013

26. Brainwave Biofeedback
A meditation and alert signal headset allowing Middle
School students to visualize brain stimulus data from
measured out-put metrics of meditation and attention.
Conceived and built at a recent HackTheGap

30. CoderDojoTC.org
• Local free coding club for kids
• Helped nearly 1,000 unique children and young
adults learn to code
Epitome of Collaborative Learning

31. Thank You
• Local meetups & communities play a positive role
in collaborative learning
• Open Source and crowdsourcing creates more
innovation
• We live in a unique city with collaboration helping
to drive the adoption of IoT