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I''ve spent the last several days attending the 2013 ASCD Annual Conference in Chicago. And during the conference the Executive Director sent his first tweet and talked about the importance of educators to embrace socialmedia to extend their learning. But it still feels like something is missing.
The Edublog awards are an effort to "promote and demonstrate the educational value of socialmedia," particularly as some school districts block blogs and Twitter. Best open PD / unconference / webinar series- Edcamp ! Oh wait, that''s The Hunger Games. They are on my mind this weekend for some reason. Well, that''s it.
That might mean sharing all my notes from the conferences I am lucky to attend in Evernote, to mentoring new teachers who are using socialmedia to connect. Perhaps you''ll attend a conference or Edcamp this year. There are lots of ways I can share more everyday! How can you share more along with me?
Over the past year or so, I''ve noticed an increase in the amount of professional development opportunities occurring online, including EdcampHOME , EdcampONLINE , Connected Educator Month , and the multitude of conferences by the Learning Revolution Project, like the annual Global Education Conference and the 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference.
Beginning with a kickoff webinar on October 1 and culminating with Edcamp Online , Educator Innovator’s participation will focus on disseminating resources that highlight the critical importance of interest- and passion-driven work by young people. Recognition as one of the top educational technology news stories of both 2012 and 2013.
Beginning with a kickoff webinar on October 1 and culminating with Edcamp Online , Educator Innovator’s participation will focus on disseminating resources that highlight the critical importance of interest- and passion-driven work by young people.
Learn How to Create a Professional email signature that links to socialmedia accounts. Principal November 28, 2013 by Spike Cook from United States The Teachercast network is an amazing resource for educators throughout the world. May 7, 2013 by jodanchudan from United Kingdom Keep up the great work, guys! Tweet This.
Things such as Genius Hour, Innovation Week/Day, Identity Day, Maker Spaces, EdCamps, Flipped Classrooms, revamped professional learning opportunities, using socialmedia to create powerful opportunities for learning, and a myriad of other empowering ways to learn, are things that didn’t exist when I went to school.
A long time friend of mine, Beth Still , had sat down in the session (although it was not necessary for her to be there as she could have easily led the session), as I shared some ideas for empowering use of socialmedia for both teachers and students. May 6, 2016 “Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning.”
I see educators go to places like EdCamp and share how excited they are about the opportunities for learning that happens at those types of events, yet it is rare that I see people sharing how excited they are to attend their own PD days. EDCAMP professional learning day. What is EdCamp? Concluding Thoughts. Links/Resources.
In order to create these much-needed Personalized Learning Networks educators will need to learn about socialmedia and its culture. I used to feel the same way about Edcamp; I did not really understand the appeal of the process and thought it seemingly was a waste of time, even though so many people said the exact opposite.
Karen has presented at conferences around the country about teaching students to navigate socialmedia and working with teachers to develop digital projects that embrace new media literacies. And we also organized India''s first edcamp, EdcampMumbai.
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