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For years, organizers of “ Edcamps ,” a popular brand of informal professional development gatherings for teachers, received a resource kit sent by their host organization, the Edcamp Foundation. Last week, Digital Promise announced it had acquired the assets and operations of the Edcamp Foundation. It began with a box.
Edcamps are the "unconference". They are free, attendee led and driven, places to share and learn. Edcamp is a great series of free, unconferences for educators. This is a great opportunity to connect, share, teach, learn, and expand their personallearning network. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.
The traditional forms of sit-and-get PD are giving way to MOOCs, webinars, Edcamps and flipped learning. One idea that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is Flipped Faculty meetings. Check out this blog post to learn more. Faculty Meetings aren’t the only thing we can flip. But what does all that mean?
And although they’re an impressive group, representing over 250 organizations, they’re doing what you should be doing: forming a PersonalLearning Network (PLN) that benefits both themselves and the wider education community. Meetups are a great, informal way to share and learn ideas from new people face-to-face. No problem.
The most popular form of the unconference is the Edcamp , but many conferences are scheduling an “unconference” day with this same format. At Edcamps across the world, teachers show up on a Saturday morning to an unconference location. If people want to learn something, they show up to the designated room.
Image credit: [link] Recently, New Milford High School hosted their annual edcamp-like Saturday learning conference called Edscape. Leading into this Saturday, I had an opportunity to spend most of Friday in the halls of New Milford with students and staff observing the climate and learning throughout the day.
Come by the PowerSchool booth 2918 to meet me in person. LIVE webinars and am an organizer for the K12 Online Conference and EdCamp Phoenix. Stay tuned at the end of the show to learn about their Unified Classroom at ISTE Power School’s Classroom of the Future in room 207 A. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes.
He is engaging in the classroom, works very hard to meet the needs of all his students and regularly reflects on his teaching to understand his strengths and weaknesses. Many schools and districts are trying to do the right thing by meeting the needs of as many educators as possible when it comes to professional learning.
You try to contribute as much as you take from your PersonalLearning Network (PLN) You are committed to paying it forward with your connectivity, being a resource for others, and building capacity with your own learning community. Student voice as a key to meeting their evolving needs. Meet families where they are.
It happened back in 2008 when new policies and funding sources were put forth with the intent to grow school districts’ abilities to supplement and meet the diverse needs of students—specifically in the face of foreign language teacher and Advanced Placement honors-level course shortages.
We are so excited to invite you to attend JEDCAMPSFBAY, an edcamp unconference in the San Francisco bay area for Jewish educators. visit our edcamp Wiki page. What it is Why you should go The unconference model is a powerful way for educators to meet and discuss the issues, ideas, and tools most important to them.
We are so excited to invite you to attend JEDCAMPSFBAY, an edcamp unconference in the San Francisco bay area for Jewish educators. visit our edcamp Wiki page. What it is Why you should go The unconference model is a powerful way for educators to meet and discuss the issues, ideas, and tools most important to them.
After all is said and done, in regard to building a PersonalLearning Network, who one follows is much more important than who follows back. Of course that is not limited to administrators, but that is one of my personal hot buttons. Do you want that person as a collegial source? Check it out: @tomwhitby.
CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation report addresses this challenge of digital equity in term of how school districts are ensuring that students experience innovative, creative, and engaging learning experiences. The presenters all agree that there are many hurdles, especially in a rural district, to meet the digital equity challenge.
Differentiation and personalizedlearning opportunities are just as important for teachers--creating empowering learning communities is key. Instead of ”professional development,” we need authentic, personalized “professional learning opportunities” that improve workflow and foster creativity.
Meeting this challenge is a huge task. Teachers need the opportunity to collaborate, they need to have a sense of ownership in their learning, and they need to feel valued. Their professional learning should be personalized. One PL strategy that seems to work well are Edcamps. based on an unconference model.
To cement your bond, attend a local conference together or an Edcamp. Your Global PersonalLearning Network (PLN) Why? If your students are learning about Canadian geography, you can find a teacher in Toronto to provide authentic resources. Hugging when you meet face-to-face for the first time is totally normal!
They want the freedom to chart their own learning course while receiving support from the organization to do so. Quality professional development rests in the ability of the organization to not only meet their needs, but also that of its constituents. Something has to give though. Each is hyperlinked to additional information.
If you are in Denver, I’d love the chance to meet you face-to-face and if not we can still enjoy each other’s company virtually. I have also listed some other free events I am going to try to attend that look like great opportunities to meet other passionate educators that do not require ISTE badges. Other Free Events.
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