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On Professional Development and The Places We Don’t Have Yet

The Jose Vilson

Policy Considerations for Pedagogical Homes From a policy standpoint, pundits have argued for decades about the best way to train teachers. We also have examples of teachers building their professional sustenance in the form of Edcamps, unconferences, and meetups. That’s Chris Lehmann’s phrasing, by the way.)

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Things That Have Me Thinking-March 28

The Web20Classroom

Edcamp USDOE - As someone who has had the honor of attending several Edcamps and the pleasure of being an Edcamp organizer I am super excited about this announcement. The Edcamp Foundation has partnered with the US Department of Education to host the first ever Edcamp USDOE. You don’t know what an Edcamp is?

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Register Now for Edcamp USDOE

Educator Innovator

by Kristen Swanson, Edcamp Founder. The Edcamp Foundation team is excited to be partnering with the United States Department of Education for Edcamp USDOE on June 6, 2014. The purpose of Edcamp USDOE is to bring together educators and policy makers in open, transparent, authentic conversation. Join us!

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Teacher Voice at #EdcampUSA

Philly Teacher

Today was an exciting day for the Edcamp Foundation and for edcampers all over the US. At around 7:00 am, a small group of educators walked across C Street and entered the Department of Education for a day of sharing and learning at Edcamp US DOE.

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Seesaw - Notes from #EdCampR13 Session | #EdCamp

EdTechSandyK

Please see specifics on my re-use policy before re-posting/re-using any of my blog content. All original work in this post by Sandy Kendell is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

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Creating Future Ready Schools and Classrooms

Tom Murray

Non-traditional forms of professional learning such as the use of social media and Edcamps are valued, not dismissed. FRS districts ensure that sound data governance policies are enacted and enforced to ensure the privacy, safety, and security of confidential data sets. Data and Privacy. Robust Infrastructure.

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#EdCampOnline Experience 10-26-13 #ce13

EdTechSandyK

Yesterday I had the exciting opportunity to participate in the first ever EdCamp to be held online. If you are not familiar with EdCamps, they differ from traditional professional development experiences in that they are organized by the participants on the day of the event. edcamp online learning professional development'

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