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How Teachers Can Learn From One Another at Unconferences, Meet-ups and Edcamps

MindShift

One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” In fact, once you start a legitimate event, the Edcamp Foundation is willing to send you materials and funding to help with the organization, such as breakfast. HOW TO DO A SMALL UNCONFERENCE.

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Empowering Student Voice through Self Differentiation in High School

Buncee

Now, all of my Twitter chat introductions are made with Buncee… I even made Buncee business cards to share at conferences and edcamps! She enjoys connecting with educators through social media, professional organizations, conferences, Twitter chats, and edcamps. The response on Twitter was immediate and positive!

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Year of #SayingYes

EdTechTeam

Had I not had a few articles published and read by local educators, I might not have attended my first EdCamp. Had I not attended my first EdCamp, I wouldn’t have been introduced to so many great tools like Flipgrid and Peardeck! Having said yes to these experiences has brought me to where I am today - a connected educator!

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Enter the #squadgoals Challenge

EdTechTeam

Kristen Witt Director, Secondary Education FSUSD Fairfield, CA The first year we sent a cohort of teachers to a summer summit and then a second summit hosted by one of our other district high schools in November. This school year I am now in a new position as the Director of Secondary Education for FSUSD.

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8 keys to avoiding teacher burnout (part two)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Actively look for PD that will be meaningful for you, such as free EdCamps in your area , and seek opportunities to learn and connect with other educators whenever you can. A good professional development day should leave you dying to get back to your classroom to try out all those new ideas. It’s really an incredible community.

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A conference about what is sacred in education: 5Sigma Edu Con

iLearn Technology

Hundreds of conferences, workshops, MOOCS, edcamps, professional journals, blogs, the list seriously goes on and on. There are a lot of options for professional development. If you’re like me, your inbox and mailbox have a pretty consistent stream of offerings.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

And we also organized India''s first edcamp, EdcampMumbai. Julene also works with Suumu Secondary School and Roots & Shoots in Tanzania. After more than a year of planning, our team was recently in Mumbai, India, for our first visit and personal interactions with schools and educators there.