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Edcamps: Remixing Professional Development

Edutopia

Andrew Marcinek Education Trends Edutopia blogger Andrew Marcinek gives us a personal perspective on how the Edcamp model changed his professional focus, and provides examples of how he's adapted this model for staff, students and community. Photo credit: kjarrett via flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

It is crucial always to align any professional learning with current trends and needs. On-going and job-embedded experiences lead to sustained changes to practice and improve student outcomes when it comes to results. A dynamic mash-up of workshops and coaching definitely falls into the sweet spot.

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10 Years and 200 Episodes … What Have I Learned as an Instructional Coach?

TeacherCast

In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. From that point forward, we started an adventure to create edCamp New Jersey which topped out at over 1,000 educators one year and was visited by the local cops because of the overflow of parking at the school building. Once the trend goes away so could your brand.

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How Educators are Using the Exclusive Social Media App Clubhouse

Edsurge

With the feel of an in-person conference and the energy of an Edcamp, educators are finding this audio app is a new place to connect with educators from around the world. This combination of scheduled sessions and impromptu rooms give the feel of a structured conference with an Edcamp component. What is Clubhouse?

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10 Years and 200 Episodes … What Have I Learned as an Instructional Coach?

TeacherCast

In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. Once the trend goes away so could your brand. Thank you for many many ISTE, edCamp, and NJEA presentations. At one point, I was managing the RSS feeds of more than 65 educators and keeping everything organized on several spreadsheets. Seriously … THANK YOU.

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5 Ways to Participate in #ISTE17 even if you’re not there #notatiste17

The CoolCatTeacher

I will be leading a panel discussion on the 5 teacher trends changing education. LIVE webinars and am an organizer for the K12 Online Conference and EdCamp Phoenix. I’ll be leading a panel discussion on the five teacher trends changing education. This episode is sponsored by Powerschool. in room 225 A and B.

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Big ideas and ed trends from the #ASCD15 conference

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Here are 6 big ideas and educational trends I heard throughout the 3 day conference: 1) School culture. I was thrilled to see a session on EdCamps offered this year, and many others on differentiated and personalized professional development. What big trends did you notice? education conferences'