The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2018

Nikki is the co founder of the first EdCamp Atlanta and has also collaborated in the creation of and moderation of national and global professional development opportunities designed specifically for the unique needs of school librarians, including #TLChat LIVE! Twitter Chat Sessions, and TL News Night.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 19, 2013

Why not attend or host an Edcamp to network with colleagues locally who share your interest in teacher-driven and participatory professional development? You can find links to many Edcamps happening across the country in the Calendar section of Educator Innovator. hosted by any organization or anyone : Anyone can host an Edcamp.

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days. While our PD days weren't like the traditional Edcamp style (we actually came up with the choices instead of the teachers making the choices), the teachers found the days to be useful.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2017

At the end of June a group of passionate, dedicated educators gathered for one of New Jersey’s last EdCamps of the 2017 school year. Whole-class novels morphed into book clubs. Students began to ask if they could choose their own books to read together in small groups while lounging in beach chairs.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 29, 2016

There are countless books, webinars and other resources dedicated to the topic. The folks over at ASCD regularly have the authors you read for webinars on their books and various other topics. Edcamps can help fill that void. Often we talk about the need for more personalized learning for students.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Today is a very special book birthday. This is Kate’s debut novel and we are so excited to have her coming to our school on the book’s birthday thanks to MacMillan and Avid Bookshop. About the Book. This is a book filled with friendship, school and family challenges, and summer adventures. Get the Book.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 17, 2019

Even reading blog posts, articles in trade publications, books, or attending Edcamps, they want to constantly be examining their own practices, realizing opportunities for improvement and capitalizing on all that learning.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 23, 2016

All teachers who feel they are on a mission to provide meaningful learning are rockstars in my book. I will also be attending meetups hosted by EduBuncee , Edcamp , Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access , Edutopia , Personalized Learning Educators , SpeakUp , Chrome Warrior , and Amazon Education. Other Free Events.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

So, if you can imagine reading a book on Kindle, the finished product you can actually flip through like a book. Only the … the difference between just a regular book and Flipsnack is that you can actually make the book interactive. It is an interactive flipbook creator. The students or the teachers or whatever.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Between attending FlipCon 2013, EdcampHome, EdmodoCon 2013 , Google Apps Training & TeachMeetNJ, working with the Gobstopper folks, AND having the release of my first ever contribution-to-a-third-party-published-book ( Flipping 2.0 ) AND meeting face to face with some amazing folks from my PLN, I couldn''t have asked for a better summer.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

Friday, June 6th at 8am - 3pm in Washington, DC Edcamp US Department of Education: Leading, Learning, Listening , Edcamp US DOE will be an intimate gathering of teacher leaders and policy leaders in order to discuss the most important issues in education. For more information, click here. Details to join the webinar at [link].

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

They were just coming in and sitting down, reluctantly opening up their books. Experts like Bowdoin College education chair Doris Santoro, author of the book “ Demoralized ,” define the concept in moral terms. To Santoro, who spoke with more than a dozen educators for her book, these efforts at remoralization are a good sign.

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SpeechTechie

MARCH 11, 2013

Hi Folks- Just wanted to give you an idea of where I will be the next few months: March 23, 2013- EdCamp Access , organizing and facilitating a session or two. Click through to find out more about the EdCamp model and to register. I can attest that I learn a TON from innovative PD events such as EdCamps.

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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Reviewer Susie Highley put what she learned in What Connected Educators Do Differently to work in organizing an edcamp and remotely attending ISTE this summer. She highly recommends the book to newly connected and veteran social media users.

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Kyle Pace

DECEMBER 4, 2019

My informal leadership experience (not even sure what would fall under that category; speaking gigs, writing, organizing 10 years of Edcamps, I really am not sure) greatly outweighs my formal experience. There must be with how many books and tweets and keynotes talk about its importance. It is important.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

These days, it involves spending time thinking about Choose Your Own Adventure books. For one of her latest efforts, called Slack Certification , her team developed a series of interactive scenarios partly inspired by those children’s’ books. She still chairs the board for the foundation.).

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 22, 2017

In Steven’s book The Relevant Educator he explains that Connected Educators discuss, debate and exchange ideas. Visit an Edcamp. Converse- Consuming information is just part of the overall evolution of a Connected Educator. The next piece of the Connected Educator puzzle is to join the conversations. Start a blog. Send some tweets.

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EdTechTeam

JULY 13, 2017

On a regular year, it has not been uncommon for me to read 30-50 books. However, most of those books have been for fun. Specifically, I have tried to read at least one professional development book per month over the last year. Also, check out Edcamps which are free, participant-driven conferences for professional development.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Sanée Bell shared the following quote from her book, “ Be Excellent On Purpose ,” and it has stuck with me: “ Students should have rich, relevant, and authentic experiences at school, across the board. It is something that I am passionate about, hence the reason I wrote the book, “ The Innovator’s Mindset.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The Edcamp movement is another example of educators organizing themselves for the simple purpose of sharing practices, successes, and miscues. Edcamp events are free, generally locally organized “unconference” meetings where the agenda is decided by those in attendance. When the time came for Steve to share, Devika shared as well.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 6, 2016

S/he noticed I was opening a book entitled What Connected Educators Do Differently by @ToddWhitaker , @Jeff_Zoul and @Casas_Jimmy. It just so happened that the next week I went to a conference (last minute decision, by the way) in Syracuse that featured @E_Sheninger and his book Digital Leadership. And the most important part.

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Kyle Pace

JULY 30, 2016

Many of those same teachers also invested a lot of time and energy to learning about new ideas and technologies; whether that be attending a conference, edcamp, adding new books to their professional libraries or taking a grad class. Many teachers enjoyed some relaxation as certainly did our students.

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Kyle Pace

JULY 30, 2016

Many of those same teachers also invested a lot of time and energy to learning about new ideas and technologies; whether that be attending a conference, edcamp, adding new books to their professional libraries or taking a grad class. Many teachers enjoyed some relaxation as certainly did our students.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 8, 2015

A quick search will show many articles, books and papers written on the importance of reflection on the learning process. Perhaps you''ll attend a conference or Edcamp this year. Just as it is important for students to reflect, educators should take time to reflect, daily on their practice. How can you share more along with me?

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EdTechSandyK

JANUARY 27, 2014

Edcamps - unconferences where there aren''t traditional keynote speakers or vendors. Royse City is hosting EdCamp Awesome in Feburary 2014. Communications scottstaff.blogspot.com - Blog which Don uses to communicate with his staff. Educators come together to learn about topics they want to on a given day.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps. Pam is a lifelong learner who loves to read professional development books, especially books from Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc., and listens to Podcasts like the Google Teacher Tribe to keep up with educational technology and pedagogy.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 13, 2020

She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps. Pam is a lifelong learner who loves to read professional development books, especially books from Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc., From online courses to books, to face-to-face training, we got you covered! G Suite Training for Schools.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 30, 2017

It is something that I am obviously passionate about, hence the reason I wrote the book, “The Innovator’s Mindset” I am scared that we use the word “innovation” in the wrong way when there is power to this type of thinking. Look at EdCamp.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week I enjoyed the great variety of edCamp Global sessions across a variety of platforms–Periscope, Twitter chats, and Google+ Hangouts. Last July she re-birthed Book Club for Kids as a podcast, a project she formerly produced as a National Public Radio show in Los Angeles. . Kitty described her own kidcasting journey.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Even things like EdCamps within schools or districts provide an element of personalized professional learning, but what is important is that we not only provide time for conversations but also provide time for action based on those conversations. These conversations are crucial to helping move education forward.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 18, 2021

She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps. Pam is a lifelong learner who loves to read professional development books, especially books from Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc., and listens to Podcasts like the Google Teacher Tribe to keep up with educational technology and pedagogy.

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EdTechTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The template could be built in either iBook Author or Book Creator. To accompany the book, the teachers could create a short quiz and design a badge that others will receive when they have completed their module. Publish these books to share with others and celebrate their success.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 7, 2017

After completing my first book, “ The Innovator’s Mindset “, people were saying very kind words about the book, but also challenging or asking me about the ideas shared. I wanted the book to be a conversation, not a “formula” so I was grateful for the conversations that still continue from the book.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 8, 2018

I’ve talked to some administrators who say, “Hey, we did an EdCamp last month, and the teachers loved it. The name of the book is Professionally Driven: Empowering Every Educator to Redefine PD. They love that autonomy.”. And I say, “Excellent! So are you doing it again this month?”. Vicki: (agrees). Vicki: Wow. So, Jarod Bormann.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps. Pam is a lifelong learner who loves to read professional development books, especially books from Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. and listens to Podcasts like the Google Teacher Tribe to keep up with educational technology and pedagogy.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Best individual blog - One of the EdCamp Movement''s founders, Kristen Swanson , is in my exclusive Google+ MVP circle. Here''s his twitter description: "Bite-Sized Self-Development Resources for Educators and Parents/Book Summaries/Net Nuggets." I had even more fun picking my favorites this year than last.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Or how about this: One evening during this past spring, Nate Balcom was participating in the #MWLibchat (Midwest Librarian Chat), and a casual tweet about March and books led to a global collaboration named March Book Madness. Teachers Know Best, 2015 But the beauty of an EdCamp isn’t just in the fact that it’s live.

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