Classroom Edcamps Elementary How To 
Edsurge
APRIL 10, 2018
By now you’ve probably heard of edcamps —free, organic, participant-driven, “un-conferences” that empower educators to maximize professional learning experiences and peer networks. PD After Hours Earlier this year, Hackensack Public Schools hosted its first edcamp at Nellie K. Parker Elementary School. Share our story.
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. Some offered contact information about “classroom designers” and school vendors. The idea of dressing up one’s classroom with the flair and freedom that one might find at IKEA is certainly alluring.
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MindShift
MAY 5, 2017
One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” The session on grant writing, for example, was a dud because everyone there wanted to learn how to write them and nobody knew where to start. HOW TO DO A SMALL UNCONFERENCE.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 31, 2018
So whether it’s elementary or district leadership or high school leadership, and they have these organic one-on-one conversations outside of their brick-and-mortar buildings, and outside their own (mentorship). I set up this virtual mentorship program, where aspiring school leaders are set up with current school leaders K-12.
Tech Helpful
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Several of the elementary teachers at our school attended and many plan on attending again. On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days. On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days.
Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2017
I was on my way to my new gig as an elementary teacher one morning when I first heard the term “PBL paralysis” on a podcast. As teachers, we often put students in groups and expect that they’ll know how to work well together.My kids needed to be explicitly taught how to work collaboratively. So how to fix the problem?
The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. Learn how she uses this tool. And then also from an elementary standpoint, I had a teacher use it in lieu of … she used to have her students write personal narratives and then they would bind the book together as a classroom set and put it in the library.
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