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Professional Development Done With Us, Not To Us

The Jose Vilson

As Ron Reed mentioned before introducing scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw as the opening speaker, the conference has grown significantly since 2011. It wasn’t the whole conference, and it didn’t need to be. Designs Experiences within an Experience Critics might argue that conferences shouldn’t be all things to all people.

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Organize and Motivate Your Local Maker Community

Digital Promise

Edcamps are free, public, professional development opportunities organized by educators, for educators. Edcamps are “un-conferences,” unstructured conferences that leverage the knowledge and experiences of the attendees to drive topics and discussions. Educators building circuits with Circuit Arcade kit at an ELA Edcamp.

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From EdCamps to Google, 11 Professional Development Offerings for Teachers This Summer

Edsurge

Grab Your Tents: Time to Go Ed-Camping Okay, so for most of these edcamp events you probably won’t need a tent, but they are often full of multi-day events (so pack snacks). Code.org is working with partners across the United States to bring one-day workshops to K-5 teachers. Tickets are free. Have more ideas? Leave us a comment.

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

The Jose Vilson

Later that night, I started to think about the workshops I’d like to attend the next day. For anyone who has seen me do a presentation at a conference, you may know that I also participate in the conference as well. There’s a difference between a “pedagogical home” versus a conference, for example.

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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

For the most part, this consisted of attending mandatory district “PD” days, professional learning communities (PLC)’s or approved off-site experiences such as conferences, workshops, or webinars. A dynamic mash-up of workshops and coaching definitely falls into the sweet spot.

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Coming This Summer: Powerful, Peer-Led Professional Development That Won’t Bore

Edsurge

When was the last time you walked into a conference without an agenda? For us, it was at EdFoo 2017 , an un-conference of teachers, edtech gurus, funders and others gathered at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters for three days of spontaneous learning. Or, for that matter, without the slightest idea of what you might learn?

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Silicon Valley Cue

My Paperless Classroom

We would love your feedback as we continue to develop workshops to educate teachers in the tools of flipping and the magic of puppets. Sam: In my life as an educator I have lead workshops in responding to student writing, writing college essays, writing blogs with students, and sharing student writing. How to make a puppet: 1.

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