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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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"Edcamp Style" PD- Personalizing teacher learning on a required PD day!

Tech Helpful

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.

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Effective Digital Leadership: Moving Our Schools Forward

EdTechSandyK

Edcamps - unconferences where there aren''t traditional keynote speakers or vendors. Royse City is hosting EdCamp Awesome in Feburary 2014. Productivity Don uses Google Drive to collaboratively create documents with his colleagues. Ex: Creating elementary student handbook. Agenda is created the day of the conference.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Armstrong''s 2008 TED Prize wish asked to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website. And we also organized India''s first edcamp, EdcampMumbai.