Edsurge

JULY 6, 2020

For years, organizers of “ Edcamps ,” a popular brand of informal professional development gatherings for teachers, received a resource kit sent by their host organization, the Edcamp Foundation. Last week, Digital Promise announced it had acquired the assets and operations of the Edcamp Foundation. It began with a box.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Edcamps offer educator-designed and -led professional learning that offers educators voice and choice in their own development.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 1, 2017

Edcamps are organic, participant-driven professional learning experiences for educators across the country and worldwide! I would say the key difference between an Edcamp and a typical educational conference is that they are unstructured and the sessions are based on sharing expertise. Have you been to an Edcamp? How did it go?

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

On Saturday, November 4, more than 60 educators joined Digital Promise and Maker Ed for Edcamp: Maker Promise , a full day of powerful professional learning through and about making. Edcamp: Maker Promise was hosted by Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood, PA. Each year, there are an estimated 50 Edcamps held all over the world.

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Digital Promise

JULY 22, 2022

Manus Edcamp Participant. My ISTE experience evoked a renewed sense of honor in my role as leader of the Edcamp Community by Digital Promise, where we grow and sustain a community of educators using Edcamp’s participant-driven model to give educators voice and choice in their ongoing learning. Dr. Tina M.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2019

Edcamps —participatory, teacher-driven professional learning events — are multiplying on a national and international scale, creating local and global communities of passionate educators. The first Edcamp was organized by a group of teachers who came together in Philadelphia in May 2010 for BarCamp, a computer science unconference.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Manus shares how these Edcamps supported her practice and work with other educators, and we look forward to the launch of our next Edcamp: Powerful Learning at Home session on November 21. . As I scrolled through Facebook, I saw a teacher post about “virtual Edcamps” being offered by Digital Promise. In this post, Dr. Tina M.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

In June, the Edcamp Community joined our Digital Promise family. The Edcamp Community supports educators to organize and participate in participant-driven professional learning designed by and for educators. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Edcamps were typically in-person and locally focused. It wasn’t an easy moment.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Edcamp-in-a-Box is a free resource kit sent to organizers of registered Edcamps and contains nametags, Session Board materials, lanyards, and more. The post What Is Edcamp-in-a-box? appeared first on TeachThought.

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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.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Edcamp is a participant-driven approach to professional development. The post What Is Edcamp? The result is a teacher-centered, 'bottom-up' approach to teacher improvement. An Overview For Teachers appeared first on TeachThought.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Edcamp-style faculty meetings! An edcamp is a participant-driven conference, commonly referred to as an “unconference,” for K-12 educators. Edcamps are typically free and built around community participation and organization. If something faculty wanted doesn’t make the list, you can do another edcamp later in the school year.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The do-it-yourself conference is coming to your local public broadcaster, as part of a new venture between the Edcamp Foundation and PBS Education. Between now and May, 10 local PBS affiliates will host a series of specially branded events, called PBS Edcamps, aimed at educators and caregivers of students in Pre-K through third grade.

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TeacherCast

MARCH 25, 2015

In todays podcast, Edcamp Foundation executive director Hadley Ferguson teaches us how to start our very own edcamps in our schools and our communities. Jeff sits down with Hadley Ferguson, the Executive Director of the Edcamp Foundation and Shannon Montague, an edcamp organizer and educator to discuss the edcamp movement.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 26, 2015

Edcamps are the "unconference". Edcamp is a great series of free, unconferences for educators. The Edcamp model is unique in that attendees set the agenda the morning of the conference and the sessions are not led by one person, but are rather a collaboration of both the facilitator and attendees.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2018

I spend several Saturdays a year at an Edcamp , an unconference-style professional development (PD) for all educators. You might be wondering why I would give up a Saturday to attend an Edcamp, so here are 10 reasons why you will love Edcamps as much as I do. The energy at an Edcamp is electric!

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 30, 2012

Edcamp is a great series of free, unconferences for educators. The Edcamp model is unique in that attendees set the agenda the morning of the conference and the sessions are not led by one person, but are rather a collaboration of both the facilitator and attendees. EdCamp is coming back to Connecticut this summer.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 20, 2019

Chattanooga, Tennessee had its 6th annual Edcamp GigCity in January. Every year, at the end of the edcamp, participants are asked to give feedback in order to qualify for the door prizes that will be given out next. Due to feedback, the edcamp changed a bit. I see the benefit of both ideas but I just wanted an Edcamp opinion.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Edcamp: Maker Learning. Edcamp: Maker Learning is a series of free, online, “unconference”-style professional development opportunities for educators to learn and share how they are creating engaging hands-on activities for students. Our first Edcamp: Maker Learning is Saturday, September 12 at 12 p.m. Register here.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

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. All Edcamps can receive materials to facilitate a making activity at their event.

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techlearning

MARCH 3, 2023

Using an edcamp can be a powerful way to invigorate and engage your teaching staff

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 7, 2020

At Edcamp: Maker Learning , educators from all over the country joined us to discuss the most pressing topics related to designing hands-on learning opportunities. In this post, we share how the learnings from these events have informed our approach to a new professional learning opportunity, the Maker Learning @ Home Cohort. .

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TeacherCast

JULY 5, 2015

This year at ISTE 2015, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Elana Leoni from Edutopia to discuss Mr Lucas’s vision for the future of education and together with Hadley Ferguson and Mary Beth Hertz, we discuss how Edutopia and the Edcamp Foundation are empowering students and teachers to create greatness in classrooms all around the world.

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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 21, 2018

Year five of Edcamp GigCity is in the books. What many people probably don't know is that this is all volunteer led and run, and Edcamp Gigcity is unique in that the organizers represent higher ed, lower ed, public, and private school sectors. I love that about our edcamp! The EdCamp philosophy makes people smile.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Edcamp Community at Digital Promise. Educators who organize the rigorous and personalized learning experiences at Edcamps know how comprehensive the experience is. The Edcamp Organizer micro-credential aims to honor these educator leaders’ depth of understanding about participant-driven professional development.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2018

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).

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Edutopia

APRIL 12, 2016

Kristen Swanson Edcamps Edcamps are informal sessions by and for teachers, where anyone can present, and the focus is on collaboration and connections, group expertise, tech tools, and instructional design. Photo credit: via flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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There is no box

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Upon returning home, I got to thinking, we should aspire to have edCamps happening on school campuses every day. So, have an edCamp every day on your campus. Commentary edcamp' I then spent a very long lunch (we basically had our own session three at the lunch benches) talking about the future of edtech professional development.

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Edcamps are a significant part of the Connected Educator Movement. Edcamps are unconference events designed for educators. This year, the Edcamp Foundation , an Educator Innovator partner, has teamed up with MIT Media Lab and the National Writing Project to offer the 2nd Annual #Edcamp Online. EDT-2:30 p.m.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 4, 2016

Edcamps are a great way for educators to meet with peers in their area and share great ideas. edWeb was pleased to be able to support our friends Peggy George and Deirdre Shetler with EdCamp Phoenix. Edcamp Phoenix has come and gone, and what an event it was! The post edWeb Supports Edcamp Phoenix appeared first on edWeb.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 22, 2015

The EdCamp Foundation announced the gift of a $2 million dollar, no strings attached, Bill and Melinda Gates grant. It was especially exciting for me because I was there at the birth of the powerful (now international) movement at EdCamp Philly 2010. The little video above is a blast from that past.

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SpeechTechie

APRIL 29, 2012

I attended my second Edcamp Boston Saturday, making it my 3rd official "unconference." Edcamps are really more of a movement than anything, an acknowledgment that we as educators have so much we can learn from each other! Edcamp Boston was a great experience. You can see the schedule that was formed in real time here.

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Edutopia

JULY 20, 2016

Howard, PhD & Sarah Thomas Edcamps When teachers choose their own professional learning opportunities (such as Edcamps), many feel more support in their jobs and better prepared to support their students' learning.

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Edutopia

APRIL 18, 2016

Nicholas Provenzano Edcamps Edcamps provide informal, personalized, and powerful PD because they're educator driven, they build networks, inspire passion, and foster conversations -- and they're low stress. Photo credit: Kevin Jarrett via flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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techlearning

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Student-Driven EdCamps might be an easy way in the door. My mind is spinning with all the invention possibilities, especially when interfacing this chrome experiment with the MakeyMakey when facilitating summer science camp.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 27, 2020

Mr. Reicher is an avid learner who enjoys going to Edcamps and conferences. Reicher’s students have produced a live morning news show for the past 12 years and recently produced their 2,000th show. His passion is to learn, share, teach and repeat.

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Edutopia

JUNE 23, 2015

Photo Credit: Julie Szaj Christopher McGee Edcamps All you need for an Edcamp is building, classroom, and wi-fi, access -- and educators excited about showing up to create their own personal learning agenda.

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