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How Teachers Can Learn From One Another at Unconferences, Meet-ups and Edcamps

MindShift

Technically, if one trusts the etymology, the best way for a teacher to confer with other educators would be an educator conference. One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” HOW TO DO A SMALL UNCONFERENCE.

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Empowering Student Voice through Self Differentiation in High School

Buncee

Now, all of my Twitter chat introductions are made with Buncee… I even made Buncee business cards to share at conferences and edcamps! She enjoys connecting with educators through social media, professional organizations, conferences, Twitter chats, and edcamps. The response on Twitter was immediate and positive!

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Year of #SayingYes

EdTechTeam

I’m in the midst of my eleventh year in the classroom and have always been a hyper-focused educator. Had I not had a few articles published and read by local educators, I might not have attended my first EdCamp. Had I not attended my first EdCamp, I wouldn’t have been introduced to so many great tools like Flipgrid and Peardeck!

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Enter the #squadgoals Challenge

EdTechTeam

Felipe Piedra Principal, Ranchos Middle School Fresno, CA I feel blessed and fortunate to have had the opportunity to take a team of educators with me to the GAFE Summit in Mountain View. Our #squadgoal is to make sure we are all Google certified as a staff and that we can provide our students with a transformed educational experience.

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8 keys to avoiding teacher burnout (part two)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Actively look for PD that will be meaningful for you, such as free EdCamps in your area , and seek opportunities to learn and connect with other educators whenever you can. You have to think long and hard about who you are as a person and what you need in order to thrive as an educator. It’s really an incredible community.

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A conference about what is sacred in education: 5Sigma Edu Con

iLearn Technology

Hundreds of conferences, workshops, MOOCS, edcamps, professional journals, blogs, the list seriously goes on and on. I’m about to tell you about one more… The 5Sigma Education Conference holds a special place in my heart because it gives me the opportunity to invite you to come meet the incredible people I work with every day!

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ). 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!) , but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too! The Charter was launched in November 2009.