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.
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.
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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
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. And let’s be honest: How many school districts are going to budget thousands of dollars to deck out one classroom when they already have perfectly good desks and chairs?
Saving Socrates
AUGUST 5, 2014
In elementary school, a little more guided. Can be low tech teaching kids how to knit or wood and soldering irons, kids have gotten away from making things. This is a philosophy getting back to why and how things are made and how you can be a part of it. Using hummingbird kit which they had at edcamp in Philly.
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?
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