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.
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. and Ozobots.
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Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
What are examples of maker learning projects in my subject area? Where can I learn about what making is from someone who is doing it? Over the last few years we have seen a few different forms of community events that have helped to spread and catalyze maker learning in regions across the US.
MindShift
MAY 5, 2017
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. The session on grant writing, for example, promptly disbanded and they each found new groups; the “STEM/STEAM” teacher left and went to a group on “buy-in” that he “absolutely loved.”.
Digital Promise
AUGUST 10, 2020
Options range from continuing home learning programs full-time, to fully reopening classrooms with or without additional public or outdoor spaces and staggered schedules, to hybrid approaches. Even if physical buildings are forced to remain closed, we must remember that schools themselves are not closed—learning must, and will, continue.
The Jose Vilson
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
When I was a full-time classroom teacher, I took advantage of the opportunity to learn from and listen to others. Now that I’m no longer in the classroom, I still want to get a sense of how teachers think about learning and sharing their practices. Larger conferences, for example, intend on breadth over depth.
Tech Helpful
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days. She is someone that sees the value technology can add to the classroom and looks for ways to enhance learning in many different ways. We both spend a lot of time with teachers and learn what their needs are.
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