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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The Web20Classroom

MAY 12, 2014

The traditional forms of sit-and-get PD are giving way to MOOCs, webinars, Edcamps and flipped learning. Then face-to-face time is spent going deeper with that understanding, creating something or looking at how the learning can be applied. I’ve been a part of a lot of successful PD and been a part of a lot of not so good PD.

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My Island View

APRIL 20, 2015

If you add a Hashtag, #Edchat for example, the range of your tweet is extended beyond your ten followers to thousands of educators who follow that specific #Edchat hashtag on a search column. After all is said and done, in regard to building a Personal Learning Network, who one follows is much more important than who follows back.

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MSEDTechie

MAY 18, 2016

Are you using Twitter, Voxer, Skype, Google Hangouts, Facebook, or other social media tools to expand your personal learning network? Social media allows you to create your own learning opportunities, anywhere, and anytime.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

To Address It: Collaboration took place between the state and school districts, which led to the growth of several large statewide professional learning opportunities—including three successful Google Summits, Wyoming’s first Edcamp, Wyoming Technology and Engagement Curriculum monthly webinars, and a statewide conference.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

The Trifecta of Rural PD, Part 2: Edcamps Problem Two: How do you bring educators together for a day of learning that doesn’t cost any money to gather? Although Nebraska has wide open spaces, we value getting together on a Saturday for an EdCamp, which have taken place all over the state in Omaha, Kearney, Grand Island, and Columbus.

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