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Edcamp Library Promise Goes Virtual

Digital Promise

The Edcamp model of professional development is unique in that the participants drive the learning. Participants decide what topics they would like to discuss and record them on sticky notes—or in case of a virtual Edcamp, topics can be recorded in a shared Google Doc, Padlet, or Jamboard.

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Run your meetings edcamp style: The un-faculty faculty meeting

eSchool News

If you’re like most educators, you don’t have the time to waste on unproductive faculty meetings. That’s why administrators and teacher leaders should transform faculty meetings into engaging professional development (PD) opportunities. You can elevate the motivation and learning to heights that seem unreachable.

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Educators Need Each Other to Thrive: Why Educator Networks Matter

Digital Promise

Others are holding it together, more determined than ever to address the systemic changes needed to improve the education system, meet the needs of learners, and maintain the quality of their profession. Manus Edcamp Participant. Understandably, many educators are leaving the classroom for less stressful work environments. Dr. Tina M.

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New Cohort Opportunity for Designing Powerful Learning Experiences

Digital Promise

In September, Digital Promise launched a series of events to support educators with continuing and growing maker learning opportunities that meet the needs of learners through distance learning and beyond. Maker Learning @ Home Cohort. Identifying the considerations for creating these experiences for learners at home.

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10 reasons why you’ll love Edcamp as much as I do

eSchool News

Have you ever been in a professional learning (PL) experience where you don’t keep looking at the time, checking Facebook, or texting people? I spend several Saturdays a year at an Edcamp , an unconference-style professional development (PD) for all educators. The energy at an Edcamp is electric!

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Embracing Our Inner Makers: Hands-On Learning During COVID-19 and Beyond

Digital Promise

In the coming months, Digital Promise will host a number of events, which you can read more about below, to connect educators as they plan for sustainable, adaptable solutions that ensure maker learning opportunities not only continue, but grow to meet our learners’ needs. . Edcamp: Maker Learning. Register here.

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Professional Development Done With Us, Not To Us

The Jose Vilson

Whereas in the beginning, it felt more focused on digital learning and ed-tech, this year felt more like it was a hub for relevant education conversations. A small set of educators could always create an Edcamp , a model in need of revival in our times. Thus, organizers implicitly asked participants to choose their own adventure.