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Edcamp Finds a New Home at Digital Promise

Digital Promise

Digital Promise is incredibly excited to welcome the Edcamp Foundation to our family of projects and programs. By fully merging our operations, we believe we can do even more to support the community of educators who organize and attend Edcamps across the United States and around the world.

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Powerful Learning at Home with Edcamp

Digital Promise

As schools and districts across the country transition to distance learning, educators are seeking new ways to engage their students in powerful learning experiences at home. Educators connect and collaborate at Edcamps. We just couldn’t let go of the Edcamp, which led us to the idea of going virtual.”

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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. There are no scheduled or pre-planned presentations. This makes for a highly personalized day of learning! Go to Edcamp Library Promise to register to join us on June 16 and learn more about this exciting event!

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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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7 Great NonProfits Changing the Face of Professional Learning

Tom Murray

All of these organizations are shifting the needle and rocking professional learning nationwide. Games (Breakouts) facilitate the growth of teamwork, problem solving, critical thinking, and troubleshooting by presenting participants with challenges that ignite their natural drive to problem-solve. EdCamp Foundation.

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Professional Development Done With Us, Not To Us

The Jose Vilson

The “choose your own adventure” route sounds arduous and expensive, but it also means, like professionals do, they get to craft the learning and conversations they need to have to further their work. A small set of educators could always create an Edcamp , a model in need of revival in our times.

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Celebrating edcamp, libcamp, unconference

NeverEndingSearch

For me, it’s been an unconferency kinda week–a celebration of the informal, participant-driven learning experiences that have made huge impact on professional learning culture. On Monday, I was honored to be invited to attend a little 5th birthday party featuring an extraordinary present.

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