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Voxer, Twitter, and EdCamps: How to Tackle the Harsh Realities of Finding Good Statewide PD

Edsurge

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? Potential Solution: While collaborations and connections are formed on Twitter chats, the local EdCamp (essentially a free “unconference”) takes us into Step Two, strengthening these bonds.

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10+ Ways to Recharge Your Batteries Over the Summer

Teacher Reboot Camp

Recharge with books- Book chats/studies, audio books, author virtual events, #BookCampPD, @HackMyLearning, @EduMatchBooks, @BurgessDave, @Foundations_inc. Twitter Chats, webinars, MOOCs, online courses, online conferences, virtual events, livestreams, Edcamps, Facebook groups, #Hashtags. Tips and Resources. “Take rest; a ?eld

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On Professional Development and The Places We Don’t Have Yet

The Jose Vilson

As it stands, researchers rarely attend the professional development sessions of the teachers they study except when they’re presenting. They serve as a larger umbrella under a given topic (math, social studies, the future, etc.) But that’s another discussion. Only recently did I finally get why I kept coming back.

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10+ Ways to Recharge Your Batteries Over the Summer

Teacher Reboot Camp

” – Ovid Escape technology, people, and worries Recharge with books- Book chats/studies, audio books, author virtual events, #BookCampPD, @HackMyLearning, @EduMatchBooks, @BurgessDave, @Foundations_inc Podcasts- Dschool.stanford.edu/resources/the-inspiration-walk Edupodcastnetwork.com Twitter.com/search? Tips and Resources.

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Professional Development Done With Us, Not To Us

The Jose Vilson

Now as a sociologist studying teacher professionalism, I get to keep attending hundreds of hours of professional development. A small set of educators could always create an Edcamp , a model in need of revival in our times. Some who attended workshops on the science of reading also attended workshops about democracy in education.

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"Edcamp Style" PD- Personalizing teacher learning on a required PD day!

Tech Helpful

On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days. While our PD days weren't like the traditional Edcamp style (we actually came up with the choices instead of the teachers making the choices), the teachers found the days to be useful.

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5 Simple Ways to Improve Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

A 2014 Gates Foundation study shows only 29% of teachers satisfied with current teacher PD. Another 2015 study shows that only 30% of teachers improve substantially with PD. The most popular form of the unconference is the Edcamp , but many conferences are scheduling an “unconference” day with this same format.

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