article thumbnail

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

eSchool News

Edcamp-style faculty meetings! An edcamp is a participant-driven conference, commonly referred to as an “unconference,” for K-12 educators. Edcamps are typically free and built around community participation and organization. Survey your faculty on the topics they are interested in learning about. But they are reachable.

Edcamps 107
article thumbnail

Give Teachers Credit: They Know Learning Is Social

Edsurge

My job is to interview and survey the pioneers, investors and stakeholders who drive technological change, share their stories, and collaborate with very smart people to build and distribute tools that help everyone else get involved. I’ve served as both a journalist and participant within each movement. Participate.

Edcamps 85
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

TOP 10 Ways To Deliver The Worst PD EVER!

MSEDTechie

Mandating that teachers attend a specific training, and never surveying them to ask what they need, or what they would like to learn. One PL strategy that seems to work well are Edcamps. Create a survey using a simple Google drive or survey monkey survey. Teachers LOOOVE to win prizes, and we like to snack too.

article thumbnail

The Paperless Way to Collect Parent Contact Information!

EdTechnocation.com

Google Form uses survey questions, from open-ended, to multiple choice, to date selections, and checkboxes. Michael will be presenting at the following upcoming events: Hawaii Association of Middle Schools Conference 2014 Schools of the Future Conference 2014 Edcamp Honolulu 2014.

Edcamps 68
article thumbnail

Kidcasts: Podcasts for kiddos

NeverEndingSearch

Last week I enjoyed the great variety of edCamp Global sessions across a variety of platforms–Periscope, Twitter chats, and Google+ Hangouts. Lindsay shared some of the insights about how kids interact with podcasts, based on a recent Kids Listen survey: Most parents use podcasts purposefully and intentionally as a learning resource.

Edcamps 40
article thumbnail

My #ISTE12 Reflection, Part 1

wwwatanabe

I also will need to survey my Collaboration Coaches to see how many are interested in my helping team teach in their classrooms with blogging, then set up the calendar to block off time for me to be in their rooms. Mary Beth Hertz : Her idea of EdCamp , which was an unconference based on collaboration, sounded fabulous!

article thumbnail

8 Things to Look for in Today’s Professional Learning (Part 2)

The Principal of Change

I see educators go to places like EdCamp and share how excited they are about the opportunities for learning that happens at those types of events, yet it is rare that I see people sharing how excited they are to attend their own PD days. #EDUin30 type activityTweeting one thing a day of the learning that is happening in your school.