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Session Description
Session Description
Unleash the transformative learning potential of key team members by scheduling your own campus or district unconference event.Unconferences tap into the expertise of your team, maximizing access to their learning.
Unleash the transformative learning potential of key team members by scheduling your own campus or district unconference event.Unconferences tap into the expertise of your team, maximizing access to their learning.
Make innovator-based, accelerated learning possible in your organization or around your location. Leave the session with practical organizational tips and insights.
Make innovator-based, accelerated learning possible in your organization or around your location. Leave the session with practical organizational tips and insights.
Explore Unconference
Explore Unconference
Research & Resources
Research & Resources
Key Take-Aways
Key Take-Aways
- Teachers Matter
- Teacher Learning has to be #1 for us
- EdCamps are NOT about idolizing experts, keynotes or vendors
- EdCamps are organic, put a lot of smart people together to talk, leverage diverse ideas for rich conversations
- Learning is about what you choose to embrace in your everyday life--your experiences matter, your learning matters. So share!
A variety of resources cite research describing the learning strategy.
- Edcamp Handbook (must read)
- Simple K-12's How To EdCamp
- Dotstorming Tutorial
- Edutopia's EdCamp Resources
- Qualitative Whitepaper (The Edcamp Foundation, 2012)
- Peer-Reviewed Journal Article on Edcamp’s Impact (Jeff Carpenter, 2016)
- Get the Edcamp Reflection Guide as an editable Google Doc or as a PDF file.
- EdCamp Resources
- Scholastic's Student EdCamps
Educators answer the question,
"Why do we love edcamps?"
Why not add your own?
Activity - Implementing the Strategy
Activity - Implementing the Strategy
Description
Description
In this activity, we will model an unconference setup to create "four corners" featuring the most often mentioned topics.
Step 1 - Organize
Step 1 - Organize
Some examples:
Step 2 - Collect topics you want to discuss
Step 2 - Collect topics you want to discuss
- Padlet example #1 and Padlet example #2
- Google Doc example
- See Dotstorming example as an alternative to Padlet (allows voting on topics). You may also want to see this discussion.
Step 3 - Seek Volunteer Moderators
Step 3 - Seek Volunteer Moderators
Step 4 - Connect, Discuss and Share
Step 4 - Connect, Discuss and Share
- Share how folks can connect about the day using free tools. Here are a few examples (each link takes you to an example of that tool's use for edcamps): TodaysMeet.com, Padlet, Flipgrid, Voxer, etc.
Reflection: Implementation Barriers
Reflection: Implementation Barriers
Take a moment to reflect on your experiences.
Take a moment to reflect on your experiences.
What do you see as potential barriers to edcamp success in YOUR situation?
What do you see as potential barriers to edcamp success in YOUR situation?
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