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#edcampBOS: An embarrassment of riches #edcamp
I’m honestly still having a hard time processing Edcamp Boston this weekend, because even in comparison to the many other events that I’ve been fortunate enough to attend and organize, this one really stood out as one of the best Edcamps ever. Seriously. No joke. No hyperbole. My high water mark for Edcamps before this was Edcamp Philly last year, and Boston at least equaled that. It’s a funny thing, but I think it takes a city a few years to really click with Edcamp. The first couple of years there’s a lot to learn as a starting point. New tool, new pd format, new people, new everything. if you look at the schedule for a typical first-time...
Read More#edcamp is turning 3: a shared responsibility
We’re in the thick of the spring Edcamp season right now, and just weeks away from Edcamp’s big third birthday. Next weekend I’m thrilled to be a part of the organizing committee yet again for Edcamp Boston. But something’s been brewing in my mind for some time, and this post here definitely helped crystallize my thoughts and spurred me to writing. Here’s the deal: people all over the place have been saying they love Edcamp. Lots of people are looking for support in rolling their own in their neck of the woods. Which is awesome, and why we created the Edcamp Foundation. But Edcamp itself is bigger than the Foundation. It’s all of us,...
Read MoreTeacher support is just tweet away in R.I.
“An unconference doesn’t have a set schedule like most traditional conferences,” said Dan Callahan, chairman of the board and a founder of EdCamp in 2010. “The schedule is put together by the participants on the morning of the event.” An EdCamp “unconference” draws on the skills and experience of the participants. One person might lead a discussion on using Twitter in professional development, another might share good strategies for reading, he said. Callahan is an instructional-technology specialist in Burlington, Mass., public schools, and a member of a teachers union, the Massachusetts Teachers Association. He was previously a special-education teacher...
Read More#edcamp553 at Harvard
I’m pretty excited to be speaking tomorrow at Karen Brennan’s Teacher Learning and Technology class at Harvard. She invited me back in January, and after we figured I could hang out for a couple of hours, determined that we would run a mini-Edcamp during class so the students in HGSE’s Master’s program can get the unconference experience. Below I’ve embedded my slide deck that I’ll be using for the kickoff to a very fast-paced 80 minute sprint of an Edcamp. edcamp553 by Dan Callahan Since this is an Edcamp, it’s free to all. In the Cambridge area tomorrow at 5? Come by Larsen Hall 214 to experience Edcamp...
Read MoreTired of PD? Try an #edcamp
the teacher-led “unconference”—designed by teachers, with teachers, and for teachers. Social networking tools are, in fact, enabling classroom educators to create an entirely new template for professional learning to directly address their needs and interests. via Harvard Education Letter. I wrote this article for the Harvard Education Letter with Justin Reich. It was an interesting experience of going back and forth with the drafts, creating something that was certainly better than anything I would have written on my own.
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