Friday, February 6, 2015
An innovative approach to participatory professional learning in Asheville City Schools.
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An innovative approach to participatory professional learning in Asheville City Schools.
Come learn with us.
What is edcamp?
excerpted from: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may14/vol71/num08/[email protected]
What Does Edcamp Look Like? It's difficult to capture the Edcamp experience. That's because a "typical" day of learning at an Edcamp doesn't really exist. Each Edcamp is based on the needs of its participants.
When you arrive at the location (usually a school or university), there is no preset schedule of sessions or presenters. Instead, there's just a big, blank sheet of paper with a grid on it.
From that blank slate, everyone builds the schedule together. As people mingle and chat, they put up potential discussion topics on a board. The entire process is positive and organic. Occasionally, people who don't even know each other realize they have similar interests and end up running a session together. Other folks come with an idea, throw it out to the group, revise it, and post it with a refined focus. Because anyone who attends an Edcamp event can be a presenter, it's an empowering experience for everyone.
Given the spontaneity of the schedule creation, you may wonder about the content of the sessions that typically occur at an Edcamp. It's certainly hard to generalize, but here is a sampling of topics presented at recent Edcamp events:
excerpted from: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may14/vol71/num08/[email protected]
What Does Edcamp Look Like? It's difficult to capture the Edcamp experience. That's because a "typical" day of learning at an Edcamp doesn't really exist. Each Edcamp is based on the needs of its participants.
When you arrive at the location (usually a school or university), there is no preset schedule of sessions or presenters. Instead, there's just a big, blank sheet of paper with a grid on it.
From that blank slate, everyone builds the schedule together. As people mingle and chat, they put up potential discussion topics on a board. The entire process is positive and organic. Occasionally, people who don't even know each other realize they have similar interests and end up running a session together. Other folks come with an idea, throw it out to the group, revise it, and post it with a refined focus. Because anyone who attends an Edcamp event can be a presenter, it's an empowering experience for everyone.
Given the spontaneity of the schedule creation, you may wonder about the content of the sessions that typically occur at an Edcamp. It's certainly hard to generalize, but here is a sampling of topics presented at recent Edcamp events:
- Engagement, Respect, and Reciprocity in Public/Private School Partnerships.
- We Taught 6th Graders Quantum Physics with Dance.
- How to Address Privacy and One's Digital DNA.
- Design Thinking and Innovation.
- Writing in the Digital Age.
EDCAMP FOUNDATION
The edcamp foundation supports democratic, participant-driven professional learning. Share your journey with other educators and learn from theirs!
Vision and mission of the edcamp foundation:
We are all self-directed learners, developing and sharing our expertise with the world.
We build and support a community of empowered learners.
The edcamp foundation supports democratic, participant-driven professional learning. Share your journey with other educators and learn from theirs!
Vision and mission of the edcamp foundation:
We are all self-directed learners, developing and sharing our expertise with the world.
We build and support a community of empowered learners.