A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 26, 2015

Makerspaces—collaborative, creative spaces chock full of tools and materials for informal creation, invention, and learning—are becoming increasingly popular at forward-thinking schools and libraries. Bill Daggett edcamp ICLE Jim Warford Jimmy Casas Makerspace Model Schools Conference' Hope to see you there!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. How does your library manage digital collections? How does your library manage digital collections?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

edWeb makes it easy for educators to connect virtually anytime, anywhere, but educators love to connect in real time and EdCamps are a great way to do it. Here is an article on a recent EdCamp in upstate New York. If you’d like to have edWeb support your EdCamp, contact us at info@edweb.net.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2017

Here in the Pittsburgh region, educators from the Remake Learning Network —a coalition of more than 250 schools, universities, libraries, startups, nonprofits, museums—offer several hundred peer-led programs, including workshops, peer networks, one-on-one mentorship programs, and summer seminars.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

And then also from an elementary standpoint, I had a teacher use it in lieu of … she used to have her students write personal narratives and then they would bind the book together as a classroom set and put it in the library. Parents couldn’t really look at it unless they were in the library for parent-teacher conferences or whatever.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Sue is passionate about empowering student voice and leadership in and through the library. As an active member of professional organizations (NYLA, NYLA-SSL, CNYSL, AASL, ALA), Sue’s mission to is to #leadoutloud about the exponential impact of strong school library programs in every school community. Librarians can (and MUST!)

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Imagine a network of leaders from every sector of education: public schools and early learning centers, colleges and universities, museums and libraries, nonprofits and corporations. Try finding an established meetup with BrewCUE , CoffeeCUE , or EdCamp , or even create one in your own area. Organize a Meetup. No problem.

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Kyle Pace

JULY 30, 2016

Many of those same teachers also invested a lot of time and energy to learning about new ideas and technologies; whether that be attending a conference, edcamp, adding new books to their professional libraries or taking a grad class. The opportunities are, and will continue to be, plentiful.

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Kyle Pace

JULY 30, 2016

Many of those same teachers also invested a lot of time and energy to learning about new ideas and technologies; whether that be attending a conference, edcamp, adding new books to their professional libraries or taking a grad class. The opportunities are, and will continue to be, plentiful.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Resources Mentioned in Edcamp Online , Oct 25 2. Resources Mentioned in Edcamp Online , Oct 25 2. Our Library''s Sixth Annual Keiki Christmas Storytelling Hour -- A Winter Wonderland of Fun! , Inspired by Alice Keeler''s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2014 ( I HIGHLY recommend you add her to your MVP list!), Dec 24 ( FUN! )

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EdTechnocation.com

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

That''s why I help plan Edcamp Honolulu! 17 - 22) Library 2.014 (Oct. 17 - 22) Library 2.014 (Oct. Conference Edcamp hangouts online PD Social Media technology Virtual' Because I just love it! They do it out of love and passion for the profession. 25, 2014) Gaming in Ed Conference (Sept.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

Providing families with used school-issued Chromebooks, adding access points outside the school buildings, and collaborating with community partners on projects such as youth centers and public libraries are providing students and the entire community with access to technology. Even more widespread in school districts are LTE hotspots.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2018

Some of the exciting benefits we have seen come out of this system are: Colchester Digital Learning Day: A community-wide event at which students become the teachers and host an “edCamp”-style evening for families from the entire district. In just three years we have grown from 125 participants to more than 600 this year.

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Saving Socrates

AUGUST 5, 2014

It is designated space such as a library, or unused locker room they can refurbish. Using hummingbird kit which they had at edcamp in Philly. Piscataway Public Library has 3D printer. Michele Sarrides @ferrbrook Makerspace- lot of philosophy, people make things, as broad or general as that. It is so broad and unspecific.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 13, 2015

NMC Summer Conference presenters are thought leaders within the education industry at colleges and universities, schools, museums, libraries, organizations, and companies. Saturday, April 18th at 9am in NYC EdCamp IB , EdCamp IB is a free unconference dedicated to teaching and learning in the four programs of the International Baccalaureate.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Best individual blog - One of the EdCamp Movement''s founders, Kristen Swanson , is in my exclusive Google+ MVP circle. Best library / librarian blog - Neverending Search. Here are a few other nomination lists to check out: The ASIDe Blog Borchardt Elementary Library A.T. Her Google Docs for Learning Glog is pretty awesome.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Students in 3rd-5th grade were able to write down their great person on a Gertie’s Leap to Greatness card and we displayed them in our library windows. I can’t really comprehensively name all of the things that Nikki does, but here are a few: Co-founder of EdCamp Atlanta. Member of the EdSpeakers Group [link].

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 15, 2013

Thousands of educators across all kinds of institutions—from schools and universities, libraries and museums, and community-based and after-school organizations—were off on journeys of peer learning, creative making, and online connecting. How can we make our classrooms, libraries, museums and afterschool programs into centers for innovation?

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 4, 2014

Our libraries, of course! I also like to call my Daring School Library Media Center an Information Learning Commons.because it''s beyond a classroom! ALL these techniques can and should be implemented into the learning areas of our school libraries! I''ve always had a obsession about interior design and decorating.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 18, 2021

Quick Tip Video Library. She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps. Have you ever needed to mute noisy notifications in a tab in Chrome? Or just silence something playing in the background? You can mute a tab in Chrome. Watch this quick video to learn how! Google Meet is all grown up!

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

To truly achieve statewide PD, it’s not just about connecting on general topics anymore—it’s about finding what tickles your particular fancy (from design thinking to libraries to Catholic teaching practices) and finding others that you can jive with. Teachers Know Best, 2015 But the beauty of an EdCamp isn’t just in the fact that it’s live.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week I enjoyed the great variety of edCamp Global sessions across a variety of platforms–Periscope, Twitter chats, and Google+ Hangouts. The session got me wondering why so few of us seem to be gathering podcasts as resources for teachers and parents and our libraries.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 16, 2016

The plan spotlights other Educator Innovator partners like the National Writing Project , EdCamp , Connected Educator Month , P2PU , the Future Ready Schools Initiative , the YOUmedia Learning Lab Network , and the National Park Service who are all using technology to narrow the digital-use divide.

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Adam Welcome

MARCH 6, 2016

Here is how they are getting it done: Student Run EdCamps Yes, you read that correctly. There are places across the country where EdCamps are being run solely by students. When looking for examples of successful Makerspaces, one need look no further than Laura Fleming, library media specialist at New Milford High School in New Jersey.

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wwwatanabe

JULY 3, 2012

Mary Beth Hertz : Her idea of EdCamp , which was an unconference based on collaboration, sounded fabulous! Shannon Miller : She''s a librarian who spends much of her time in classrooms and not the library! Furthermore, we needed to model what we wanted to see. She invested in her teachers and students!

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The heart of any school is the library or media center. I love Edcamps and the types of PD that take place there. The Edcamp Wiki Calendar has a listing of all the upcoming camps. Just in the next few weeks there are Edcamps in Chicago, Hawaii (Can I go?), Can''t get to an Edcamp F2F? Don''t see one?

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TeacherCast

MAY 30, 2019

Each time I attend an edcamp , ISTE , or conference, I often seek out those with the knowledge I might not have and attempt to find some time to get a 1:1 conversation going. His episodes are very easy to listen to and for a guy like me looking to learn more about the B2B and B2C worlds, it has been a nice addition to my podcasting library.

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Adjusting Course

JANUARY 30, 2018

Accessing a cart is as easy as checking out a library book! Fast forward to today, and we now have a fleet of 15-20 Mobile MakerSpace carts stored in our Media Center and surrounding hallways. The expanded access to resources that support student creativity has contributed to some truly innovative work.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Might we also study whether learners with solid K12 library inquiry experience perform better than the student in the general SHEG sample ? You can now find out. Beyond the Bubble History Assessments.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 And we also organized India''s first edcamp, EdcampMumbai.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Via CMX : “ How Edcamp Scaled Up 1,500 Community Events Connecting Educators All Over the World.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Ithaka S+R and OCLC Research launch project to examine how universities and their libraries are changing.” No mention that Lexia Learning is owned by Rosetta Stone.

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ UVa Library’s Plan to Cut Stacks by Half Sparks Faculty Concerns.” ” Via The New York Times : “ Edcamps : The ‘Unconferences,’ Where Teachers Teach Themselves.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Questions on Michigan’s Investment Tactics.”

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