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In this interview with Getting Smart, teacher, Edcamper, and learner Kristen Swanson describes how the Edcamp movement began.
Swanson discusses characteristics of Edcamps, what takes place during Edcamp sessions, and the positive, personal outcomes for educators.
Teachers explain what to expect from an Edcamp in this promotional video. For more specifics about schedule and format, you may also want to check out Mike Caulfield's Common-Craft-style video, "What is an Edcamp?"
Edcamp founder Dan Callahan talks about how and why the Edcamp unconference movement has grown so quickly and challenges educators to share great ideas with their communities and the world.
Swanson urges teachers to take control of their own learning and throw a bigger party than the one available through traditional, “sit-and-get” professional-development opportunities.
For more educator voices on Edcamps, check out these news and promotional videos, produced in association with specific Edcamp events:
In this four-part series, blogger Mary Beth Hertz discusses planning for an Edcamp, including advice onhow to secure a venue and get the word out, obtain funding, and take care of all the small details.
A panel of Edcamp organizers tackles common planning questions.
Use Chris McGee’s checklist as a guide for what to address the month before, the week before, the night before, the morning of, the day of, and after your Edcamp event. You can also access adownloadable and printable version of the checklist.
Edcamp organizers share experiences and offer additional guidance and tips in these videos:
Organizers discuss finding sponsors, fundraising, securing supplies, and managing finances for Edcamps.
Edutopia blogger Andrew Marcinek gives us a personal perspective on how the Edcamp model changed his professional focus and provides examples of how he's adapted this model for staff, students, and community.
#EdCamp Comes to Knapp Elementary – Part 1 (Joe Mazza, 2012)Principal Joe Mazza explains how he set up an Edcamp-style in-service day for the teachers at his Philadelphia elementary school.
An Unconference Approach to Professional Development (Burlington High Principal's Blog, 2010)Principal Patrick Larkin writes about the experience of organizing teacher-centered, Edcamp-style professional development at Burlington High School in Massachusetts.
Check out the #edcamp hashtag on Twitter to stay up-to-date with news and resources. Also, visit the Edcamp wiki’s complete edcamp calendar for a full list of upcoming Edcamps.
Download logo files, and look at the logos for other events. (The Edcamp logo was created by Lorenzo Ibarra and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike Noncommercial 3.0 License; you can use it as is or adapt it for your event).
The Edcamp Foundation put together this brief research report, a qualitative analysis of the Edcamp phenomenon.
Jeff Carpenter explores the impact of Edcamp events on teacher practice.
This #EduAwesome video, made in honor of Edcamp’s third birthday, was produced by Kristen Swanson and edited by Bill Selak, with music by Flocabulary.
Since Knapp Elementary held its first "ParentCamp," its learning community has been engaged in conversations far beyond those 27 discussion sessions led by local parents and teachers.
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