Looking Back at 10 years of EdCamps Oh how the time flies, EdCamp Madison is turning 10 this year! It will be held Saturday, February 3rd at Sun Prairie West High School. Which can be found at 2850 Ironwood Drive in Sun Prairie Wisconsin from 8:30 am - 3:00 pm. Get more information and register here: https://sites.google.com/sunprairieschools.org/edcampmadwi/home I will always remember sitting in my first EdCamp opening session at the very first EdCamp Madison and having no clue what I was in for. So, I’d like to take this space to go over some of the basic rules of EdCamp. No One Will Pitch It for You EdCamps are unconferences. By this I mean that they have a blank slate of sessions for the day. There may be a few predetermined sessions, but ultimately the session topics are determined by attendees during the pitch & plan session that opens the day. If an idea gets pitched there will be a session on it. If a topic doesn’t get pitched, there won’t be a session on it. So, it i
In Elmbrook, we just got access to the new Google Sites BETA. I have been using Google Sites for student portfolios for the last 5 years. The navigation has always been cumbersome and not intuitive like the other Google Apps in the GAFE Suite. Well, that will no longer be the case. The video below will show you how the new Sites is a ground up redesign in-line with the apps we know and love in the GAFE Suite. Students will be able to make new web sites that look great without getting lost in multiple clicks to do a simple task. (If you find any errors in the video, please let me know. I depend on my PLN to proofread sometimes.) If you don't have access yet in your district, do what I did and contact your Google Administrator. A big thanks to our Google Admin Austin Nader for getting the turnaround done on this in less than a week! Google will continue to update the BETA version so it may not have everything you want now, but it'll be coming for sure.