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
Yesterday we held EdCamp Elmbrook 2019. It was our 3rd time putting on this event in our district. While last year we had around 120 attendees, this year we broke 200 in attendance.
If you are not sure what an EdCamp is, it is an UnConference model. Attendees come to the event and propose the topics for the sessions they want. While these sessions are being pitched, the schedule for the day is being built.
For each session a communal notes document is created for sharing thoughts and ideas for those in the sessions but also for those who are in other sessions or those who can't be in attendance.
Below, you will find our schedule for the day along with session notes documents linked
The variety of the sessions was incredible. This is due to the fact that EdCamps aren't geared to one specific population. It is not a tech conference, it is not a literacy conference, it is not an administrator's conference. It is a conference that is shaped by the needs, interests, and expertise of its attendees.
It is a fantastic model for professional development and learning. As I reflect more, I could write even more. I'll save that for a later post and ask you to simply go to the session board, click on a session of interest to you and 1) check out the conversation 2) follow some of the educators listed in the session docs.
For more about the learning at EdCamp Elmbrook, check out the hashtag #EdCampELM!
EdCamp Elmbrook 2019
A big thank you to all of our sponsors for EdCamp Elmbrook, all of our amazing attendees, and our EdCamp planning team of Amy Digman, Andelee Espinosa, Bethany Swenson, Brandon Buchman, Callyann Meulemans, Danielle Shyrock, Jake Probst, Jen Townsend, John Wilkinson, Kayla Moffatt, Lisa Caponeschi, Mary Beth Bartels, Pragati Bansal, Trish St. George, Dana Monogue, Brett Gruetzmacher, and Tom Juran!
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