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
Everyone needs motivation to push a little further. There needs to be a reason to make that effort. There needs to be a “why”.
At the completion of an instructional unit, I ask my students 3 questions:
- What helped you learn
- What didn't help you learn
- What's one thing I should try to improve your learning
Helped Me Learn | Didn’t Help Me Learn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The other big takeaways were that students loved both Pear Deck and Kahoot. They are both large group interactive pieces of web based software. They allow students to process knowledge in real time with peers. I will continue to find more ways to incorporate these into my classroom. As for the things they recommended I should try, that will need to be a part of my action plan for next term. Also, no one liked the course hardcover AP textbook. I will continue to find and incorporate more online learning resources into Canvas to help.
Good post in Learning Software.Its really helpful for me, awaiting for more new post. Keep Blogging!..
ReplyDeleteAdaptive Personalized Learning