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
I have spent a long time looking for a free, real-time, collaborative whiteboard that can be used on tablets, chromebooks, PCs, and Macs and have been let down again and again. Until I ran across Realtime Board . I wasn't sure at first until I discovered that they provide FREE accounts for educators. I have been using it for a week and have been loving it. 1) It is web based sand works on my class iPads, student Chromebooks, and my teacher desktop. 2) It's easy to create a new board. 3) On any board you can upload a variety of media files or files directly from the web. 4) There are a variety of pre-made templates you can work from. 5) Drawing and erasing is very easy. I love using a stylus on my iPad ( although Steve Jobs wouldn't approve) when showing work for calculations. 6) Create shapes, add text, and link them. Great for mind mapping! 7) Realtime Board can be lined to your Google Apps For Education account