From what I gathered from the provided resources, EdCamps seem like a really great way of spending a professional development day! Prior to this week, I did not know events like EdCamp were available to teachers. To my knowledge, professional development days were set days where teachers would watch a seminar on a topic of their choosing. Already I was beginning to dread the thought of going to these, as I have trouble retaining information in this traditional style of education. I’m glad to see now, that alternative approaches to professional development, like EdCamps, are available to teachers. It’s a super cool thing to see!
As to some aspects I enjoyed about EdCamps specifically, I loved how open they are! From the information provided in the video, they describe EdCamps as being completely open and free-flowing. Anyone may speak on a topic of their choosing and anyone may listen. I find this to be really cool as I can imagine all the great conversations this sparks. I bet many of these productive conversations would have never happened had it not been for EdCamps. Speaking further on the openness of it all, I really like how if you are listening to a speaker and for any reason, you feel you should leave for a new discussion, you’re more than welcome to do so! Personally, I love this, as the feeling of being stuck in something where it is considered rude to stand up and leave is not one I enjoy.
Overall, I think EdCamps are an amazing alternative to the traditional professional development day and I will definitely be attending one in my future!
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shea-lyn mouillierat says:
Hey Jaxon,
I think it is so cool that you found EdCamps so interesting! I think we all learned about them together during this day, and it is interesting to see how we all took something different away from the video/lesson.
I agree with you in saying that it is definitely not the most exciting thing to spend a pro-d day in a seminar where you don’t really get to engage in a lot of, or rich conversations. My biggest take away from EdCamps, was that there are so many discussion topics and that they are chosen by those in attendance. This format definitely makes them more exciting to attend, because everyone is going with the intention to learn something new and engage in discussions where everyone is learning and no one is an expert.
November 3, 2022 — 3:43 pm