Coming up in a couple of weeks, March 23rd to be exact
is a wonderfulf FREE professional development opportunity, EdCampOmaha. This will be my first time at an EdCamp of
any type, but from what I have heard, read, and seen it is a valuable learning
experience.
The idea behind EdCamp is FREE, unscripted professional
development. It is in the form of an
un-conference, sessions for the day are set that morning during the
registration time. No pre-planning on
your part, just show up and decide what you want to go to. It is just a conference of breakout sessions,
no specific keynote session.
This is exciting to me for several reasons. I am usually a structured person, here are
the sessions I want to go to and I will go to them. This will make me think on my toes and take
advantage of various opportunities for discussions that may arise. Also, if I feel like “leading” a session I
can. The more you participate the more
you will get out of it.
Another reason is the networking that can be done in a short
amount of time. I will get to meet
people I know from Twitter face to face for the first time. I will also meet new people that I can add to
my Twitter PLN and increase my knowledge and professional development
opportunities.
If you are not able to go, you can follow along all day on
Twitter. If you are going to follow
along on Twitter the hashtag will be #EdCampOmaha. If you are interested in going or need more
information see the EdCampOmaha
website. Registration is
FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Follow EdCampOmaha on Twitter: @EdCampOmaha
Also just found out there are door prizes. Some are coming from IdeaPaint, IPEVA, Kidblogdotorg, Voki, and others.
ReplyDelete