#Edcamptulsa 2014 Reflection
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
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Okay. It's fourth dimension to postal service virtually my initiative off EdCamp experience. Warning: lots of pictures below!
#edcampTULSA was hosted at the Jenks High School Math in addition to Science Center. This edifice is three years old, in addition to it's amazing. Do yous run into that dome on the 3rd floor? It's a planetarium! I mean value at that spot mightiness withdraw keep been to a greater extent than tweets virtually the planetarium during #edcampTULSA than anything else!
After checking inwards at the registration table, I was directed to the 3rd floor.
Did I advert that this edifice is amazing? When yous walk in, yous are greeted yesteryear giant multi-story math in addition to scientific discipline displays.
There are fifty-fifty constellations hanging from the ceiling!
I'm pretty certain that people belike thought I was crazy for taking this side yesteryear side picture, but I was super impressed amongst the trash in addition to recycling bins.
On the 3rd floor, I was greeted yesteryear donuts. Lots in addition to lots of donuts.
We were instructed to select grip of breakfast in addition to mingle acre waiting for everyone to brand it in addition to depository fiscal establishment check in. Soon, the people who had attended an EdCamp earlier were asked to disperse around the room in addition to start grouping conversations amongst those who had never attended.
There were posters to tell us newbies virtually the basics of EdCamp. I acquaint to yous EdCamp 101:
And, EdCamp 201:
This was my initiative off EdCamp. And, my grouping only happened to last adopted yesteryear mayhap the most experienced EdCamper inwards the world, Toby Brown (@tbbrwn). Seriously, #edcampTULSA was his 18.5th EdCamp.
Here's a painting exhibit of the grouping I was in:
In our groups, nosotros shared things nosotros were interested inwards or wanted to know to a greater extent than about. When it was my turn, I mentioned that I wanted to know to a greater extent than virtually how to effectively acquire by grouping piece of work inwards my classroom. Every year, I seem to start out the twelvemonth amongst intentions of having students piece of work together inwards groups. And, every year, it goes keen for the initiative off few weeks. Then, the honeymoon current ends, in addition to I discovery that I can't acquire by my students when they piece of work inwards groups. So, I motion them dorsum to rows in addition to things become a footling better. But, I fille the amazing work solving in addition to helping 1 some other that naturally happens inwards groups. So, I endeavor groups again. And, equally presently equally I do, I recall why I did away amongst groups inwards the initiative off place.
EdCamp is unlike from traditional professional person evolution workshops inwards several ways. First, the PD is non professional person development. It's passion development. If the topic inwards the room is non something you're passionate about, yous are expected to follow the dominion of ii feet. Get upwardly in addition to walk out of the room. Try a unlike room in addition to a unlike conversation. Keep moving until yous discovery something that yous are passionate about. There are no presenters. There are exclusively facilitators. One agency EdCamp was described to me was "selfish PD." You don't withdraw keep to last an skilful at something to facilitate a session on it. You exclusively withdraw keep to desire to know to a greater extent than virtually it.
After our groups broke apart, nosotros were invited to fill upwardly out cards to concur to facilitate a session. I am naturally an introvert. I'm non the type to volunteer for things. And, I'm slow working on changing that. I'm working on putting myself out at that spot more. Because I produce withdraw keep something valuable to part amongst the world. I've led professional person evolution for my district. I did a Global Math Department Presentation. This summer, I'm presenting at Twitter Math Camp in addition to the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics Summer Conference.
And, final Saturday, I facilitated a session at #edcampTULSA. Read that again. I, Sarah Hagan, facilitated a session! I yet can't quite believe it myself. When they were cry for for volunteers to facilitate sessions, Toby came over to me in addition to literally lifted upwardly my mitt to strength me to volunteer myself. As a result, I was given a bill of fare to write downwardly what type of session I wanted to facilitate. At first, I only smiled in addition to tried to pretend that it hadn't happened. Then, I started wondering, "Why not? Why shouldn't I footstep out of my comfort zone in addition to facilitate a session?"
Maybe I was feeling inspired yesteryear the bottom of the EdCamp 201 sign?
So, I did something crazy. I filled out the card, AND I really turned it in. I titled my session "Making Group Work Work." Thanks Toby for encouraging me to footstep out of my comfort zone. It was totally worth it. And, I'm pretty certain my EdCamp experience was v times amend equally a final result of your encouragement.
All of the sessions that were submitted were posted on rolling boards in addition to on a google spreadsheet.
EdCamp was the perfect chance to endeavor out my latest slice of technology: a Samsung Milky Way Tab three tablet. As somebody who yet doesn't ain a smartphone, this has a definite learning curve. But, I'm enjoying the learning process. I loved beingness able to delineate upwardly the schedule on my tablet in addition to proceed upwardly amongst the twitter feed throughout the day!
For Session 1a, I attended a planetarium show. I can't nation plenty awesome things virtually the Jenks Planetarium. They utilization their planetarium to instruct many unlike subjects other than the obvious astronomy. The planetarium manager showed us examples of how math teachers used the planetarium to discovery the surface area of diverse constellations amongst their students. History teachers used the planetarium because it allowed them to exhibit maps that check the flexure of the earth. This shows how far apart places really are. For example, I never quite realized only how far it was from Nippon to Pearl Harbor until seeing the map on the planetarium screen. I was belike most impressed yesteryear how fine art teachers used the planetarium. Can yous imagine seeing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to a higher identify yous on the planetarium screen? Talk virtually amazing! I'd exhibit yous a painting exhibit I took myself, but let's only nation I had yet to figure out the photographic goggle box camera on my tablet at the time. So, you'll withdraw keep to position upwardly amongst looking at somebody else's tweet in addition to photo. Sorry!
My sis is an fine art teaching major, in addition to I've already told her that nosotros are going to withdraw keep to become depository fiscal establishment check out 1 of the total length fine art shows at the planetarium this summer! Here's a link to the Tulsa World write-up of the show. Though, based on this photo, my sis in addition to I mightiness non last the target audience.
After the planetarium show, I had a selection betwixt Twitter 101 in addition to an App Smackdown. I've been on twitter for several years now, thus I decided to forego Twitter 101. I don't experience similar I got much out of the App Smackdown, though. That was belike a final result of exclusively only straight off getting a tablet. When I run into others beak virtually all the uses for tablets in addition to peculiarly ipads inwards their schools, I realize only how footling applied scientific discipline nosotros withdraw keep at Drumright. Maybe someday...
For session 2, I attended Sucks vs. Rocks. I didn't quite know what this was, but none of the other sessions during this fourth dimension seemed to last a goodness fit for me. A topic would last written on the board. One side of the room represented "rocks." And, the other side of the room represented "sucks." We had to physically motion to the side of the room that represented our feelings on the subject. Topics included homework, Common Core, calculator labs, interactive whiteboards, educatee teachers, in addition to cyberspace filters. Discussion was pretty heated. I felt similar a lot of my opinions were based on my specific teaching scenario. My see of applied scientific discipline coming from a small, rural schoolhouse looks a lot unlike than a instructor at a large, urban school. It was kinda fun, but I'm non certain I walked away from the session knowing anything I didn't know before. Actually, I withdraw keep that back. I did larn a lot of things. I learned how I experience virtually homework, Common Core, calculator labs, SMART Boards, etc. You're belike thinking, "How did yous non know how yous experience virtually those already?!?" Well, it's simple. If yous asked me how I felt virtually homework, I would belike ramble on virtually something virtually how it was goodness inwards some aspects in addition to how I hated other parts of it. But, at that spot is a consummate departure betwixt a rambling answer in addition to maxim "Homework rocks" or "Homework sucks." No middle ground. No rambling. No justifying. Rocks or sucks? This session forced me to mean value virtually what I believe in addition to why I believe it, in addition to that's an awesome thing.
For session 3, I chose a session on edifice schoolhouse culture. In retrospect, this was non the correct session for me. And, I belike should withdraw keep exercised my correct to walk out in addition to bring together a unlike session. I was 1 of exclusively ii teachers inwards the room. Everyone else inwards the room was an administrator. And, I worked at the smallest district, yesteryear far, inwards the room. The bulk of our conversation focused on how to construct a schoolhouse civilisation inwards a large district. For example, how produce yous acquire your teachers to interact amongst teachers who produce non instruct the same dependent plain or inwards the same hall? This is non a work at my schoolhouse because nosotros are thus small. When yous withdraw keep 2 math teachers, 2 scientific discipline teachers, 2 history teachers, 2 English linguistic communication teachers, 1 FACS teacher, 1 agriculture teacher, 1 calculator teacher, in addition to 1 special ed teacher, yous acquire to know each other quite well. I tin add together inwards our principal, secretary, counselor, librarian, football game coach, custodian, in addition to ii tiffin ladies in addition to yet exclusively withdraw keep twenty people. One affair I'm interested inwards is how tin I assist construct a schoolhouse civilisation when I am non inwards an administrative locomote inwards my school. Should I withdraw keep some of these ideas to my administration? Or should I only endeavor to acquit them out on my own?
Session 4 was my session - Making Group Work Work. I was a footling terrified virtually leading my ain session. What if nobody shows up? What if everybody exercises their correct to walk out? At the start of the session, at that spot was me in addition to virtually 4 people. Not many at all. Still, I started talking virtually why I had proposed this session. I briefly mentioned my struggles amongst grouping work, in addition to I asked the others inwards attendance for their suggestions. Pretty soon, a goodness conversation got going. People started sharing things they had tried that had worked in addition to things that hadn't worked. More people started coming in. And, the conversation developed to a greater extent than in addition to more. We talked virtually unlike ways of grouping students, the importance of giving group-worthy tasks, cues to acquire students dorsum on task, methods to proceed everyone inwards the grouping accountable, etc. @druinok shared virtually her red/yellow/green loving cup strategy, in addition to that was a large hit! I've fifty-fifty got red/yellow/green cups on my shopping listing now. It was a GREAT conversation. I left amongst bulk recommendations, ideas to implement, in addition to lots of thought-provoking comments. Only ii people exercised their correct to walk out. And, many to a greater extent than walked inwards in addition to stayed! So, that fright ended upwardly beingness unrealized.
There was fifty-fifty a tweet virtually my session, thus that was good!
I'm thankful that I did determine to withdraw keep the plunge in addition to advise my ain session. It's the session that I got the most out of because it's the session that I needed to last a business office of. Had I non proposed the session, it wouldn't withdraw keep happened. What if to a greater extent than teachers stepped upwardly in addition to said, "I demand assist amongst this topic. Help me."? How many things withdraw keep I missed out on learning earlier because I was likewise afraid to footstep upwardly in addition to acknowledge that I needed help? That I didn't withdraw keep everything figured out?
For Session 5, I attended a session on using encephalon breaks in addition to play inwards the classroom. Again, I didn't quite fit inwards amongst the other teachers inwards the classroom. I was the exclusively high schoolhouse instructor inwards a room total of unproblematic schoolhouse teachers. Many of the ideas didn't apply to teaching teenagers, but I did discovery a few takeaways that made the session worth it. I learned a novel agency to play spoons inwards degree without making decks of cards. I can't hold back to endeavor that out. I'm inspired to come upwardly up amongst a listing of appropriate encephalon breaks for the high schoolhouse classroom. I love the thought of giving out tickets for encephalon breaks equally rewards. Students tin in addition to thus cash inwards their ticket whenever they wish.
Here's a painting exhibit of the session on encephalon breaks. I'm sitting inwards the initiative off row. :)
After the 5th session, nosotros 1 time once again joined together equally a group. There was a video photographic goggle box camera drone demonstration that was pretty cool!
Door prizes were given. Closing words were spoken. And, I was a footling lamentable for it to last over. Thankfully, other edcamps withdraw keep been planned inwards Oklahoma inwards the future. And, I excogitation on inviting other people from my schoolhouse to become amongst me side yesteryear side time. It's fourth dimension for me to part my new-found love for EdCamps amongst others!
I'm already getting excited for EdCampStilly!
#edcampTULSA was hosted at the Jenks High School Math in addition to Science Center. This edifice is three years old, in addition to it's amazing. Do yous run into that dome on the 3rd floor? It's a planetarium! I mean value at that spot mightiness withdraw keep been to a greater extent than tweets virtually the planetarium during #edcampTULSA than anything else!
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| Jenks Math & Science Center |
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| #EdCampTulsa Sign |
There are fifty-fifty constellations hanging from the ceiling!
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| Constellations |
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| Recycling Bins |
On the 3rd floor, I was greeted yesteryear donuts. Lots in addition to lots of donuts.
 |
| #edcamp Donuts |
We were instructed to select grip of breakfast in addition to mingle acre waiting for everyone to brand it in addition to depository fiscal establishment check in. Soon, the people who had attended an EdCamp earlier were asked to disperse around the room in addition to start grouping conversations amongst those who had never attended.
There were posters to tell us newbies virtually the basics of EdCamp. I acquaint to yous EdCamp 101:
 |
| EdCamp 101 |
This was my initiative off EdCamp. And, my grouping only happened to last adopted yesteryear mayhap the most experienced EdCamper inwards the world, Toby Brown (@tbbrwn). Seriously, #edcampTULSA was his 18.5th EdCamp.
Here's a painting exhibit of the grouping I was in:
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| Photo yesteryear Tammy G Parks |
EdCamp is unlike from traditional professional person evolution workshops inwards several ways. First, the PD is non professional person development. It's passion development. If the topic inwards the room is non something you're passionate about, yous are expected to follow the dominion of ii feet. Get upwardly in addition to walk out of the room. Try a unlike room in addition to a unlike conversation. Keep moving until yous discovery something that yous are passionate about. There are no presenters. There are exclusively facilitators. One agency EdCamp was described to me was "selfish PD." You don't withdraw keep to last an skilful at something to facilitate a session on it. You exclusively withdraw keep to desire to know to a greater extent than virtually it.
After our groups broke apart, nosotros were invited to fill upwardly out cards to concur to facilitate a session. I am naturally an introvert. I'm non the type to volunteer for things. And, I'm slow working on changing that. I'm working on putting myself out at that spot more. Because I produce withdraw keep something valuable to part amongst the world. I've led professional person evolution for my district. I did a Global Math Department Presentation. This summer, I'm presenting at Twitter Math Camp in addition to the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics Summer Conference.
And, final Saturday, I facilitated a session at #edcampTULSA. Read that again. I, Sarah Hagan, facilitated a session! I yet can't quite believe it myself. When they were cry for for volunteers to facilitate sessions, Toby came over to me in addition to literally lifted upwardly my mitt to strength me to volunteer myself. As a result, I was given a bill of fare to write downwardly what type of session I wanted to facilitate. At first, I only smiled in addition to tried to pretend that it hadn't happened. Then, I started wondering, "Why not? Why shouldn't I footstep out of my comfort zone in addition to facilitate a session?"
Maybe I was feeling inspired yesteryear the bottom of the EdCamp 201 sign?
So, I did something crazy. I filled out the card, AND I really turned it in. I titled my session "Making Group Work Work." Thanks Toby for encouraging me to footstep out of my comfort zone. It was totally worth it. And, I'm pretty certain my EdCamp experience was v times amend equally a final result of your encouragement.
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| My EdCamp Session! |
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| EdCamp Session Board |
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| My New Technological Toy |
This planetarium @JPS_Trojans' Math & Science Center is ridiculous. Yes. That's the Sistine Chapel. #edcampTulsa pic.twitter.com/7UmaCVZDek
— Dan Krutka, PhD (@dankrutka) March 29, 2014 My sis is an fine art teaching major, in addition to I've already told her that nosotros are going to withdraw keep to become depository fiscal establishment check out 1 of the total length fine art shows at the planetarium this summer! Here's a link to the Tulsa World write-up of the show. Though, based on this photo, my sis in addition to I mightiness non last the target audience.
After the planetarium show, I had a selection betwixt Twitter 101 in addition to an App Smackdown. I've been on twitter for several years now, thus I decided to forego Twitter 101. I don't experience similar I got much out of the App Smackdown, though. That was belike a final result of exclusively only straight off getting a tablet. When I run into others beak virtually all the uses for tablets in addition to peculiarly ipads inwards their schools, I realize only how footling applied scientific discipline nosotros withdraw keep at Drumright. Maybe someday...
For session 2, I attended Sucks vs. Rocks. I didn't quite know what this was, but none of the other sessions during this fourth dimension seemed to last a goodness fit for me. A topic would last written on the board. One side of the room represented "rocks." And, the other side of the room represented "sucks." We had to physically motion to the side of the room that represented our feelings on the subject. Topics included homework, Common Core, calculator labs, interactive whiteboards, educatee teachers, in addition to cyberspace filters. Discussion was pretty heated. I felt similar a lot of my opinions were based on my specific teaching scenario. My see of applied scientific discipline coming from a small, rural schoolhouse looks a lot unlike than a instructor at a large, urban school. It was kinda fun, but I'm non certain I walked away from the session knowing anything I didn't know before. Actually, I withdraw keep that back. I did larn a lot of things. I learned how I experience virtually homework, Common Core, calculator labs, SMART Boards, etc. You're belike thinking, "How did yous non know how yous experience virtually those already?!?" Well, it's simple. If yous asked me how I felt virtually homework, I would belike ramble on virtually something virtually how it was goodness inwards some aspects in addition to how I hated other parts of it. But, at that spot is a consummate departure betwixt a rambling answer in addition to maxim "Homework rocks" or "Homework sucks." No middle ground. No rambling. No justifying. Rocks or sucks? This session forced me to mean value virtually what I believe in addition to why I believe it, in addition to that's an awesome thing.
For session 3, I chose a session on edifice schoolhouse culture. In retrospect, this was non the correct session for me. And, I belike should withdraw keep exercised my correct to walk out in addition to bring together a unlike session. I was 1 of exclusively ii teachers inwards the room. Everyone else inwards the room was an administrator. And, I worked at the smallest district, yesteryear far, inwards the room. The bulk of our conversation focused on how to construct a schoolhouse civilisation inwards a large district. For example, how produce yous acquire your teachers to interact amongst teachers who produce non instruct the same dependent plain or inwards the same hall? This is non a work at my schoolhouse because nosotros are thus small. When yous withdraw keep 2 math teachers, 2 scientific discipline teachers, 2 history teachers, 2 English linguistic communication teachers, 1 FACS teacher, 1 agriculture teacher, 1 calculator teacher, in addition to 1 special ed teacher, yous acquire to know each other quite well. I tin add together inwards our principal, secretary, counselor, librarian, football game coach, custodian, in addition to ii tiffin ladies in addition to yet exclusively withdraw keep twenty people. One affair I'm interested inwards is how tin I assist construct a schoolhouse civilisation when I am non inwards an administrative locomote inwards my school. Should I withdraw keep some of these ideas to my administration? Or should I only endeavor to acquit them out on my own?
Session 4 was my session - Making Group Work Work. I was a footling terrified virtually leading my ain session. What if nobody shows up? What if everybody exercises their correct to walk out? At the start of the session, at that spot was me in addition to virtually 4 people. Not many at all. Still, I started talking virtually why I had proposed this session. I briefly mentioned my struggles amongst grouping work, in addition to I asked the others inwards attendance for their suggestions. Pretty soon, a goodness conversation got going. People started sharing things they had tried that had worked in addition to things that hadn't worked. More people started coming in. And, the conversation developed to a greater extent than in addition to more. We talked virtually unlike ways of grouping students, the importance of giving group-worthy tasks, cues to acquire students dorsum on task, methods to proceed everyone inwards the grouping accountable, etc. @druinok shared virtually her red/yellow/green loving cup strategy, in addition to that was a large hit! I've fifty-fifty got red/yellow/green cups on my shopping listing now. It was a GREAT conversation. I left amongst bulk recommendations, ideas to implement, in addition to lots of thought-provoking comments. Only ii people exercised their correct to walk out. And, many to a greater extent than walked inwards in addition to stayed! So, that fright ended upwardly beingness unrealized.
There was fifty-fifty a tweet virtually my session, thus that was good!
Lots of keen ideas inwards room 203 virtually how to brand grouping piece of work work. Classroom-tested ideas include fun identities, stations, etc #edcampTulsa
— Dan Krutka, PhD (@dankrutka) March 29, 2014 I'm thankful that I did determine to withdraw keep the plunge in addition to advise my ain session. It's the session that I got the most out of because it's the session that I needed to last a business office of. Had I non proposed the session, it wouldn't withdraw keep happened. What if to a greater extent than teachers stepped upwardly in addition to said, "I demand assist amongst this topic. Help me."? How many things withdraw keep I missed out on learning earlier because I was likewise afraid to footstep upwardly in addition to acknowledge that I needed help? That I didn't withdraw keep everything figured out?
For Session 5, I attended a session on using encephalon breaks in addition to play inwards the classroom. Again, I didn't quite fit inwards amongst the other teachers inwards the classroom. I was the exclusively high schoolhouse instructor inwards a room total of unproblematic schoolhouse teachers. Many of the ideas didn't apply to teaching teenagers, but I did discovery a few takeaways that made the session worth it. I learned a novel agency to play spoons inwards degree without making decks of cards. I can't hold back to endeavor that out. I'm inspired to come upwardly up amongst a listing of appropriate encephalon breaks for the high schoolhouse classroom. I love the thought of giving out tickets for encephalon breaks equally rewards. Students tin in addition to thus cash inwards their ticket whenever they wish.
Here's a painting exhibit of the session on encephalon breaks. I'm sitting inwards the initiative off row. :)
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| Photograph yesteryear Tammy G Parks |
After the 5th session, nosotros 1 time once again joined together equally a group. There was a video photographic goggle box camera drone demonstration that was pretty cool!
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| Video Camera Drone |
I'm already getting excited for EdCampStilly!
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