{"id":14219,"date":"2015-02-25T19:40:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/?page_id=14219"},"modified":"2020-01-23T16:28:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T16:28:17","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Edcamp?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-title title\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\">What is Edcamp?<\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">Join colleagues for innovative professional learning. Edcamp is comprised of sessions that are determined by participants on the day of the event. Everyone is a learner and a leader. Anyone can be a presenter or facilitator. Participants are encouraged to join and lead sessions that meet their unique needs as educators. The &#8220;law of two feet&#8221; applies &#8211; participants are encouraged to move around and join conversations about what matters most to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Who can participate in an Edcamp?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">Anyone interested in learning and sharing resources, strategies, and best practices in education i.e. teachers, parents, community members, etc . <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">What does an Edcamp look like?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vPmdMzqrx4c\" width=\"440\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Want to learn more about Edcamp?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">Read the blog post by M.E. Steele-Pierce, &#8220;Unconference: Revolutionary Professional Learning.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/edcamps-teacher-learning-becomes-a-grassroots-movement\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Edcamps: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Teacher Learning Becomes a Grassroots Movement<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">How to Maximize the Edcamp Experience: 6 Tips&#8230;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">Introduction to Edcamp: A New Conference Model Built on Collaboration<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/blog\/about-edcamp-unconference-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/blog\/about-edcamp-unconference-history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">Edcamp 101- Youtube<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I7DwCI7j0Bg&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-14954 noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14954 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Video-2.png?resize=423%2C289\" alt=\"Video 2\" width=\"423\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Video-2.png?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Video-2.png?resize=768%2C524&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Video-2.png?resize=1024%2C699&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Video-2.png?w=1378&amp;ssl=1 1378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14219"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16098,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14219\/revisions\/16098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacpsschools.org\/edcamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}