{"id":5144,"date":"2019-08-20T22:32:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T22:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/?p=91"},"modified":"2019-08-20T22:32:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T22:32:10","slug":"running-an-edcamp-unconference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2019\/08\/20\/running-an-edcamp-unconference\/","title":{"rendered":"Running an EdCamp UnConference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here are some resources and links on the origins and support for organizing EdCamps.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EdCampVictoria February 2015\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VKi1Fiog9TE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">An EdCamp is an unconference, which is a user-generated conference. There is no rigid pre-selection of session topics planned in advance. Instead, ideas for collaboration and conversation are determined as attendees identify common themes\/topics that they would like to explore, and what they can teach others about. <cite>EdCamp UVic &#8211; http:\/\/edcampuvic.ca\/what-is-an-edcamp\/ <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edcamp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"EdCamp Foundation (opens in a new tab)\">EdCamp Foundation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/edcampuvic.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"EdCamp  UVic website (opens in a new tab)\">EdCamp UVic website<\/a> for more details. Also see the <a href=\"https:\/\/edcampwest.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"EdCamp Tech Inquiry group project resource (opens in a new tab)\">EdCamp tech inquiry group project resource<\/a> that was created in a previous year by EDCI 336 learners &#8211; they actually ran one and it was impressive!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edcamp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edcamp Foundation\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edcampuvic.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EdcampUVic<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Watch\u00a0<em>What is an edcamp?<\/em>\u00a0video on the above EdcampUVic website<\/li>\n<li>Explore #edcamp #edcampvic #edcampwest and other edcamp-related hashtags on Twitter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Teachers should be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrate an understanding about what is an edcamp and an unconference<\/li>\n<li>Describe the history of the edcamp phenomenon<\/li>\n<li>Explain how the edcamp approach can be used for professional learning and to increase student voice and choice in the classroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some resources and links on the origins and support for organizing EdCamps. An EdCamp is an unconference, which is a user-generated conference. There is no rigid pre-selection of session topics planned in advance. Instead, ideas for collaboration and&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2019\/08\/20\/running-an-edcamp-unconference\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}