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#EdcampRL Reflection

4/29/2020

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I love going to Edcamps, but that's not an option right now since we are currently still dealing with the CVD-19 quarantine. At the beginning of April, a Twitter colleague, Kyle Hamstra, started a conversation about how we could do a remote learning Edcamp so educators can use this time to keep learning and get inspired by other educators.

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That's when it started! The planning process started the next day through Google Meet (I'm super thankful for technology now more than ever). We immediately started a Twitter message group with anyone who expressed interest and invited them to join the conversation. Before we knew it, we were getting the ball rolling to start #EdcampRL (Remote Learning) through FlipGrid on 19 topics! It was a lot, but it worked out well for the first go-around (meaning, we will do this again)! You can still access all the grids if you sign up here. You will get the password and the link to our Flipgrid in the Google Form response message.

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I was the moderator on the Google Tips and Tricks grid. In this grid alone, there are 32 responses, 42 replies, 2517 views, and 50.0 hours of shared learning!
Here are a few ideas including videos from Pam Hubler (me), Greg Jung, Jared Johnson, and Alex Milton

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I know some of us are hesitant to record ourselves with a video platform for a lot of reasons. Maybe you are afraid of judgement from others, afraid of the reactions or comments from others, you don't feel like you are "camera ready" in that moment that you'd like to respond... the reasons go on and on. As I reflect on the event, I am reminded how important it is to share our ideas (no matter how small or simple it seams to you) in spite of the fear we may feel. We have to think like our kids sometimes, they don't think twice before picking up a device to record themselves sharing their ideas. For this reason, I always use two hashtags in my social media posts and I really mean it!

#sharingiscaring #bettertogether

I hope you'll do a few things after you read this.
1. Sign up for the #EdcampRL Flipgrid to at least check out the topics that catch your eye.
2. Add to a grid if the conversation reminds you of something that you find helpful.
3. Remember this quote... "Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't."
That means you always have something valuable to share!

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5/27/2014

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#EdcampRL Reflection

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#EdcampRL Reflection

ᖴᒪIᑭGᖇIᗪ #Eᗪᑕᗩᗰᑭ

ᗷᖇIᒪᒪIᗩᑎT IᗪEᗩ!​

GOOGᒪE TIᑭs & TᖇIᑕKs ᐯIᗪEOs

​TᕼE ᑭOᗯEᖇ Oᖴ ᐯIᗪEO​​

#sharingiscaring #bettertogether

Be an Organized Teacher! Try NextLesson.org

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