
Edcamp South Jersey
An Un-Conference for Educators, by Educators. All free!
Ed-What? An Un-what?
Unlike traditional conferences which have schedules set months in advance by the people running the conference, Edcamp South Jersey has an agenda that’s created by the participants at the start of the event. Instead of one person standing in front of the room talking for an hour, people are encouraged to have discussions and hands-on sessions. Sponsors don’t have their own special sessions or tables, all of the spaces and times are reserved for the things the people there want to talk about. People could pay hundreds of dollars to attend another conference, or they could go to Edcamp for free.
Built on principles of connected and participatory learning, Edcamp strives to bring teachers together to talk about the things that matter most to them: their interests, passions, and questions. Teachers who attend Edcamp can choose to lead sessions on those things that matter, with an expectation that the people in the room will work together to build understanding by sharing their own knowledge and questions.
EdCamp 101
Edcamp South Jersey is:
- free
- non-commercial and conducted with a vendor-free presence
- hosted by any organization interested in furthering the edcamp mission
- made up of sessions that are determined on the day of the event
- events where anyone who attends can be a presenter
- reliant on the “law of two feet” that encourages participants to find a session that meets their needs
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EdcampSouthJersey
Email: edcampsouthjersey@gmail.com
Website: edcamsouthjersey.com
Location: 1876 Dr. Dennis Foreman Drive, Mays Landing, NJ 0833
Twitter: @edcampsojersey