Friday night saw me return to Dunedin just ahead of my house
guests for #educampdunners and so the adventures began. Dinner at Nellies was followed by a few
attempts at caching, a tour of Mosgiel and a continuation of the ‘no rules
photo competition’. A reasonably early
night was necessary to prepare for the big day!
Saturday dawned bright and clear and off we headed to Blend
for a coffee on the way to Silverstream!
Arriving to balloons and the venue all set ready to go with coffee, tea,
juice and sweet treats was fabulous. A
HUGE thank you to Silverstream school for hosting and to Andrea and Janine for
their hard work.
For me there is nothing as exciting as the bubble of
educative chatter, and this was no exception.
I just love reconnecting with educators, meeting newbies and sharing the
buzz of educamp.
This SMACKDOWN
builds on the front of the 2013 SMACKDOWN presentation to continue to share and
grow the current highlights, success, and challenges we are facing. A really unique and serendipitous addition
to this educamp was the ability to live stream in the #teachmeetnz with 6
educators from around New Zealand presenting a three minute snapshot of their
current inquiry or journey. It was also serendipitous to connect
virtually with educators around New Zealand involved in the Festival of Education. Indeed this was a HIGE weekend for education
in NZ.
Sessions at educamp focused on blogging, connecting with
other classes, authentic audiences, and sharing learning creations; personal
learning journeys; collaborative teaching, modern learning practice and much,
much more.
As 1.30 rolled round we reflected on the morning and agreed
we were only beginning to scratch the surface of many areas, and agreed we need
to carry on this learning and sharing.
Next educamp MAGIC is #educampcentralotago at Alexandra Primary School
in Central Otago on 17th May.
Next educamp in Dunedin is likely to be 23rd
August at John McGlashan College.
A large chunk of participants heading from #educampdunners
to Topiary Tree Café where the conversations, socializing, learning and fun
carried on well into the late afternoon.
What a MAGIC day!
The next challenge is to build on this, grow the network and
share the learning as we work to improve outcomes for all learners.
Please check out the storify which captures the story of the
day through a compilation of tweets!
We have also opened up the e-teach facebook group to allow
educators to connect in this forum also.
One new idea to try is to start a shared presentation to
share current reading that is informing our practice! Watch this space…..
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