{"id":1401,"date":"2015-02-05T12:56:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T17:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2015-12-11T14:09:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T19:09:00","slug":"edcamp-unconference-for-educators-coming-to-msde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/edcamp-unconference-for-educators-coming-to-msde\/","title":{"rendered":"Edcamp &#8216;Unconference&#8217; For Educators Coming To MSDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Maryland Becomes First State Education Department to Sponsor Non-traditional Professional Learning<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>For Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: Bill Reinhard, 410-767-0486<\/p>\n<p>Educators throughout the State will gather at the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) on Saturday for EdcampMD, a professional learning event in which educators design the agenda to suit their particular needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEdcampMD is designed to capture passion and spark creative ideas and solutions that teachers can put to use in the classroom,\u201d said State Superintendent of Schools Lillian Lowery.\u00a0 \u201cWe expect the work that takes place at this event will reverberate Statewide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSDE is the first state education agency in the nation to sponsor an EdCamp.\u00a0 Developers of EdCamp refer to the program as an \u201cunconference,\u201d which reverse-engineers the typical education gathering.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike traditional conferences, with schedules set months in advance by the organizers, Edcamps feature agendas created by the participants at the start of the event. Instead of a presenter standing in front of the room lecturing for an hour, attendees are encouraged to participate in discussions and hands-on sessions drawing on their strengths, interests, and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Edcamps are free, non-commercial and conducted with a vendor-free presence. Each program features sessions determined on the day of the event, and all who attend may present. \u00a0Edcamp MD is being organized by Maryland educators from both public and private schools. To learn more, visit<a title=\"To learn more, visit https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/edcampmaryland\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/edcampmaryland\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/edcampmaryland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0EdcampMD<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a08:30 a.m. &#8211; 3:30 p.m.<br \/>\nSaturday, February 7<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Maryland State Department of Education<br \/>\nEighth Floor Conference Center<br \/>\n200 W. Baltimore Street<br \/>\nBaltimore, MD 21201<br \/>\n(410)767-4280<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maryland Becomes First State Education Department to Sponsor Non-traditional Professional Learning<br \/>\nFor Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: Bill Reinhard, 410-767-0486<br \/>\nEducators throughout the State will gather at the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/edcamp-unconference-for-educators-coming-to-msde\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-newsreleases","tag-professional-learning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1402,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions\/1402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}