I was lucky to attend this year's Educamp held at St Francis Xavier School. I had a very positive and inspiring experience.
Positives:
- The wealth of ideas, resources and troubleshooting pointers was incredible. I returned to school inspired and excited to try many new things.
- Networking with other teachers from the district and beyond. I was able to establish a good relationship with a teacher from a local early childhood centre, which will be beneficial for both of us in the future.
- Sharing with others - I was invited to share a little about Pinterest - I was not prepared, but did not feel that was a problem at all. The impromptu, informal nature of Educamp made it easy to get up and share "on the spot".
Negatives:
- I wish I had encouraged more of the staff to come along - they would have really found it beneficial.
Things to take back to the classroom and school:
- A.R. - I was shown some amazing A.R. apps! Very exciting
- App resource blog - a school has started an amazing blog with hundreds of great apps on it - yay!
- Blogging as a way of sharing student's e-portfolios by using tags for each student.