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How to Maximize the EdCamp Experience: 6 Tips! [infographic]

March 3, 2015 by Kasey Bell

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6 Tips to Maximize the EdCamp Experience

There are so many wonderful reasons that I love EdCamps! I enjoy both attending EdCamps as a participant, and organizing EdCamps to help other educators discover the power of the unconference! After another successful year of EdCamp Awesome, I thought it would be useful to share some tips to help educators maximize the EdCamp Experience. Below are some tips for new and experienced EdCampers!

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Prepare for EdCamp the day before (or earlier)!
The day or night before, prepare for the event so you are ready to maximize your learning and your experience!

1. CHARGE YOUR DEVICES

I recommend you bring at least two devices so you have a backup when your battery runs low. Sometimes power outlets can be inconvenient, and you don’t want to be tethered to a wall and miss something awesome! I prefer to bring my smart phone and my tablet. This way I can travel light, but still be prepared to take notes, share on social media, take lots of pictures and learn new tricks! Laptops or Chromebooks are also great choices, and may come in handy if you facilitate a session, but are more burdensome to carry.

2. PREPARE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS

Every EdCamp will have its own official hashtag (i.e. #EdCampAwesome). If you are already on social media, especially Twitter, go ahead and save the hashtag in the Twitter application of your choice. Add a new column in Tweet Deck or Hootsuite, or your favorite app to follow the hashtag and start the collaboration early! Check out who is already tweeting with the hashtag, who will be there, and share your own post to let others know you are coming.

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Prepare for your day of learning and collaboration!

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3. ARRIVE EARLY!

Be sure to arrive early to make the most of the networking time! Meet and collaborate with as many educators as you can. Look for Twitter handles on attendee name badges so you can expand your PLN and follow them on Twitter.

You also want to have plenty of time to suggest topics for sessions. If you have never used Twitter, be sure to suggest it and ask for it to be in the first block. That way Twitter newbies can learn and practice their new Twitter skills all day! Be brave and put your name on a topic to facilitate! Any teacher can facilitate a discussion. You do not have to be the expert.

4. TWEET OFTEN!

Twitter can really enrich the EdCamp experience! Be sure to share what you learn on Twitter. Favorite the tweets of others you want to come back to, and let Twitter serve as some of your note-taking. EdCampers across the globe follow the hashtags to learn along with you. Who knows, you might inspire the next EdCamp!

5. TAKE COLLABORATIVE NOTES

I’m a huge fan of collaborative note-taking. (See my previous post on Collaborative Note-Taking with Google Docs.) But I also picked up a new strategy at FETC using Google Slides. This is a great way to take collaborative notes for conferences and EdCamps. One person will create and share publicly a Google Slides presentation. Then participants create a new slide and add notes for each session they attend. At the end of the event you have everything in one share presentation!

6. STAY LATE

Not only to I recommend coming early, but I also encourage you to stay for the entire event–even stay late! Most EdCamps have lots of fun door prizes that are given away throughout the day, or at the end of the day. You don’t want to miss out on a free iPad or Chromebook! Not to mention, you will want to stay late to continue the collaboration and networking. Keep learning, expanding your PLN, make the most of the EdCamp experience!

What are your tips for maximizing the EdCamp experience? Please share in the comments below.


 

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Comments

  1. Ron Madison says

    March 6, 2015 at 7:27 am

    Great tips for edcamp!

  2. Kasey Bell says

    March 6, 2015 at 7:50 am

    Thanks for commenting, Ron!

  3. KarenJanowski says

    March 11, 2015 at 11:49 am

    Kasey,
    Thank you for creating this resource. As an EdCamp co-organizer (EdCampAccess and EdCamp Boston) I often have to explain the EdCamp approach and tips. Now I just send off this post with your excellent information. Well done.

  4. Kasey Bell says

    March 11, 2015 at 3:05 pm

    Thanks, Karen! I appreciate your kind words.

  5. Paula says

    June 23, 2015 at 9:11 am

    I’ll be attending my first edcamp this year – I’m excited to take part in it! Thanks lots for the tips

  6. Kasey Bell says

    June 23, 2015 at 12:48 pm

    You will get addicted!

  7. Michael Weinraub says

    July 17, 2015 at 2:19 pm

    Hi Kasey,
    Great post. Hey, would you or others happen to know if someone has a video or animated recording of folks taking notes at an edcamp. I would like to share the process with my colleagues and of course I can describe how folks from different locations are adding to a Google doc synchronously but it could be cool to show a video of one actually happening. Gracias.

  8. Kasey Bell says

    July 19, 2015 at 10:37 am

    No video that I am aware of, but for bigger groups I think slides is better than docs. Just grab a slide and go!

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