Tuesday, March 12, 2013

PLAYDATE13 - Boston!

Kinda brings me back to 1979 and "Pop Muzik"... :-D

Portland, Chicago, and Boston are all hosting their own PLAYDATE events. In case you're wondering, yes, it's an acronym: People Learning & Asking "Y": Digital Age Technology Exploration. Jenny Magiera has a great post about the origins of this idea - here's her summary of what the event's about:

This conference will be geared towards those who just want to explore - or play with - apps, websites, programs or tools that they've always wanted to dig into more deeply, but never had the time or support to do so. Modeled after an unconference or an EdCamp, the sessions will be participant-driven and hands on. Most importantly - there will be no sit and get. Period. No Presenters. Period. All of the content will be learner driven, exploration based and hands on. Just like the model of education we hope for our students. At the end there will be a share out of learning and take aways "The Play Off" - and digital content and notes will be disseminated to all.
 And so, I'll be in Boston this Saturday, learning with inspired and exploring colleagues from around the state, trying out a range of tech tools designed around classroom use. In the spirit of the unconference and open educational resources, we've already been crowdsourcing a resources list - bookmark it, and add to it! If, like me, you're involved in providing any sort of training or professional development, or if you're just looking for great starting-points to explore new things, what better place to start than a list specifically curated by your colleagues?

(And you can bet that some of what I pick up at #PLAYDATE13 will be making its way into TechFest2013 this May at MCLA...)



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