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PD Sucks. Is EdCamp The Solution?

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PD Sucks. Is EdCamp The Solution? by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Social Studies Teacher & Learnist Evangelist Related Learnist Resource: Make Your Own EdCamp Professional Development is about to undergo a revolution of sorts.

Susan Grigsby‘s insight:

This is a great explanation of an EdCamp. Having just attended a really well-done version in Atlanta, I can personally attest to the power of peer-group learning. Why don’t more school systems realize the power of their braintrust and stop hiring outside "trainers" to come in for PD that’s super expensive and rarely well-received? 

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