by Meredith Martin | Jul 12, 2016 | Apps, edcamp
Yesterday I attended Edcamp Leadership South Jersey for another great day of learning with fellow educators. As usual, there were a lot of fascinating sessions to attend. While we were watching the session board fill up, I was chatting with Brian Costello about the...
by Meredith Martin | May 19, 2016 | conference, edcamp, General Update, MakerEd, professional development, STEM
It’s the end of the school year, so I know my fellow teachers understand the craziness in my life right now. I have an update on the Extraordinaires project that I need to write up soon, but in the meantime, here’s a brief update on what I’ve been...
by Meredith Martin | Mar 21, 2016 | Collaboration, conference, edcamp, professional development
This Saturday I spent a wonderful day with the folks at Edcamp South Jersey. I was invited to bring the Mobile Makerspace with me, so I was there bright and early to set up. This year’s event was a little smaller than last year’s, but I have a fondness...
by Meredith Martin | Feb 22, 2016 | Collaboration, conference, edcamp, General Update, MakerEd, professional development, STEM
It’s sad but true. I’ve been so busy lately with work and MakerEd stuff that I have barely had time to even breathe! I can’t complain, though, I have been having a great time and learning a lot of new stuff to use in my classroom. So what have I...
by Meredith Martin | Nov 22, 2015 | conference, edcamp, MakerEd, professional development, STEM
Yesterday was a fabulous day. I spent the day at Jonathan Dayton High School in Springfield, NJ for the annual Edcamp NJ. I’d been asked to run the Makerspace for the event, so I collected my usual minions…I mean, assistants…and we arrived bright...
by Meredith Martin | Jun 5, 2015 | conference, edcamp, professional development
It’s hard to believe that a week ago at this time I was at the US Department of Education in Washington DC with about a hundred other educators from across the country for EdcampDOED, also known as EdcampUSA. I hopped on a train after school on Thursday and...