EdcampPGH is a free, one day conference where community members interested in learning and
education come together to connect, support one another and share their wisdom. EdcampPGH is an organic and
participant-driven professional development for educators, reliant on the “law of two feet,” which encourages
participants to seek conversations that meet their needs. It’s an untraditional way of sharing knowledge and
teaching practices. Hence, this type of organizing to learn is an “unconference.”
Logistical information for edcampPGH
We, your friendly neighborhood edcampPGH organizing team, want to share these last-minute tidbits to help ensure your edcamp experience is smooth, trouble free and overloaded with awesome:
Event Location
edcampPGH will be held at The Ellis School in Shadyside. The address is 6425 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15206.
Registration / doors open at 8:30 am
Please be patient as you see the organizing team and volunteers scurrying madly in the minutes leading up to 8:30 am … This is when we will begin checking people in!
Parking
There will be parking in the Ellis parking lots and around the venue..
Breakfast & Building the board
Sign in will be in the entrance lobby. You do not have to print your ticket prior to coming. Once you sign in, you’ll walk to the left and head to the auditorium to enjoy coffee and breakfast courtesy of our terrific sponsor, PAECT. We’ll be creating the schedule for the day in the same room, so find a place to sit and relax once you’ve gotten something to eat. Use this time to share/think about what topics you’d like to discuss and perhaps volunteer to lead a session. We will have volunteers help guide you on how to participate in building the board.
BYOD, Wifi and Tech support
This is a Bring Your Own Device event. You’ll have access to WiFi.
If you are interested in leading a session and would like to request access to an LCD projector or speakers please email [email protected], or make that information known when you help build the board. (We are a PC school, so bring any necessary apple adapters).
Session Schedule
Once the schedule of sessions for the day is determined, it will be posted on the front page of www.edcampPGH.com
Lunch
Lunch is sponsored by Sprout Fund for all attendees who registered. We cannot guarantee lunch for attendees who registered after Thursday.
The Ellis School will be running a bake sale for dessert! Homemade cupcakes, cookies, and more can be purchased for 50 cents each.
Media, Twitter & Photos
Please use the Twitter hashtag #edcamppgh and tweet @edcampPGH
Please complete the Connect & Network form on the Who is Coming page of the website.
Add photos to the edcamp flickr group http://www.flickr.com/groups/edcamp/ and use the tag edcampPGH
Door prizes will be given away during the Closing
We have some cool door prizes to give away thanks to our terrific sponsors!
You must be present to win
After party TBA...announced soon...
Please please PLEASE leave the school as you found it.
That should be it! If anything changes or if new information becomes available, it will be posted on www.edcampPGH.com