Edcamps: The ‘Unconferences,’ Where Teachers Teach Themselves - The New York Times | iPads, MakerEd and More  in Education | Scoop.it
Perhaps the best known of many so-called unconference models, Edcamps arose out of the idea that teachers, just like their students, need “voice and choice” to help them learn. Anyone who shows up to these free events can suggest or lead a session, and participants are invited to “vote with their feet” about which to attend.

Or, as Kisha Slaughter put it in Newark that morning: “Edcamps are more of a conversation than a presentation.”