TeachMeet

I have a love-hate relationship with BETT. The most fun I've had is producing FRINGE events to the main show, from TeachMeet to the deep, exceptionally personal hour-long interview on stage with the late Sir Ken Robinson, to the wild ride with a major tech firm that I'm sharing here...

It's six years to the day that we delivered one of the craziest projects with the craziest of deadlines that generated the craziest of fun for participants, and our team!

The time we designed a phenomenon Escape Rooms, a London park in the middle of an office and secret product launches… all designed and built in under a month.

14 years ago a group of us got so bored with a mainstream conference that we bumped off and went to the pub. was born. We managed to convince one of the keynote speakers from the conference, Will Richardson, to have a pint with us. Fearless learning, and fearless innovations were born that night, and at many TeachMeets afterwards.

13 years ago: the first TeachMeet that was called TeachMeet.

Thirteen years ago today. This was the first ever TeachMeet in the world, after a first informal run of the ScotEduBlogsMeetup in Edinburgh’s Jolly Judge Pub the May before.

We had free wine and posters thanks to Hugh MacLeod and Stormhoek, a free (but very small) room in a hotel thanks to my then employer, Learning and Teaching Scotland. The name was inspired after meeting hashtag and inventor Chris Messina the winter before. And we had 65 people sharing their creative ideas, including Dave Weinberger, my university tutors, friends I’d never met from blogs I already a read, and my mum and dad.

Many people lay claim to being TeachMeet Founders. The people in this photo really were.

— Ewan

TeachMeet Ed Tech London in November. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../teachmeet-edtech-london...

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This Tuesday, get yourself in a pub with some colleagues and see what magic you can create:

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Ten years on from the very first unconference for educators: TeachMeet is 10 This Tuesday, I want you to join me in the pub. It’s your homework. There will be a test.

This May TeachMeet turns 10! Share your stories of how TeachMeet has helped your teaching, learning, leading or simply how it has introduced you to people who have changed your life: http://bit.ly/TeachMeet10

Sorry if you've had trouble with the teachmeet.org address this week. We changed provider of domain names to save on some costs and it took five days longer than it should've done. Some refinements on the way!

Are you going to the Education Show in Birmingham? There will be a Teachmeet on Saturday 21st March from 1:30pm-4:00pm

We would love to see you there!

Ian Addison

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TeachMeet / Teachmeet Education Show 2015 Learn something new, be amazed, amused and enthused. This is an informal gathering of those curious about teaching and learning. Anyone can share great ideas they've trialled in their classrooms, ask important questions or simply sign up to take part in learning conversations. Education professional…

Coming to the BETT show in Jan? Why not get involved in TeachMeet takeover http://ianaddison.net/tmtakeover2015/

Ian Addison's Blog » Blog Archive » #tmTakeover2015 It’s that time of year again, BETT is only a few weeks away so it’s time to start getting organised. Once again Teachmeet Takeover is there as an avenue for teachers to hijack stands and share ideas. Each year we have some very generous companies and exhibitors who give up part of their stand to tea…

UK teacher or school leader? Please take 5 mins to fill out an innovative type of survey on Ed Tech. http://www.oliverquinlan.com/blog/2014/09/22/what-are-the-biggest-ed-tech-challenges-for-schools/

What are the biggest Ed Tech challenges for schools? Join in my experiment to identify our priorities

TeachMeet has crossed 2000 likes! Thanks for all your support and keep sending the events for us to promote for you.

TeachMeeters with ideas for using tech in the classroom should like this event on 12th July in Brighton:.... https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ed-invent-brighton-tickets-11789634113

Ed-Invent Brighton What is Ed-Invent? Educators are challenged to develop their own ideas for edtech products that they think are needed. These can be from the mundane to the massive, but must be rooted in their real experiences and aspirations. Participants then form into teams (real or virtual), around an idea and d…

So close to 2,000 likes on the TeachMeet page. Share it with other teachers - spread the word!

Got an idea for a classroom tech innovation? Want to work with others to make their ideas a success? Like a chance to meet like-minded educators?

Ed Invent are running a *free* event in Brighton in July to get together innovative teachers to work up ideas to feed in to a Startup Weekend where designers and developers will build your ideas!

Only 40 places so sign up quick. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ed-invent-brighton-tickets-11789634113

Ed-Invent Brighton What is Ed-Invent? Educators are challenged to develop their own ideas for edtech products that they think are needed. These can be from the mundane to the massive, but must be rooted in their real experiences and aspirations. Participants then form into teams (real or virtual), around an idea and d…

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Nesta have shared some research exploring tools shared at TeachMeet events: http://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/open-classroom

The Open Classroom | Nesta Clore (Nesta) fellow Tom Doust shares his research on teacher networks & learning tools.