Project H's "Unprofessional Development" / December 11, Oakland (+ bonus gif at the bottom)
Christina Jenkins
I joined the Project H team as their program director last month, and I want to share with you all that we're about to launch a series of workshops in the Bay Area that we're calling "Unprofessional Development." Inspired by this question of "why" that Michael posed earlier, and by the recognition that so much "PD" doesn't actually respond to what teachers want to learn, this is meant to be a space for like-minded educators to ask those questions together.
The first in the series is a creativity workshop on December 11 in Oakland, where we probably won't be using MaKey MaKeys but will instead be checking out things like Bruce Mau's Incomplete Manifesto for Growth and Sol LeWitt's famous letter to Eva Hesse, which are both compiled in a "Maker reader" that we're putting together as well.
It's $150 to register two colleagues from the same school, with a limited number of spots reserved for folks in need of financial assistance.
Learn more at http://unprofessionaldevelopment.org/ or send me a note directly.
PS: I'm also hoping to do some one-off "unprofessional development" on programming for folks who have no idea what programming is but want to try it out for two hours, on screenprinting, and on some other topics on deck. Stay tuned and do send me a note if you're interested in learning more. My own unprofessional development involves learning how to make gifs ...