I really enjoyed the Ed Camp experience and see now how valuable it is a a tool for collaboration and learning, in education especially. I liked how free movement between groups was encouraged and I took advantage of that by visiting 4 groups; however, I spent most of my time at my first chosen group of “naturalists in the classroom.”

The naturalists group discussed and shared great local resources for learning about native plants, including South Vancouver Island Mycological Society (SVIMS), Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary for online and in-person K-12 programs, and local native plant gardens. We brainstormed ideas and resources including retired botanists, Indigenous knowledge holders, and potentially UVic botany students as people who could partner with classrooms for nature field trips.

Check out this video from SVIMS (fast forward to 47:05 for some great mushroom photos and descriptions)

Now, GOOGLE KEEP is so cool. For those of you who are like me and have a million things bookmarked but can never find them again and also never close browser windows because you don’t know how you will ever find it again, then Google Keep was designed for us!!!!!!! I’m going to show you the beauty of it and how to get started I hope.