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Exposition, Exploration, & Exit ISTE17 Part 6/6

Exposition, Exploration, & Exit ISTE17 Part 6/6

“What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? —it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road Massachusetts to Texas I had to go all the way to Texas to have breakfast with my friend, Bethann Orr (@borr), Director of…

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(Rock the Boat) Don't Rock the Boat Baby & ISTE17 Part5

(Rock the Boat) Don’t Rock the Boat Baby & ISTE17 Part5

“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?” – Jack Kerouac, On The Road Middle Keynote Jennie Magiera kicked off Tuesday with an inspirational message in which she invited educators to tell their own stories as well as empower their students to tell theirs. She invited all of us in the auditorium to be wizards:  “Teachers are fun- loving, adventure-going, exciting, passionate,…

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Making Monday & ISTE17 Part4

Making Monday & ISTE17 Part4

“I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future, and maybe that’s why it happened right there and then, that strange red afternoon.”  ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road This post is about the rest of Monday, after my presentation, which you can read about in this post. The halcyon moments after a presentation are filled with reflection and…

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We R Makers & ISTE17 Part3

We R Makers & ISTE17 Part3

“He no longer cared about anything (as before) but now he also cared about everything in principle; that is to say, it was all the same to him and he belonged to the world and there was nothing he could do about it.”   ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road Monday morning = Presentation Day But first I had a 7:30 am breakfast meeting with TES Teach to which I had been invited a few weeks earlier. I use and…

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Tending Gardens & ISTE 2017 Pt.1

Tending Gardens & ISTE 2017 Pt.1

Tending Gardens I’ve spent the last three hours or so outside tending the gardens where morning glories grow along the decks in our front and back yards. It is hot here in Massachusetts, especially in the sun, yet nowhere near as hot as it was in Texas last week. I kept thinking about that as I plucked the wayward grass and clover plants that had sprung up while we were away. I hated leaving the…

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@ipadartroom session at #iste17 last week was amazing, so many ideas my #sketchnotes kinda exploded while sketching live, finally had a chance to clean them up a bit! #lateriste

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A big thank you to everyone who stopped by our @isteconnects booth! We had a blast and we can't wait for next year! #EdTech #ISTE17 #ISTE #storyboardthat #Teachers #education #k12 #conferences #alamo #sanantonio

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Photos and notes from #ISTE17 in San Antonio.

Unlike Gary Stager who has been to 30 (!!!) International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) annual conferences, I think I’m still shy of 10 events. Besides the (now) two I’ve been to in San Antonio, I also attended two in Philadelphia, two in Denver, one or two in Atlanta, and then my memory peters out. (ISTE was formerly known as the National Educational Computing Conference, NECC.) On…

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