ISTE 2016, Denver, Colorado Last week, I was in Denver for the International Society for Technology in Education conference. This was my third ISTE conference, and like the other two in Atlanta and Philadelphia, it was amazing and exhausting. It’s taken me a few days to get my energy back and write this post. I … Read more
Making Waves by Doing Less This post is an adaption of an Ignite talk I did at Riding the Wave Manitoba. I wanted to figure out what the most important message was that I could get across in five minutes and I realized that it wasn’t the importance of makerspaces or why we need to … Read more
For the longest time (okay, for about five years) I would attend conferences, learn lots of great new ideas, and take them back to my school. I loved hearing from other educators about the awesome things that they were doing, but I didn’t really see what I had to share. Then I discovered the Maker … Read more
At the end of every calendar year, I like to take some time to reflect on what I’ve learned, how I’ve grown, and how I plan to have an even more awesome life in the next year. Rather than keeping these reflections to myself, I wanted to share them on here. I think that it’s … Read more
AASL Awesomeness Last week I went to my first ever American Association of School Librarians conference in Columbus, OH (thanks to ABC-CLIO and the France Henne award). It was an amazing and wonderful whirlwind of hanging out with friends, listening to fantastic speakers, meeting my favorite authors and getting to share with so many people … Read more
Since I became a media specialist, I’ve had the honor and privilege of attending my state media specialists conference, FAME, every year. (You can find my posts on 2014, 2013). Those last two were some of the first times I blogged professionally. Last year’s FAME conference was my very first time presenting anywhere. This year’s FAME … Read more
ISTE 2015 I can’t believe it’s already been over two weeks since ISTE 2015 wrapped up! For me, the conference was a whirlwind of connecting with my network of friends in real life, presenting, catching sessions, roaming the vendor hall and trying to be in the moment. It was an amazing experience and I’m still … Read more
How to Survive & Thrive at Conferences In recent years, I’ve had the pleasure of attending a variety of both state and national conferences, including several trips to FETC and a trip to ISTE in Atlanta last year. With these conferences under my belt, I’ve learned a few strategies for managing large conferences. Giant … Read more
Way back in January, I attended and presented at the Florida Educational Technology Conference in Orlando. Since it’s only an hour away, I’ve been attending this conference every year since I started as a media specialist five years ago. Most years I just went to the vendor hall, until last year when I started attending sessions. … Read more
It was an honor and privilege to attend and present at the FETC Exeutive Summit this past week. It was an amazing event focused on Digital Transformation in the Age of Wireless, Wi-Fi and BYOD. The event was mostly attended by IT leaders, superintendents, principals and others in leadership positions in their schools and … Read more