Big education conferences like ISTE, ALA, AASL and FETC can be fun, exciting and thrilling. But they can often be overwhelming, especially for first-timers. I’ve been going to big conferences like these for seven years, so I’ve been working on tweaking and perfecting my conference gear to make it 1) not too heavy and 2) … 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
I’m only on Day 3 of FETC 2015, and it’s already been an amazing whirlwind of awesomeness. I’ll be writing more detailed reflection posts when I get back to Tampa, since I know I’m only going to have bits and spurts of time for blogging while I’m here. Day 1, January 20, 2014 On Day … Read more
Back in January, I enjoyed the amazing privilege of going to FETC in Orlando. I have attended FETC twice before, once where I went to a few sessions, once where I just hit the vendor hall. But this was my first year attending where I was on Twitter, where I was beginning to get just … Read more