Well….I am all set to fly (well…not really ready…but close enuff!) to Atlanta on Saturday for the National Educational Computing Conference, better know in ed tech circles as NECC. I am going with our district’s technology mentor team, led by our Technology Learning Specialist Bryan Facey. Bryan’s a vet of NECC. The rest of us are NECC virgins. They are all great educators and working with them this year has been a blast! I am pumped!
First of all, this is huge! 18,000 people huge! The thought of all those like-minded educators out there to mix and mingle, trade ideas and collaborate with is simply overwhelming!
Secondly, this conference has ALL the biggies. Most of the people who I learn from most will be there in person. I look forward to (hopefully) saying hi to David Warlick (again!), Vicki Davis, Jeff Utecht, Will Richardson (who I will see again in Memphis in July), Karl Fisch, Wesley Fryer et al. These are all people whose blogs have been part of my personal learning circle…and I want to thank them.
Hopefully our flights will be on time Saturday so I might be able to catch at least the last bit of the edubloggercon, a meeting of bloggers (like me) who generally have a passion for technology and education.
In addition, anyone who is anyone that has new technology to sell / giveaway will be there. The vendors space alone can’t be covered in a day…but I at least hope to hit the highlights. I’ve also been invited (as a Canadian delegate) to attend a reception hosted by Apple Canada one evening, which will include a behind the scenes tour of the CNN facilities in downtown Atlanta.
And…it gets even better….
To top it all off…Braves – Tigers play Saturday and Sunday, and the Nationals are in town Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday!
I will be blogging at NECC when I get the chance, so you can follow my comings and goings. And if you want to follow as a cyber-delegate, the tags at technorati is necc07 or necc2007.
See you there!
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Looking forward to your blogs!
IF you were planning on seeing the Braves/Tigers on Sunday afternoon, think again. I’ve had my tickets for about 2 months now. ESPN has picked the game up as it’s Sunday night telecast now, meaning I will be missing out on the Keynote. So much for having my day planned out. Oh well, I’ve front row seats with my mom, dad and daughter right behind the Tigers bench. Life’s good, very good!
Tom…thanks for the heads up…wasn’t planning on Sunday anyway…looking at Sat & Wed…
and yes…life is VERY, VERY good…:)