I spent the better part of the day yesterday on a seven hour drive from my home in New Brunswick, Canada, down through the (very long) state of Maine to arrive here in New Hampshire for this years Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference.  It’s my first time at this conference, but not my first time in this area.

One of my good (non-teaching) friends lives in the next town over, so I am using this trip to spend some time with him as well.  As I drove over to Nashua this morning, I was thinking about how the web has wired us together.  We keep in contact closely, even though we only see each other a couple of times a year.

Today is pre-conference workshop day.  At his invitation, I am hanging out at Dave Warlick‘s Wiki session.  There are a dozen educators from Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire in the room.  Some are teachers, some are librarians (or “media generalists” as they call themselves here) and some are mentors – there’s even a Principal!

As I pulled into the conference hotel this morning, I was struck by the beauty of the place. Despite it being a dreary autumn day, the hotel is spectacular, fashioned like a castle.

I have two presentations scheduled. Tomorrow on Global Collaborative Projects, Wednesday on using wikispaces for student content.

Should be blast!

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