Post #ISTE13

What an amazing, exciting, and overwhelming conference. ISTE was everything that I had hoped for!  So many great stories, experiences, resources, and ideas were shared that I will be able to write several blogs posts about everything that I learned.

But I'm to impatient, so I have put together my top 10 list of #iste13

 
10. When at the airport to come home, I checked my school email and found that one of my coworkers had started creating flipped videos with a green screen. Not only was he making them but he offered to help any coworkers who were interested in the process.


9. All of the free resources and swag that I got from the Vendors in the exhibit hall. Several pieces will become prizes for our inservice sessions! (Get excited SJA teachers!)

8. The session Amplifying Social Media with students. The presenters had so many great ideas for school wide twitter activity and backchanneling that I have several ideas for implicating into my own classroom.

7. All of the new Web 2.0 tools that I learned. These are great tools to help students achieve the learning they desire and quite frankly the learning that they are capable of achieving.

6. Twitter! Oh my goodness there was such much on twitter that it will take me a while to sort through the archives to see all of the amazing resources, pedagogy, and quotes that were shared the past several days. So many people to follow and learn from!  Over 400,00 tweets using the #iste13 hashtag.

5. The over all theme that technology is a tool or a car to help students learn. You have to have authentic learning and projects that relate to the students lives otherwise the technology doesn't matter because they aren't going to be learning.

4. Unrelated to ISTE, but I have family in the nearby San Antonio Area that I haven't seen in over 5 years that drove 2.5 hours just to have dinner with me and catch up. It was a fantastic away from technology and connectivity for a few hours and have that face to face interaction.

3. ISTE NETS*C session on the standards for Technology Coaches. I am a technology coach for SJA and these standards and the resources that they provided will truly help me professionally and teachers in the years to come.

2. Adam Bellow's closing keynote. Real, honest, inspiring and such an awesome way to close a fantastic conference. I am already looking forward to re-watching his keynote and sharing it with my staff at inservice in August.

1. Learning. I strive to be a lifelong learner and always want to learn. The fact that I got to go and learn new information for 4 days was amazing and something that will benefit me for years to come.