NECC - Monday 6/30, part 3

Today has seen a little networking for this dork, saw a few peeps from Twin Town. Seriously I'm not cool enough to pull off that lingo. May have found a presenter group for the conference, that made me feel professional. Landed some Epson swag, luggage tag, gotta try to win an Epson projector later - White Trash Drive-In (movies on the deck at home) can't live on borrowed hardware forever and I'm too cheap to buy my own. hoping a former colleague will hook me up as a winner but unfortunately I don't think she operates like that.

Other sessions:
Poster Sessions
I like this addition to NECC. This is where I found some folks from New Glarus, WI. If you're not familiar, they have a delightful beer called Spotted Cow. Beside the beer, they've successfully implemented a technology grant from HP and registered measurable results. great job to New Glarus Elementary!

There were a few others, but I liked them and they gave out Cow Pie candies.

Where in the World? An Interactive GPS Lesson
Good idea, boring lesson to watch. I'll go to the web ste and get the info here. I wish I'd have arrived sooner to be one of the participants instead of member of the gallery.

Implementing and Managing a Successful Online Professional Development Program
This woman was straightforward, I like that. Question though, dork...was it useful? In the end for me, yes. It's a very simple planning process for developing and implementing almost any new system or process. I like that, I like step-by-step instructions for things I haven't done before. I just wasn't that impressed with the level of new information.

What I was hoping to get out of this:

1. Ideas for what I submitted to the EM conference in October - Google stuff so you can meet without meeting.
2. Ideas for setting up a professional development system in your district that utilizes online collaboration rather than physical meetings.
3. Ideas for professional development in our Second Life space.

I'll try to apply her ideas here. 'til tomorrow, off to win a projector!