So, I didn’t end up eating on Monday. There was just so much to do. To be honest, I felt a little lost and overwhelmed. Going in, I felt the most important thing was to hit as many concurrent sessions as possible to gather ideas for the classroom teachers at my school for integrating use of technology in their classrooms. I wasn’t really in it for me so much as for the team.
What this turned into, though, was a “sit and get” experience. Sure, there was exploration in the BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) sessions, and there were quite a few new things I learned about. As to a lot of the stuff I ended up already having used or having a good grasp on, I learned some new ways of using the same applications or technology I had not thought of before. This was all good. I just feel like I wanted more “discussion.” I just did not hit the proper meetings for this. Part of it was the “birds-of-a-feather” gatherings were later in the afternoon when I was starving and thinking about dinner, part of it was that panels and other meeting of the mind sort of sessions conflicted with concurrent sessions that I felt were important.
I have enough notes and ideas to fill up two weeks of inservice. *grin* I am glad my principal was able to wrangle some funds, and that I had enough $$ to cover the rest, making this a worthwile trip.
I head back home tomorrow, and at some point will begin blogging about some good stuff. I need to digest things first.
