VanishingPoint

Ten blog posts, 16 pages of session notes organized, 360 pages in a book, a hotdog, two bags of Doritos, two Pepsi’s, a bottle of water, a Baby Ruth, a cinnamon roll, 6 pieces of gum, and two ibuprofen later I am finally close to getting home.
Ok, I am still positive about train travel, but [...]

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The plea of my 2 1/2 year old.  Well Josh, I’m on the road home.  METC 2007 has been a wonderful experience.  I had the opportunity to meet and collaborate with a number of fantastic presenters and participants.  The overwhelming theme of the entire conference was “SHIfT Happens” and I truly believe that it will.  [...]

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I am currently sitting in Wes Fryer’s session amazing session on Podcasting. While the session is on the topic of podcasting, Wes is really teaching about engaged learning and collaboration. Awesome!
The idea of bringing engaged learning and true authentic assessment to classrooms through podcasting is truly enriching. The audience is enthralled with Wes. Everyone is [...]

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Well it didn’t take long for the conference to experience a really unfortunately difficult presentation.  The biggest disappointment was that the room was llllooooaadddeedddddd!  There was not even standing room left… in the beginning… I have never seen a presentation by this particular presenter before, and giving the benefit of the doubt, everything her presentation was [...]

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I was treated with an un-anticipated honor while attending Steve Dembo’s presentation on Blogging and Podcasts.  Having just finished a different session in the same room I was lost in re-organizing my session notes as the room began to fill up.  As I looked up I found myself unwittingly chair hogging (taking up two seats with session [...]

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I am at the METC and am feeling totally disconnected from my building.  While I do have Internet access, out email system is chucking and whirring, and bumping and grinding to a halt due to a recent upgrade.  My only vehicle of communication with my building is Skype with my staff. While this has been [...]

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Here we are at day 1 beginning the Loti observer session and my first impression was Ahhh… MAC Lab!. However, after a little sucking up to a couple of administrative assistants (danish included) I have “guest access” to the PSD wireless grid on my Tablet. The world is good again
The session is being presented by [...]

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Well… Here I am.  METC 2007, fired up and ready to go!  This is my first trip to the METC and since I initially received the session materials, I have been excited to “get the show on the road!”
While I was unable to get into Wes Fryer’s pre-con Podcast session (quite a disappointment) I am registered [...]

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I am through my commute to the METC conference, and what a great experience.  Moving between Chicago and St. Louis I decided to take an Amtrak train as opposed to driving.  I figured with a 5 1/2 hour trip, I could better use my time as opposed to watching out for other drivers and trying not to fall [...]

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A little headline caught my attention today.  “Bill Gates: My Kids Get Limited Computer Time.” What a novel concept and one that I think is wonderful. 
Gates said he and his wife Melinda decided to set a limit of 45 minutes a day of total screen time for games and an hour a day [...]

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