Speaking of conferences...
On March 27, I presented at the first Tennessee Google Apps for Education Summit in Manchester, Tennessee (also hometown of the giant music festival Bonnaroo). I last attended at GAFE Summit in Raleigh, NC in October 2013. The GAFE Summits are great opportunities to connect with other like-minded educators and be inspired by how others are educating and innovating using Google Apps (and beyond). My presentation was on Google My Maps (attached here).
Some highlights from the conference...
- Being inspired by Kyle Pace in his opening keynote and seeing how his district uses Google Sites to stay connected as a community
- Connecting with other Middle TN educational technologists, but also with educators around the world as three GAFE Summits were happening on two different continents at the same time
- Discovering the 4 C's and tons of Google Apps resources with Mark Garrison
- Learning about cool new tools in the high energy, fast paced Demo Slam (resource list here)
- Seeing the excitement and joy of educators discovering the power of social media (hello, Twitter!) and technology
But wait... there's more. Upcoming conferences and presentations include...
- Technology Tools for Strategy Based Reading Instruction in 5-12 at the TN IDA Conference with the lovely Ashley Kemper
- 3D Printing Basics at the TAIS Tech Institute
- Mobile Learning Network events at ISTE 2015
More book blog posts to come...
I read the 2015 Printz winner recently, I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson, which I loved, but have not written a review yet. I just started The Boys in the Boat by Danile James Brown, which chronicles the 1936 USA men's Olympic eight-oar rowing team... great read during crew season.
Here's to my next post being published before May!
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