I had the pleasure of attending the ISTE Conference in San Diego. WOW! It's been a few weeks now, but today is the first day I've been home and able to do some reflection. I stayed for a few extra days to enjoy the lovely sunny 70 degree weather - I visited the San Diego Zoo and the US Midway Museum (time well spent). The day after I got home, I left again to spend time in beautiful northern Michigan - golfing, boating, and visiting with family.
I learned just a few weeks before the conference that I could attend, thanks to the MACUL organization. I am humbled to be elected as their President Elect, so I'm looking forward to my year in training from this year's President, Steve Schiller.
There will be several blog entries coming in the next several days about what I learned at the conference.
I most enjoyed attending the ISTE Affiliate meeting. The day before the main conference began, a full-day meeting was held and attended by all of ISTE Affiliate group (MACUL-like groups from all over the USA and a few other countries) leaders. We discussed ideas and strategies to make our respective organizations stronger. I appreciated all of the networking opportunities and feel proud to be a part of MACUL, one of the largest and most vibrant affiliate groups. Our Executive Director, Ric Wiltse, is on the ISTE Board and had a role in planning and facilitating the meeting - I also learned that he was elected to be ISTE's new treasurer!
I attended the conference through a "MACUL lens" - looking for ideas to tweak or replicate, hunting for presenters that we might want to invite to our conference, and networking with ed tech leaders from other states. Overall, I left the ISTE Conference with a strong feeling that MACUL serves and leads its members in innovative ways that make a difference at the classroom level.
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