Writing in Elementary Grades, at EduCon and Beyond

So, I’m still thinking about EduCon. The first conversation that I attended was presented by three impressive ladies:  Pam Moran, Becky Fisher, and Paula White. I knew from past experience that I would not be disappointed spending 90 minutes with them. I follow all of them on Twitter, try to keep up with that they [...]

An Idea

So, I’ve been thinking about EduCon and conferences. EduCon is always in Philadelphia at SLA. I live in the area and can get there easily. So, even if not every session I attend is earth shattering, and really that is a lot to expect, it’s worth it to me for a number of reasons: ideas, [...]

Phew!

So, I’ve been thinking about EduCon, which was last weekend at Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in Philadelphia. This is the third year that I have attended. This year I not only attended, I presented. I didn’t do this alone; I’m much too much of a chicken for that. Hadley Ferguson (@Hadleyjf), Philip Cummings (@Philip_Cummings), and I were a [...]

What’s a good average?

So, I’ve been thinking about probability, the probability of getting selected for things. Last week I heard back from 2 different things I “tried out for.” First, I found out that I did not get picked to be part of Seth Godin’s “Medicine Ball Sessions.” This was not a big shocker as it was a [...]

What Makes a Good Conference Session?

So, I’ve been thinking about EduCon again and sessions in general. What makes a workshop, session, speaker good? I recall reading a description of one reviewer’s process of reviewing cookbooks. This reviewer and cook was going to be on a panel discussion about several cookbooks. He described a conversation he had with another panelist in [...]

EduCon, the morning after

So, I’ve been thinking about Educon, or trying to think about it anyway. I saw this tweet on Monday morning: kjarrett (@kjarrett) 1/31/11 10:59 AM Back at school. Doing everything the way I always have. Dealing with massive guilt as a result. #educonshame When I saw it, it was already a retweet, and I retweeted [...]

Conference Round-up

So, I’ve been thinking about all the (un)conferences I attended in person or virtually this last year (school year). I of course wanted to write complete, thoughtful reflections on all of them, but as my 5th graders like to say, that is SO not going to happen. Instead I offer a brief round-up of sorts. [...]

Filter Failure and Educon (old post)

(post from my old blog Feb 15, 2010) One of the sessions I attended at Educon was facilitated by Lisa Thumann and Liz Davis and titled Managing Filter Failure-Getting to the Good Stuff. I knew that was a session with my name written all over it as soon as I saw the title. You can [...]

Thoughts about educon (old post)

(This is an old post from my old blog Feb 3, 2010) So, I was thinking about my first Educon conference. I know, I know, it’s not a conference, but I’m just going to call it that because it’s easy. First of all, back when I first graduated from college, I lived literally 2 blocks [...]