ISTE 2017

*UPDATE* Here is the link to place a copy of my poster in your Google Drive:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cowNXnDZpa3pJbHOt4lzIPJJJ7eH-Fas_vImmq9U-JU/copy?usp=sharing

Please feel free to share, ask questions, and tag me in ideas!  Thank you!  *UPDATE*

Well I have to say that I am feeling so very excited and grateful!

Last year I attended and presented a poster session at ISTE 2016.  I had attended ISTE 2014 in Atlanta previously.  This year however, I had moved across the country and was starting a new job at a new school (oh how I miss my #collegereadyOH team).  This meant the likelihood of presenting...let alone attending...ISTE 2017 was not great.

I was wrong!

My school has a number of very forward thinking teachers that are not only FANTASTIC at teaching, but are also excited to integrate technology into their daily routines.  They want to reach students in different ways.  They want to make productivity easier for students and they want to provide opportunities for them to explore and learn in a more student centered and creative forum.  They blow my mind daily.  And these teachers wanted to go to ISTE.  So, we sat down about a week before the submissions were due with our principal and said, "What do we do?"  In 30 minutes, we all had ideas for presentations, our principal said "Do It!", and off we set!

December rolled around and that fateful day arrived.  I was obsessively watching my email and Twitter.  I saw tweets starting to talk about going to and presenting at #ISTE2017.  I held my breath and checked my email.  Of course it just had me go to the ISTE website.

Well by this point I had to breath.  I'm not a fish.  But my heart was pounding with anticipation...

SUBMISSION ACCEPTED!!!

I jumped out of my seat.  I texted my principal.  I texted the teachers.  I texted my friends from Ohio State.  I texted my mom.  I texted my husband.  (Not in that order necessarily...but possibly.)

I heard back from some of the incredible teachers I work with and they had their submissions picked up TOO!!!

WE'RE GOING TO ISTE 2017!!

I am beyond excited to be going to Texas this summer.  I'm so excited to be able to share the experience that is an overwhelming learning and connecting opportunity with these incredible teachers.  To say that I am blessed is an understatement.  Two years in a row to go with teachers that I want nothing more than to work with and learn from and be able to share what I am so passionate about with others....

I can't even finish that thought I'm so excited.

Will I see you there?  #ISTE2017

Post ISTE Poster Session

Time to decompress.  

This is my 2nd time at ISTE and despite the cold and loss of my voice...I am loving it!  Some of our team just finished up our poster session.  Then I volunteered to trek the posters and our Instagram costume back to the hotel.  So I decided to take this time to reflect and blog about our poster session.  

Our poster was on whether or not social media in education was a good idea.  

Actually our poster was really why social media in education was a good idea.  If I'm being perfectly honest...*pause*...and I am. 

+Marisa Manocchio had students create literal posters of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Flipboard, Instagram, and YouTube with statistics on use and benefits for teachers.  It was pretty amazing!  Then she created an Instagram costume that we used to take pictures of our attendees who stopped by.  It was PERFECT!!  Marisa set up a Tweet Deck to showcase all the photos we took at #CROISTE2016 and #ISTE2016.  

Then +Ben Clutter +Salvatore Maiorana +Brock Wysong +Marisa Manocchio and I were able to chat with everyone.  There were great questions about the various platforms, student safety, administrator buy-in, and much much more!  We were also able to talk a little bit about College Ready Ohio.  

Overall I'm really pleased with how things went.  Now I'm ready to get back and check out some posters, the vendors, and presenters!  I will admit I'm a little star struck and I can't wait to learn from so many of the experts I've been following!

ISTE 2016

Recently I found out that #collegereadyOH, the program I work on, had four ISTE presentations accepted!  FOUR!!  I'm blown away!  I'm humbled and honored...AND FREAKING OUT!!!

Don't get me wrong, this is definitely a team effort - and I have a beyond AMAZING team - and I am in no way in this alone.  However, it's still a rather daunting task to try and plan for a presentation at ISTE.  We have three poster sessions and a workshop.  Our team and some of our catalyst teachers will be there representing #collegereadyOH at these sessions.

So I guess this post is more looking for some advice.  

• Have you presented at ISTE?  
• What did you do to prepare?  
• How did you know your session went well?  
• What advice would you give to ISTE newbies? 

OR

• Have you attended ISTE?
• What presentations/poster sessions stood out to you?
• What are you looking for when you pick a session?
• What keeps your attention when you're checking out a poster?

THANK YOU!!

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