NECC 2008

It’s that time of year again, and this is my first year participating at NECC 2008 in San Antonio.  I feel like a kid, just a few days before Christmas – there is an all consuming anticipation.  I am looking forward to many events, to connecting with many people (some that I only know on-line), some I do not know – but follow and read (see My Page ‘Follow Their Light Trails’) and many I know from right here in sunny AZ!

On Sunday I will be at the SIG IVC (Special Interest Group – Interactive Videoconferencing) Summit.  As the MUSD ITv Coordinator, I anticipate making important ITv connections and cementing existing virtual friendships that can be used as we build out District’s program.  Through the implementation of Trillion (improved bandwidth and dependability) and the pending purchase of additional ITv equipment at additional school sites, MUSD will indeed (at long last) be in a position to finally grow this program and realize the full potential of ITv as an educational tool for students, teachers and administrators.

I am also looking forward to the ISTE Workshop ‘ABC’s of Advocacy’.  I continue my work to champion Educational/Instructional Technology (ET/IT).  I sit in many ways:  I sit on the AzTEA Board and ‘Advocacy & Public Policy Committee’  and am an Associate Board Member of ATIC (read previous post).  I expect to bring my growing advocacy knowledge and abilities to our District and Community on behalf of ET/IT and to support my personal interest on behalf of Special Education Advocacy at MUSD.

I look forward to seeing the ‘bleeding edge’ of ET/IT at NECC and how innovations and creativity are working to transform education in the 21st Century landscape.

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