I cannot believe the ISTE conference is just a month away! I joined ISTE about a year ago and have found it to be worth every penny.

If you found my blog because you are also attending the conference please contact me. I am looking forward to meeting people who want to share their experiences with using technology in the classroom. Beginning next year I will teach 1/2 time in a face-to-face setting at an alternative high school and 1/2 time in a virtual (online) setting. We will use Moodle to deliver our classes. Our students who come to class on campus will have access to some amazing tools. The primary reason I am attending the tech conference is to learn how to utilize all of the cool things that are out there in my classroom.

I went to an inservice a few months ago that focused on technology. Howie DiBlasi was the speaker who informed us about all kinds of Web 2.0 tools. Out of a room of about 150 there were only a handful of us who have dabbled in blogging, podcasting, wikis, and other things like that. I consider myself to be incredibly lucky to have access (and administrator support!!) to computers for each of my students every day. Many of my colleagues are not afforded this luxury. There are not many other teachers in western Nebraska who are using  Web 2.0 tools in their classrooms because they can't. That is why I am so excited about traveling to the great state of Texas where I can connect with those who are willing to share their knowledge.