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Thank you Georgia Educational Technology Conference #gaetc13

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It was a great honor for me to be asked to be a featured presenter at this year’s Georgia Eucational Technology Conference #gaetc13.  I always enjoy connecting, learning and sharing with passionate educators.  Everyone at #gaetc13 was wonderful.  They were so gracious, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind….

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I tried to give sessions where not only did I share information but I was able to learn new things from my audience.   I  feel that some of the best interchanges are those given by participants.  I enjoy when they share what works or does not work with their students.  We all gain valuable information from these conversations.  I have to give a special shout out to @brholland (pictured) who shared some amazing things at several of my sessions.  Thank you Beth.

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I am a champion of the classroom teacher and I salute them for all that they have to face.  I am also a huge fan of students.  I totally enjoyed interacting with all of the student presenters.  The Student Showcase was outstanding.  It included everything from STEAM, gardening, Legos, digital storytelling, to tech prodigies.  It was great to connect with my good Twitter friend @staffdevjnkie and her students.  Glad I was able to get Sue and one of her students to learn from the amazing @ShellTerrell at her Digital Storytelling session. 

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Conferences to me are so much more meaningful because you get a chance to meet (and hug) your followers many of whom you never actually met in person before.  It is also a chance to connect with your “old” Twitter friends. I was thrilled to be able to spend so much time with my great friend @ShellTerrell and reacquaint with @NikkiDRobertson (pictured) @amandacdykes and @Fernandezc4. A very  special moment for me was getting a chance to hug my good friend @blairteach who stopped by #gaetc13

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I love the EduVue team and getting a chance to see them in person was so nice. @GaTechTeach @CatFlippen @JaimeVanderG (pictured)  #EduVue

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Could not believe in one session I gave I had a slide of @aschmuhl and he was actually in the room. Great to meet the #gaed moderating team of @aschmuhl and the very dynamic @blantonbrian.

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It was wonderful hanging out with educational leaders who I admire so much:@tonyvincent @shellterrell (pictured) @crafty184 @lesliefisher  @dlaufenberg and @Njistem.

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Thanks to everyone who stopped and talked to me.  You mean a lot and I always love talking to my PLN. I am sorry I did not scan and keep everyone’s names to thank them all like @debbiechildress @cereseg @ktheodocion @AnissaLAndrews @mrnidey @BrandiKotsalis1 @PMontarella @mcrogers27 @MmeBurgess  @cmslibrarylady @vlaguaite @barber_meg @britt1119 @ldenson8 @lewisgrade5.  Special thanks for all the kind words @hoke (Hoke Wilcox)

Big thank you to the Georgia Educational Technology Consortium Board of Directors, GaETC Sub-Committee, committee members, sponsors and all the wonderful volunteers who made this an outstanding conference.

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ISTE is a Family Reunion

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I feel the best part of attending ISTE is getting the chance to meet face to face with members of my PLN.  Twitter enables us to initially meet online.  By tweeting we get a chance to share our joys and sorrows with one another. Having the opportunity to actually see who I have been communicating with online makes ISTE priceless.  I value each and every member of my Twitter family.
 
One of the major problems of having so many followers is that I may not know exactly who you are. Please do not be afraid to introduce yourself to me.  I really enjoy meeting my PLN.  I will never forget at an edcamp when one of my followers seeing me asked if I gave hugs.  I also get “you are not as tall as I expected!”  Okay I never hit six feet.  In fact at one point I was 5’ 9” but age, children, grandchildren has shrunk me a little.
 
I want to thank each and everyone of my PLN.  #YouMatter to me.
I would also love the opportunity to personally thank one of my PLN members who has made it possible for me to attend ISTE.  I am so grateful for your generosity. 
 
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 And yes, I do greatgroupgive hugs. 

Getting Into Shape – #ISTE12 is coming!

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I grew up in a family of fast walkers in Brooklyn, New York.  One of my fun walks was to Nathan’s in Coney Island to get a hot dog.  It was a 4.5 mile walk but well worth it.  When I lived on Long Island I enjoyed the 7 mile run to Jones Beach from my home.

I got serious about running in college and did a couple of marathons when they were not popular.  Those were the days people laughed at us when we ran through the streets in our gray sweats.  Some drivers would try to drive us off the roads. My athletic career took a dive after a training incident in advanced training in the Army.  My back has never been the same but I try not to let it hamper me too much.  While teaching I helped coach two schools to back to back New York City track and field championships.  I will never forget the first time I coached.  The whole team wanted to race me.  There was no way I could beat them from a fast start so I said we would have to warm up first.  I jogged with them four times around the quarter mile track and then I sprinted. I left them in the dust (yes, it was a cinder track back then).  They remarked how fast I was!  You will have to read more about my coaching in the book I am writing about my teaching career.

I always attributed my excellent attendance record as a student and teacher to the fact that I kept in shape.

So, now I will be off to ISTE12 which will be an awesome event requiring a lot of mental and physical stamina to keep up with all that will be happening. I am getting ready thanks to my wonderful PLN to attend ISTE12. Part of my workout regimen consists of early morning fast walks to the mail room in my community to mail my paper tweet thank yous to those who donated .  It is a three fourths of a mile walk from my home taking the short route. I try to make that walk in about nine minutes. Coming home I would take the 1.2 mile route.  On most days I would also hit the gym later in the day.  One morning I got to the mail box in record time and just before I dropped the mail in the slot I checked to make sure I had put stamps on the letters.  Guess what, I had forgotten to put stamps on them!  So, fast walk home, stamp the letters and fast walk back to the mail drop.

My PLN keeps me in shape.  Looking at my Twitter feed one early morning on the day after the #sschat team gave a session at the NCSS Convention that they had me speak at  I noticed that @ShawnMcCusker was out seeing some of the sites in DC.  He mentioned that he as at the White House and was headed to the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial.  I was staying right near the Air and Space Museum which is just off the Mall.  I immediately got dressed put on my sneakers and jogged the Mall and made it to the Vietnam and found Sean sitting at the wall.  We had a great time seeing the MLK Memorial and walking all the way to the Capitol and the Library of Congress.

Please join us on The Twitter Exercise Motivation Team #temt.  It is a great hashtag to encourage one another to get moving.  I look forward to meeting Joan Young @flourishingkids one of the founders of #temt at ISTE.

GET MOVING!

It’s time to stop with all the excuses you make and get back to exercising.

“With fitness anything is possible.  It creates a ripple effect and just makes everything better…physically, mentally, & emotionally.”

It doesn’t matter what you start out as.  It matters what you turn yourself into.