Thank you, #ISTE2015

That's it. It's over. I'm riding the rails outta town. Philly, you've been amazing. Thank you for the hospitality.

 

ISTE? You are my hero.

 

This was my first ISTE experience and it was everything the hype said it would be. I've long been a member of the #notatISTE crowd, but this year I had the good fortune to see it live.

 

Tons of great sessions.

Tons of places to meet and connect.

Great events to unwind and socialize.

Unfathomable amounts of incredible people sharing awesome stories of the amazing things they are doing in schools.

 

My brain hurts. In the best way possible.

 

Thank you, ISTE.

 

Thank you to all the friends I got to see again, and all the new people that are no longer strangers. Thank you Philly for hosting. Thank you all.

 

At some point there will be a longer reflective blog post, or four. But for now I just needed to say thank you.

 

Thank you, ISTE and everyone I had the great fortune to interact with. It was an amazing experience.

 

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The new essential questions...

What drives us? What are those questions we ask ourselves, even if we don't expect a hard and fast answer? Those questions that we seek to answer, hoping the search leads to the embodiment of the question, are the essential questions.

 

Here at #ISTE2015 Angela Maiers posed a question to the twitterverse:

 

#ISTE15 or #ISTE2015 - View both in HootSuite

So many hashtags, so little time. How to keep multiple hashtags manageable on your iPad? HootSuite and a keyword column!

 

Have to give a big hat tip to Alice Keeler, the inspiration for this post.

She recently posted a similar title to her blog, "#ISTE15 or #ISTE2015 - View both in Tweetdeck" and it got me thinking... I'm not bringing a laptop to ISTE so how can I use HootSuite on my iPad to accomplish the same thing Alice describes, two hashtags in a single column stream...?

 

Here's how to do multiple hashtags in a single column on HootSuite for iOS...

 

In anticipation of #ISTE2015

As I begin my journey to Philladelphia my head is swimming. ISTE has long been a conference I've wanted to attend but never could. In the past it always seemed to fall during the last week of school, a week I could never miss. This year it comes immediately as the school year ends.

 

A lot of my students go away to sleep-away summer camp. I never did as a child. The past few weeks I've heard countless tales of the bus rides, the cabins, the friendships, the excitement, tha anticipation. The fun. As ISTE has approached I started to feel much the same way. Eagerly awaiting the moment my train pulls away from Penn Station headed to Philly...