I am home again after a fantastic 4 days in Christchurch participating in the 10th ULearn conference hosted by Core Ed. Over the next few weeks I’ll be processing the input from the keynotes and sessions I attended. Here’s my summary:
Tuesday
- Unofficial Geocaching workshop – great to introduce newbies to the addiction
- Pecha Kucha session in the Limes Room – I think this was filmed so will find the link for it
- Twitter dinner
Wednesday
- Keynote: Lee Crockett
- Breakout One – this was my workshop <G>
- Breakout Two – Inspiration, Ignition, Impact with Paula Jamieson
- Keynote: Steve Wheeler (aka @timbuckteeth)
Thursday
- Twitter breakfast
- Keynote: Lane Clark
- Breakout Three – Change, Creativity, Curriculum & Community: Succeeding in Spite of the System – Chris Betcher
- Breakout Four – Apple sMacdown
- Conference Dinner
Friday
- Breakout Five – Trades Hall visit – had a quick mini-lesson on the Promethean board
- Breakout Six – eCompetencies – Linking eQuality teaching directly to the Key Competencies with Kellie McRobert
- Keynote: Stephen Heppell
Prizes
I won a couple of fantastic prizes and must thank the sponsors for those:
- HP: My DP has already responded about the 42″ digital sign I won – we’ve just completed a new admin area and I know it will look fantastic there
- Learning Media: I spent my 2 hours at the airport waiting for my flight reading the teachers manual for the Write Tools – can’t wait to get stuck in – and when Murray Gadd next visits I’ll do a show and tell with him
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And as for the other freebies:
- Xirrus – while I know the t-shirts I got weren’t so much a prize as a giveaway I want to say thanks for them – they’ll fit right into my wardrobe!
- DLink – best gadget ever – the screwdrivers – a must for all us geeks
- Apple sMACdown – my new earbuds are very welcome – they’ll be residing at school – and will be very handy for my kids recording using the iTouch/iPhone
As always one of the huge bonuses is meeting up with my Twitter PLN – it’s great to see the international tweeps here with us kiwis. Thanks to all my PLN the personal input was amazing!