Why Attending an Edu Conference With my Students Changed Everything
Tessa and Melanie talk about how apps like Evernote and Google Drive make organization and collaboration so much easier for them. Our students make us laugh, drive us crazy, and inspire us to better ourselves. They shouldn't just be the reason we teach, they should be a part of the teaching. Yesterday I had the opportunity to present at MassCUE with 6 of my current and former students. Watching them present was a proud moment, but it wasn't my favorite moment of the conference. I knew they would blow the presentation out of the water. I knew they had prepared well and that their session attendees would learn something. The BEST part of my day was watching them experience, learn, and network because of the unofficial opportunities the conference creates. Networking My students had met members of the Burlington High School Help Desk via Google Hangout a couple of times thanks to the vision and urging of Jennifer Scheffer . Meeting face to ...