Holy moly ISTE! The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference was a blast. I’m still in the midst of processing it all and letting it soak in. It was an absolute joy to run into friends and meet new people. I even ran into my old boss from Kamehameha Schools! So much learning happened and it sparked so many ideas. I have quite a long list of aspirations and things I’d like to do in the upcoming school year. It is taking me a long time to synthesize my notes, tweets, photos, and digital handouts. As I go through it all, there are many things I want to hold myself accountable to. The ISTE conference has me motivated and eager to make it all happen. At first, I felt overwhelmed and just needed to pick a starting point.
I’ve spent the last couple days getting organized and prioritized. Now, I’m hitting the ground running. The first thing I’m holding myself accountable to is changing the way I will conduct some upcoming professional development sessions. ISTE has given me so much to work with and I’m very thankful that I was able to attend. Many thanks to Oakland Schools for supporting me in many different capacities, especially with my professional growth endeavors!
Some fun facts about my first ISTE ever:
- There was a giant ball pit!
- I presented! TWICE! Stefanie Cairns and I presented a session called Gamestorming TPACK and we were invited to speak at an ISTE Bytes session.
- I acquired 54 stickers from the Expo.
Thank you to those to came out to our session on #gamestorming #tpack yesterday! We enjoyed the laughs & playing challenge cards. Here’s the link to our presentation https://t.co/n9zU7UL8QK #ISTE18 @cairnsst90 pic.twitter.com/SvnlDdXjS7
— Rachelle Galang (@MissGalang) June 26, 2018
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Hanging out by the keynote stage! #ISTE18 pic.twitter.com/lYdjy2XrWq
— Rachelle Galang (@MissGalang) June 24, 2018
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Aloha from #ISTE18! 😁🤙🏽 pic.twitter.com/pnP5KWKIr6
— Rachelle Galang (@MissGalang) June 24, 2018
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Playing with friends in the presenters lounge! #ISTE18 Photo credit: @rushtonh pic.twitter.com/Vkjr3MRrSy
— Rachelle Galang (@MissGalang) June 23, 2018
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Perks of presenting at 🙃 #ISTE18 @cairnsst90 #everythingisawesome pic.twitter.com/DakfeqRwM6
— Rachelle Galang (@MissGalang) June 23, 2018
