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Registration opens soon for ICE 2010! Please help get the word out to all your professional colleagues!
December 3
I've already mentioned it to Nancy and Diana and I'm more than willing to help out again. See ya there.
November 3
Luke! Good to see you back on the ning :) I hope you will help me out in the lounge again this year! I am looking for volunteers once again. Look forward to chatting with you.
November 3
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October typically marks the start of my conference season, and this year has been no exception. If you've glanced at my schedule in the left sidebar, you may have noticed that I started with a new conference, at least for me, ITEC, in Iowa. Even a n…
November 2
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And It Starts Again! If it's Fall, I must be getting ready for the next round of Ed-Tech conferences again! So far, I have six conferences on my schedule for Fall/Winter. I'm expecting a few more opportunities to present themselves by the time Sprin…
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September 28
Working to weed out the "making money" profiles...
September 17
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I've noticed a recent trend on several of the NING sites related to education and/or ed tech. It seems profiles are being created for "members" whose educational connections are dubious, at best. Some are promoting ways to make money from the use of…
September 16

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Retired Technology Educator
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ICE - Illinois Computing Educators
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Yes, as a presenter

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At 9:15pm on December 3, 2009, Luke Allen said…
Registration opens soon for ICE 2010! Please help get the word out to all your professional colleagues!

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Strike Three!

Like many others, I was awaiting word from ISTE (the conference formerly known as NECC) this week, anxious to learn if my proposal had been accepted for a conference session. Well, it wasn't, and of course, my first reaction, again, was the one of disappointment that generally comes along with being "rejected." But then came word that many other colleagues, all marvelous educators and presenters, were likewise "rejected". I started to feel like I was in pretty good company and that not presenting does have some advantages. Just think of the money I'll save by not attending!

And then another thought came to mind. I will have presented my sessions at multiple conferences in the last couple of years. I reach more people at those conferences than I ever could with one trip to ISTE ! Of course, the expression "big fish in a small pond" does come to mind too!

I'm beginning to think that my sessions are, perhaps, just too practical for what the folks at ISTE perceive as their "audience." All I know for sure is that my sessions have, at times, drawn over 100 people, so I must be doing something right for "my audience."

(In the interest of conserving verbiage, portions of this post have been recycled from a previous post.)

It's That Time of Year!

October typically marks the start of my conference season, and this year has been no exception. If you've glanced at my schedule in the left sidebar, you may have noticed that I started with a new conference, at least for me, ITEC, in Iowa. Even a new conference, though, means some of the same familiar faces.

After you've put in time doing conferences for several years, it becomes apparent that there is a hard-core of presenters who make the rounds year after year. I'm not referring to the Keynote speakers, with their national reputations and substantial fees to support them. Rather I refer to the ones who, like me, continue to present at conferences from year to year, despite little, if any, in the way of financial compensation. Occasionally, a conference may pick us up as a featured speaker and at least cover our expenses, but I don't think any of us really expect to get rich doing this. We do it because it's part of who we are and what we do. We do it for the sense of satisfaction one can get, knowing that our efforts are truly appreciated by those attending our sessions. When I retired from classroom teaching over 5 years ago, some of my colleagues at the time asked if I was going to give up the tech conferences since they didn't pay. Well, look at my schedule. That's my answer...I'm doing more conferences each year in my retirement than I ever did when I was working full-time. And besides, as I told them, "How can I give this up? It's too much fun!"

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It's That Time of Year!

October typically marks the start of my conference season, and this year has been no exception. If you've glanced at my schedule in the left sidebar, you may have noticed that I started with a new conference, at least for me, ITEC, in Iowa. Even a new conference, though, means some of the same familiar faces.

After you've put in time doing conferences for several years, it becomes apparent that there is a hard-core of presenters who make the rounds year after year. I'm not referring to the Keyn… Continue

Posted on November 2, 2009 at 6:05pm — 2 Comments

Luke Allen

Here we go again

And It Starts Again!
If it's Fall, I must be getting ready for the next round of Ed-Tech conferences again! So far, I have six conferences on my schedule for Fall/Winter. I'm expecting a few more opportunities to present themselves by the time Spring rolls around, but I certainly won't have to worry about keeping busy for the next several months. My "Keep It Clean!" session seems to still have some legs, after four years, and I'll be presenting it at two new, for me, conferences this season, ITE… Continue

Posted on October 8, 2009 at 6:58pm —

Luke Allen

For what it's worth

I've noticed a recent trend on several of the NING sites related to education and/or ed tech. It seems profiles are being created for "members" whose educational connections are dubious, at best. Some are promoting ways to make money from the use of various web sites, while others are promoting a service that will "help" you with all your dissertation needs.

I would advise people to be on the lookout for these "members" and take care not to accept their friend requests. Some NINGS actively try… Continue

Posted on September 16, 2009 at 2:05pm — 1 Comment

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IETC

The Illinois Education & Technology Conference (IETC) has a new website, http://www.il-edtech.org/ and a NING site to promote the conference, http://myietc.ning.com/ . Take a look!

Posted on April 10, 2009 at 10:51am —

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ICE 2009

Next week, Feb. 24-27, it's ICE Conference 2009 in St. Charles, Illinois! The conference, formerly know as IL-TCE, Illinois Technology conference for Educators, will host over 2,500 educators at the Pheasant Run Resort & Convention Center. You can check the conference web site at ICE 2009, the NING or the Wiki. Or better yet, join us there. It's still… Continue

Posted on February 18, 2009 at 11:25am — 2 Comments

 
 
 

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