I'm at TCEA 2007

Just a quick note to say I am in Austin at the 2007 TCEA Conference. If any of you are down here in Austin leave a comment and I will try to catch up with you.

I will get a chance to hear David Warlick, Wesley Fryer, Will Richardson, Miguel Guhlin, and many more great education motivators. They keep me going in this very uphill battle.

I will also get a chance to meet up with a friend I made in Austin back in October while I was presenting at the Higher Ed Conference sponsored by the Dana Center. Dr. Walter Smith from Texas Tech heads a program called IV-STEM that allows pre-service teachers to work with students at universities around the world. They monitor the moon and keep track of their observations to share with other students on both sides of the hemisphere. Awesome idea. I am lucky to be a fly on the wall with this project to watch the interactions of all involved (which includes Japan and Australia). Sitting in on video conference calls has been a neat opportunity that I wish more had. Watching leaders at the university level create and implement programs to better the education preparation system is exciting to see.