It just finished and I am quite glad I went. One of the best 2 days of what’s called professional development that I have been to. Well organized and well run and each day began with an excellent Keynote speaker.

George Couros — his keynote not available to post for you, but a good sampling is here and here and a couple of quotes: “Always err on the side of positive – you never know the impact you will have on other people so always make it a good one!” “You need to make the positives so loud that the negatives are impossible to hear.” Also trenchant is when he derides our penchant for tailoring a lot of decisions to appease negative-thinking people so that they will not whine.

Tyler Tarver — his keynote not available but good samplings are here, here, here, and here. And a couple of quotes — “it’s not about shoving every kid down the same hallway, it’s about opening up as many doors as possible, then letting them choose!” —  “Don’t be intimidated by the wave of technology, just grab a surfboard!”

Surfboard indeed!

 Each Keynote followed by umpteen choices

Look at these choices!