NECC09 Superlatives
Jul 2nd, 2009 by Cathy Jo Nelson
Most Social Attendee: Sue Waters!
Meet Sue Waters all the way from Australia; the true EduBlogger
Sue was everywhere, trying to meet as many folks from her PLN as she could. Sue’s bubbly personality was infectious and Sue looks nothing like herself in her PLN or avatar pictures. She had the most fun of anyone I know in the Blogger’s Cafe.
Biggest change in the conference for me: Audience Interaction/Participation
Promethean provides the audience a way to participate.
A tier sponsor (Promethean) porvided handhels at various sessions. This one is from the debate during Tuesday’s keynote. We got to decide which side justifed their stance best.
Top Edublogger’s of the Conference (IMHO): Joyce Valenza & Steve Dembo
Joyce and Steve
These two provided me with the best fun and the best sessions. Of all the sessions I attended, Steve Dembo’s (which I blogged about a few says ago) was my favorite.
The BEST NECC09 LMS Honor goes to: Keisa Williams
Keisa Williams, Rock Star Teacher-Librarian, June 2009
Keisa was a member of the Library 2.0 Smackdown. With one skype call, and the creation of a wiki, we managed to plan and implement a plan for how to have the smackdown. (we = me, Joyce Valenza, Karen Kleigman, Wendy Stephens, and Keisa) Keisa almost single-handedly populated our wiki with great examples of the tools we wanted to showcase, and floored us all with the ones she chose to share in the session. I’m in awe of the elementary school teacher-librarian, a TRUE media specialist.
Award for causing the biggest stir at the Blogger’s Cafe: Lee Lefever of CommonCraft Fame
Lee Lefever, Lisa Thumann, Liz Davis, and another conference attendee
The badge says it all! Introducing Lee Lefever
The Worst WIFI Award: ISTE NECC 2009, or around the conference known as #wifi fail.
Wifi Fail
Monday of the conference seemed to be the worst for connectivity, and that was the day for our panel discussion, the Library 2.0 Smackdown. Of course everything we were using was on a wiki online. Yes, we were frantically trying to get a connection to make our back-up plan just before the session began. Luckily, it seemed to come back about twenty minutes before the session, and we were bale to get our session (with audience participation) up and showcased.
Favorite Presenter: Chris Harris at the SIGMS Forum
I wish I could find a picture of him presenting. He was probably the most passionate speaker I heard, and I was floored by his enthusiam and demand for better “cloud” services for school libraries. Most memorabale quote: (to vendors) Where is the api for that?
Cathy, I thought you might like my reflections of NECC. I didn’t go!
http://web.me.com/timholt/Intended_Consequenses/Intended_Consequences_Blog/Entries/2009/7/2_Time_Well_Missed__Reflections_on_A_Conference_I_did_not_Attend..html
Enjoy!
Tim
I wasn’t able to attend NECC, so I really appreciate your post. I’ve had various interactions with Sue Waters for a while, so I really appreciated your picture of her. She is such an awesome presence/advocate for educational technology! Thanks for sharing. Glad you were able to attend NECC09!
OH no, I forgot about looking out for Lee LeFever
but looking at this photo I now think I did see him occasionally around the Bloggers cafe and am totally upset I didn’t get his signature on my shirt.
Yes my sister reminds me I don’t look like my avatar — long story. It was lovely meeting you and everyone.
Hi Cathy,
The other person in the picture with Lisa, Lee and me is Sachi LeFever. It was great to see you at NECC. I wish we could have spent a little more time together catching up.
I love this photo I have of you. I forgot my camera and scoured the necc09 tag in flickr until I found one to share!!
Oh I know! I am going to have to leave behind my family next year. That way I can come out and goof off with yall!
I see Liz was quicker to comment than I. Sachi was so funny. She’s definitely a behind-the-scenes partner. She told me I was embarrassing her treating them like Rock Stars. But I knew we were all so psyched to meet them.
I barely got to say hello to you. Will you be at BLC this summer? If not, hopefully next time we’re in the same State, we’ll have more time to chat.
BTW – tried to DM you on Twitter to let you know how much I love your knew haircut. But I couldn’t cause your no longer following me. (Lisa wipes away alligator tear.)
DARN this twitter virus–still suffering residual effects. Yes rockstars in my book too. I hate we didnt get to hang out much at NECC–bringing the family means I had to split time. SInce son 2 is heading off to college in the fall, we made the most of our “family vacation” that was wrapped around necc.
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