Day 1 of ISTE 2012
Finally arrived at sunny San Diego! The convention center is in Downtown San Diego, close to Gaslamp Quarter and PETCO Park. I wish ISTE conferences were always held here! For the first day, ISTE 2012 welcomed their attendees with their Conference Kick Off and Member Celebration, and opening keynote. Before I attended the two presentations, I registered myself and received a bag that included a L&L Magazine, Sunday’s issue of ISTE Daily Leader , and resources from tiered conference sponsors and media partners (and a pen!). The opening keynote consisted of mostly discussion among a panel of people in the educational technology field. The discussion was moderated by Sir Kim Robinson, the author of the best-selling book, The Element . The panel consisted of Peggy Johnson, Marc Prensky, and Mayim Bialik. I didn’t really enjoy the opening keynote because the moderator and the panel constantly plugged their newly published books or their companies they work for. For exampl...