An explosion of an exposition

I said in my first ISTE post that there were a lot of vendors. Turns out that there are more than 500, from major names, like Google, Samsung, Panasonic, Adobe, Microsoft, and SMART; to smaller players like eSchool News (where I used to work), the American School of Bombay (where I visited in 2006), and Showbie (whose app we just started using at out school).

Here is a view of about one-quarter of the expo hall.

ISTE incoming

Next week, I travel to Atlanta to attend ISTE 2014, the annual conference of the The International Society for Technology in Education. This will be my first time attending, and by all accounts, it should be a good show. I'll be blogging as I go, so check here for my impressions as a first-time attendee.

Things I'll be looking for and writing about:

• important considerations for one on the technology leadership track
• stuff about iPads
• a good night's sleep (I have a two-year-old. 'Nuff said.)
• more stuff about iPads
• information unique to technology in independent schools
• iPads, iPads, iPads
• good examples of online and blended learning programs and the platforms that best support online and blended learning
• a great presentation by my boss and one of my colleagues --- about iPads.
• some great networking with people in my field

For the past 10 years, I've always been on the delivery side of education conferences. This will be my fourth conference as an attendee in a decade. I'm not sure if that's a lot or a little. Either way, I'm excited about it. 

See? Excitement!