Hintonblogger

So it is crazy early here in San Antonio and I should be in bed by now. Of course, instead I'm tweaking my schedule and wondering how to fit in all the neat sessions and events. It is looking to be a terrific conference and it is an annual event I look forward to for months.

As I reflected on Jen Wagner's post "Take the Conference Challenge", I've decided that for NECC this year I've officially declared myself FREE.

Free to not be to everything or everywhere. Free to miss a session I really want to attend for another that is equally as good and to not feel guilty about it. Free to enjoy sitting down with some friends and reconnecting with them and to understand what they are finding of value here. And finally, FREE to have fun and realize that NECC is only the beginning, and thanks to NECC's Ning network and to Classroom 2.0 I can always catch up later. Thanks Network!

I'm not free apparently to get to sleep early though - always room for improvement I suppose. Here's tomorrow's schedule - always subject to change, but looking pretty good thus far :)

• 7am - Get Registered
• 7:30 - 8:30am SETDA Breakfast at Marriott Rivercenter
• 8:30 - 10:30am CoSN Council Leadership Forum (emphasis - Digital Content)
• 10:30 - 11:30am Federal Program Meeting (EETT - SETDA)
• 11 - 12pm Virtual Classroom: Hybrid Learning in Action (HGCC 214 C/D)
• 12:30 - 1:30pm Literacy Isn't Enough: Digital Fluency in the Age of InfoWhelm (Grand Hyatt Texas Ballroom D)
• 2 -3pm Moving the Texas Vision 2020 to Reality Takes Planning! (HGCC 001 B)
• 3:30 - 4:30pm Scholastic Administrator's Hottest Trends in Edtech (Grand Hyatt Lone Star Ballroom E)
• 4:45 - 5:45pm A Meeting of Moodlers (Grand Hyatt Lone Star Ballroom B)
• 7:00pm - 9:00pm SEDTA-iTunesU K12 initiative kickoff event (Grand Hyatt San Antonio, Texas Ballroom E/F)

When I'm not in a session I'm aiming to hit the Blogger's Cafe and see some of NECC Unplugged (impromptu presentations by NECC attendees - see the schedule for more details - you may have to scroll the page a bit to get to the actual schedule), as well as the poster sessions. Hope to see people around!