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October 17, 2006

Conferences

In the past two days, I've attended to conferences. Today, I was at Delaware's kick off for Vision 2015. This is a 10 year plan to turn Delaware public education into a world-class system. Today's event was preceded by a number of mail packages and e-mail, as well as some glossy material presented as we entered the hall. About 300 people attended a two-hour presentation by the steering committee. Then everyone went back to their jobs. The next follow-up will be some meetings at the end of this month and into November.

The conference I attended yesterday was the K12Online conference. I attended the keynote sitting in my office and doing other work at the same time. Last night, there was an online meeting using videoconferencing software. Then to continually there is a wiki where conference attendees can record their notes and impressions.

Both conferences have lofty goals that I subscribe to. I am hopeful that both can maintain the momentum that started with these kickoff events and I hope that we can find ways to harness technology to move both of them forward.

Posted by Pat on October 17, 2006 2:14 PM