>Conference+Tips

1) Conference Tips - save your ITEMIZED receipts! 2) Remember //what// goes on your receipts. 3) Use the NECC [|conference planner] to plan AHEAD prior to getting there. 4) For those spatial types, take a couple minutes on Google Earth to get a sense of the area around the conference center, your hotel and the airport. 5) Take advantage of the late afternoons, dinner hour to reflect with team members on your day. 6) Don't be surprised if you find that we do some awesome tech stuff in 834! 7) Don't be surprised if you find there are some areas we can be stronger. 8) Check in with team members while at the conference 9) Don't think that it is way more efficient to never attend the same session presentation as another colleague - if you are both interested in the session, it might actually be the best idea for you both to attend it. 10) There are more vendors, products and services offered in the vendor area than even the largest school district could ever implement in 10 years! The challenge is seeing some of the possibilities, and thinking through what is a good next step in product or service. 11) Take notes. 12) Put those notes on this here wiki! 13) Don't think you need to get to //every// available session time slot //every// day- you need some time to process. 14) Consider your "take-aways" that might fit into a presentation at the 2009 Navigating This Digital Landscape Professional Development day. 15) Repeatedly tell our colleagues from Mahtomedi how great we are!