Interviewed for ISTE video

I was stopped on my way to a workshop and interviewed by a film crew and was in this video.

ISTE Denver 2024

15367 participants attended ISTE Denver 2335 presenters from 34 different countries 84 total countries participated. My favourite place to visit was definitely the exhibition Hall. It was so big with over 419 exhibitors showing all the latest technology, latest apps and programs and a lot of the tools and fun gadgets that can be used in education. There was 1027 booths. A lot of the exhibitors had hands-on people there to support and help you and take you through how to work the programs and apps but they also had workshops available that you could sit down and listen and watch. At the Google stand I watched two: one was on media literacy and the new resources that they've got out and another was on how to use Gemini to create and support students making pick-a-path stories. At the Legos stand I also did a workshop here looking at how they use Lego robotics. They were lots of fun. I really enjoyed that workshop and could see the value of robotics and creativity. Also how they are connected with many aspects of the curriculum. I also went to figjam,brisk, school AI, Explain Everything,magic school, padlet, snorkl, go noodle,diffit, Gemini, kahoot, gimkit and many more I can not remember the names of. A great experience, lucky it is the school holidays in a week after I get back so I can spend so time going back of workshops, notes and videos. Also putting together some presentations and catching up on my blog posts. Our Thursday in Denver after the conference was a morning walk with my new dear friend Robyn and then out to the castle rock factory shops. Got my last lot of goodies for home. Then out to dinner at the cheese cake factory with Jono, Alison and Robyn. Bags all packed ready for the Friday journey home through San Fransisco. Later that night a text message comes through 12 hour delay in San Fransisco Air Nz would put us up at a motel for the night. Luck there was 2 of us Robyn and myself so didn't feel to stressed. Then friday morning another text message I am now flying home through Houston. Lucky I had Robyn so I was not on my own and also Chris was on the same flights. Robyn and I made our way out to the airport early and had lunch and hang out at the massive Denver airport. We got our transfer at Houston, lucky we all waited for each other and helped each other to find our transfer gate at the even bigger Houston airport.We arrived as they where just starting to board. A long flight back to NZ 14.5 hours. We arrived to no luggage it didn't make the transfer at Houston. It arrived Tuesday night to my door step. Then I had a 5 hour delay to get my Auckland to kerikeri flight. Which went quickly, it was nice to be home. The trip went by so quickly. What a experience of a lifetime.

ISTE Wednesday

The last day of the ISTE Denver 2024 conference. It has been a lifetime experience to be lucky to win the fellowship to attend. It has been mind blowing on the share size of the venue and numbers of people attending. To the variety of workshops to choose from. I feel inspired, motivated, reassured and exhausted. It is hard to take in so much in such a short time. Wednesday was Multimedia Extravaganza Playground … Explore and Interact With Tools for MultiMedia Learning Experiences, I had 2 hours playing and talking to lots of people in this section. Lots of great tools and ideas. Then onto Revolutionizing Play: Sphero Indi Cars Ignite Creative Learning, was another hands-on playing with the sphero cars and seeing how they had created lessons around the different curriculum areas. Back up to the exhibition hall to get some swag and T-shirts being the last day. I went to the Qball pro stand to purchase a ball speaker to take home and the nice owner gave me one to bring back to NZ. A real nice guy. Then the closing ceremony in the big theatre the robot dancer was incredible what a life story about living her dream. Then they asked the NZ team to hang around after to get photos taken with the CEO as we had travelled the furthest to attend the conference. Then more photos off us all under the blue bear. Back to the hotel for a debrief. Then off to the famous rooftop bar for drinks being put on by BP tech. A very nice bar and view of the rocky mountains.

ISTE Denver Tuesday

Tuesday I went to the keynote speakers this morning and there were a lot of very diverse and inspirational speakers. Then I went to“I See What You Mean”: Telling Your ISTE Denver Story, unfortunately it was postponed to early in the morning due to the temperatures being in the 40s. But a lot of us never got the notifications. So they went over what they were going to do and how they created them on canva. I volunteered time on the Hapara stand, then went to Redesigning Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI. I also spent more time in the exhibition hall exploring and learning. Tonight was the famous Karaoke night which was sold out but my stomach was playing up so I decided to have a quiet night.

ISTE Denver Monday

Monday was a big day at the conference as the exhibition hall opened today and that was amazing I managed to get lost in there. It was quite overwhelming. I was trying to find the hapara stand to get our free goodies. The workshops I attended that day where Storytellers of the Future , Empowering Students with Multimodal Math which was probably more at a secondary level then primary looking at the magma app and number which is an Apple app and GeoGebra a lot of our secondary schools use. It was great to hear the presenter talking about John Hatties work talking about his effect sizes and about the importance of authentic contexts which were what a lot of these activities were based around. Magma it was great because it allowed the teacher to have access to all of the students' work. They were able to monitor the answers using a monitoring system. Story tellers of the future was another great workshop simular to the one I attended yesterday. I also attended Words matter in maths based around Peter liljedahls wonderful problem solving work which was good to see how they are using his work. She also shared lots of great links to resources.. We managed to head back to the hotel to get changed before heading off to the 90s party which was great.

ISTEDenver 24

Mind blowing!! So big and so many things to do, see and hear. I wanted to see as much as I could in the 4 days. Getting around the convention center was a feat on its own as it is such a big venue. Sunday I had some activities booked in my first one was a Storytelling Done Digitally to Showcase Student Voice, Views and Perspectives a hands on workshop that was amazing they were stations set up around the room with lots and lots of presenters with lots of hands on activities looking at all the multi ways of telling stories. I really enjoyed the movie making one which had lots of great resources and ideas on how to use moving making in the classroom. I also enjoyed a couple of others we looked at which were using voice in the classroom looking at pod podcasting using slides adding voice and multi other ways that you can add voice into activities. They were fantastic ideas you could use back in the classroom. They also shared lots of resources and links to multi pages of resources. Then I went to 3D Creation: The LiDAR and Photogrammetry Experience an interesting workshop of 3D creations which blew me away on how easy it was to create them with the correct apps. Then I also attended 20+ Creative Approaches to Revamp Your Formative Assessment Routines by Monica burns. We all lined up for the opening ceremony in the main theatre with some very inspirational speakers. Then off to the wonderland event which showcased many tools and toys to explore I didn’t manage to win a T shirt but enjoyed playing with robots, printing cards and talking to sellers and attendees. A long day and off back to the hotel for a good sleep.