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By: dan

dan — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:24:24 +0000

Yeah, coupla deer crossed my path here but, sorry, those creatures are the rats of the forest. They’re everywhere, but usually on some dimly lit corner of my street.

*honnnnnnk*

By: TMAO

TMAO — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:22:19 +0000

Dude, did you see deer? The POY and I presented there last year, in this little circular room by the beach: waves are rolling in, we’re talking school reform, three deer walk by and I kinda forget to talk because my schema don’t allow deer to walk on the beach while I’m wearing a suit.

In any event, my January Asilomar presentation is tentatively entitled: Be the Molotov Cocktail of Reading Instruction: Before, During, and After Strategies.

By: dan

dan — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:09:39 +0000

Here's the link to the conference. Mixed first day.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:11:11 +0000

By the way, I was thinking more about that conference center…. if it’s in Spanish, then doesn’t that mean something like “asylum by the sea?”

Yikes.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:08:43 +0000

OK, so "Asilomar" is the name of the conference center? Sorry, it took me a few minutes (and a Google search) to realize it wasn't some horrible acronym. I actually thought that was the name of the presentation that you were referring to ("...what not to call your presentation..."). I half-laugh and half-cringe when I read the names of seminars at conferences. Just like there is some sort of genre of doctoral dissertation titles, there is another genre of conference seminar names. And they are both genres that don't really do a very good job of conveying what I'm really going to learn about in their session. Rich's rule #1: I really try to avoid presentations by vendors - some are pretty good but somehow they all eventually wind up with some sort of pitch, either subtle or not-so-subtle. At FCTM a couple of months ago (we just name our conference after the state association), I attended a session on Geogebra, which is a really sweet (in my opinion) open source competitor to Geometer's Sketchpad. And it turned out that the presenter was the author of the software himself, which was kind of cool.

By: ken

ken — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:42:11 +0000

never again will I offer session titles.

my mistake.

yummy, yummy, humble pie.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:32:11 +0000

Bummer you ain't around, H. We'd have fun. First session blew my mind. Walked out of the second session early. I intend to toss out some drive-by remarks on everything I attend but don't expect the usual coherency. PS. Scott, I'm mixed up. My district is paying for the sub day and registration. It's like Christmas in early December.

By: H.

H. — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:12:30 +0000

An ed class necessary for clearing the credential got scheduled – smack – right on top of the Asilomar conference.

Will the rest of you be nice and blog a little about the highlights?

By: Scott Elias

Scott Elias — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:19:15 +0000

You have to take personal day to attend something work-related? Good for you for doing that.

What’s the name of the conference? Googling “asilomar” just gets me the info on the conference venue.