I am going to the ISTE 2012 Conference in San Diego this coming weekend/week. That in itself is pretty exciting. It's my first time at ISTE, not for lack of wanting, more for lack of timing and cost. I am very excited knowing I am going to be immersed in technology, meeting other ed-tech enthusiasts, and just learning more about what's out there that can help me personally and professionally. Another reason I am excited is that I will experience a conference that has some very different options from the math conferences I usually attend. I am not knocking math conferences. Rather, what I am pointing out are the many ways in which the ISTE conference differs in what it provides in the way of collaboration, networking and technology that is unfortunately, not often a part of math conferences. This may be true of other content specific conferences, but since I am most familiar with math conferences, that is my point of reference. I am sure a lot of it has...
