For the past 20 years, I can see that I have gone to at least one conference each year that has shaped my thinking and my professional work. This year I went to two in Philadelphia. One was with NAMLE, where there were 200 people. The other was ISTE, where there were 20,000 people.
I retired from teaching in June. I had taught for 30 years, most of which had been teaching Media Studies and Journalism courses to high school kids. I loved that work, but it was time to move in a new direction.
I started into a PhD program at the University of New Brunswick in September. Of course, I want to look at how we can go beyond the box, in terms of teaching about Media Studies. And I mean that literally, and metaphorically. How can we teach beyond TV? And how can we teach in innovative ways, such as Khan's Academy or some of the things LEGO is doing in the way it teachers.
I told one of my professors about the Media Education Summit, planned for Boston in November 2015. He said I would be a fool not to go. Now, this year, I am looking at three conferences that may have shaped my thinking, my writing, and my professional work.
Here is the web address for this conference. http://www.cemp.ac.uk/summit/2015/
Boston is a six or seven hour drive from my house. I go due south, once I get into the USA, on the I-95. All of these conferences cost me a lot of money. I see that as the cost of getting smarter. I get to stop at LL Bean's famous store in Freeport Maine on the way to Boston. Of course, Bean's store is the opposite of anything related to media education. Except for their catalogues, which are always worth exploring.
I find the Bean store calming. I find the conferences invigorating. If you get to this conference in Boston, let's say hello.
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