London this year, and I signed up to go. Now before you assume that it was a paid vacation, you will notice that their are no pictures on my Facebook page of the conference, which is a good sign, because I was so busy learning and exploring, that I did not have time too take pictures. There were over 600 presentation going on, from Adobe to Apple to Smartboards to 3D Printers to Microsoft. Some very cool stuff for education is there, although only endless supplies of money would fully stock a school.So the days were spent wandering and listening and learning around the Olympia conference center, dreaming of the ideal techie classroom. (Steve I thought of you) The nights, were for me though and i took advantage of them, as you wold expect any one too. Night one was spent in a restaurant for Indian food, thinking of the old neighbourhood gang as I ate butter chicken, and then a stop for a pint in a pub. Night number 2 was a chance to see my hero, okay I like Mr. Bean, the ultimate trouble maker, he inspires me,
Rowan Atkinson in the play Oliver. It was fantastic, I am amazed i got tickets, but it is the winter in January so lucky for me. Night number two I went with a colleague to see Zorro the musical. It was great fun, well performed, filled with wire work and sword play and song. Night number three was a football match between Crystal Palace and Ipswitch, On the way to the game, I was asked for direction to the stadium by four teachers from Norway, which is ironic because I had no idea how to get there and was trusting my amazing instincts for direction. We all made it there, on time, without getting lost and saw the game. The home team lost 4-1, and I learned some new curse words, so overall it was an educational experience. I then went to the movie Defiance, very good by the way. There are no movie theatres where I live so it was good to be able to go.Needless to say I am wishing to go back, and fortunately there will be the conference there next year, which I am sure I will go to. And some of you wondered why I wanted to move overseas. And you are right mom, It's really good meeting people when you travel, isn't it.
