TETC, Nashville

Once again, I made the December trip to Florida, with another stopover in Nashville to present a 1/2 day workshop at TETC. I even got a chance to meet a couple of educators who I had only known through my PLNs on Twitter and Plurk. There's almost a surreal quality about meeting someone in person, after having communicated strictly as a voice from the ether in cyberspace. But that's another story.

This was my second year presenting at this conference, and my "Keep It Clean!" sessions seem to be as strong as ever in the amount of interest and attendees. Last year the workshop was a ticketed session, limited to 24 participants. This year, the lab was set up for 24, but it was open on a first come, first served basis. Scheduled to begin at 10:00 am, the first seats were occupied by 9:30, and as time progressed, it became apparent that all 24 seats would be filled. Well, by the time the session began, we had brought in about 20 more chairs, and the session facilitator commented that he had never seen anything like this! If you're a presenter or trainer, you probably already know the sense of satisfaction one gets from this kind of response. There was good give and take during the formal parts of the session, and good follow-up and discussion at the end. All in all, a personally rewarding conference for me, enough to ensure that I'll probably keep Nashville as part of my conference rotation.