A Peek into Chaos

So remember when I was reeling from the conference in Hammond???  I took that excitement and went forth with Google Certification!  I have to admit that I was pretty nervous.  I have not used Google Apps in my classroom as much as I probably should have or could have this past year.  Through the training process, I learned so much and I am super excited to use many of these tools next year!  I also feel this motivation to certify at Level 2, trainer and innovator.  Never in a million years would I have thought that for myself but it's sort of addicting and exciting all at once! There's this other little thing that keeps creeping up on me that I want to do...I really want to share my love for Seesaw at a conference somewhere.  I thought about the Warsaw eLearning day this summer and I have started to fill out the submission form, like 4 times already and then stopped.  Again, intimidating but exciting.  I'm not sure what I will do yet but I should probably make a decision so

I just spent two days at the Indiana South Shore eLearning in Hammond and my mind is SWIRLING with ideas!  Ya know how you go to a conference and you leave feeling like you could take on the world??  Yeah, that is exactly how I feel right now!  What an amazing conference (see all the great things that were going on at #sselearn) that was FREE!!!  Unbelieveable!  I want to "document" the highlights of those two days so I can hold on to that learning and apply it to this upcoming school year. First of all, I cannot say enough about Buddy Berry.  If you have not heard this man speak, find him and listen to him!  (Follow him on Twitter @BuddyBerry) His story is really amazing.  I have heard him speak twice now.  I knew that he would be in Hammond and it was part of the reason I signed up.  I will admit that I initially thought, "Well, I have heard this keynote before so if I miss it, no big deal..."  wrong wrong wrong.  Just as powerful, if not more the second time.