On the Road

Most of the time, the traveling that I do is tedious, stressful, and humiliating (you often feel like cattle being herded into and out of airplanes).  But this is a very interesting trip.  First, Brenda traveled with me on the first leg, flying up to New York, and then the train to New Haven, Connecticut for a professional development institute in a nearby district.  Brenda spent the day bumming around in New Haven, a very pretty and pedestrian town. 

Then we trained back down to New York, where we had dinner with my brother, and “took in a show.”  Called “Rock ‘n’ Roll,” it was supposed to have been fun.  Instead it was a serious and long play about decedents in Communist Czechoslovakia and loud rock music.  We loved it.

Brenda and I split at the airport the next morning, and I’m in Denver now, getting ready to do a serious of workshops with JeffCo Schools.  I’ve worked for them before, a great bunch of folks, who were very early with tablet PCs.  There is excitement here with a district that is oriented to the future and their momentum is building.  I’ll be here for two days, which, those of you who do this know, is a luxury.  I can actually move in to a hotel room.

Friday night I get to mark off one, from my list of states I’ve not worked in — Alaska.  I’m barely there for 24 hours, and most of it will be dark.  But I’ll technically be there.  In Alaska, I’ll be delivering a keynote for their School Boards Association, which will be a distinct honor.  Alaska has a 1:1 program going on — and it was initiated by, promoted, championed, and supported by the School Boards Association.  I’ll likely be writing more about my brief experience there.

Finally, there’ll be a long flight to Columbus, Ohio for their Library Media conference, which will be a fabulous way to finish this trip.  Fabulous?  I guess New York hasn’t worn off yet.

Nothing else new, except that it was refreshing to see a full theater for that play on Tuesday night.  It was people, community, coming together to pay attention to real people, in person, practicing their craft.  I think that we need this!