AzTEA Conference

I’d said earlier that I’m home all week, but now that I actually look at my calendar (not an everyday concern for me), I see that I’ll be flying down to Tucson on Friday for Arizona’s second installment of their annual educational technology conference series. Organized by their ISTE affiliate, AzTEA, Arizona holds three state conferences each year. The first was held in November, in the beautiful mountain town of Flagstaff. Saturday’s event will be in Tucson, and the final conference will be in Glendale, a suburb of Phenix (ever seen a sequoia cactus? Monstrous).

One thing that is interesting, and that I like a lot, is that they hire one keynote speaker for all three events. The challenge is that I have to deliver three addresses. In november, the address was about millennial students and the learning skills they walk into our classrooms with. Saturday, I’ll deliver my 21st century literacy presentation. The last one will be about the future. Fun!

Anyway, if you are an educator in Arizona, or surrounding states, I strongly recommend this conference. The presentations are top notch, the people are wonderful, and the hospitality can’t be matched.