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Really? I'm so psyched! I know my nerd leanings are really showing through here but... How awesome is this?????

ACTEM Conference

October 15th was one of the most amazing days of my life. It was the first day of the ACTEM Technology Conference in Augusta, Maine. I saw many of my friends, collegues and Twitter buddies (I loved putting real faces to my very important PLN!) That night was the Awards Banquet. I was the finalist for the Technology Leader of the Year award! I cannot tell you how cool it is to have the people who inspire you the most give YOU and award! It was surreal. This event, this honor, has renewed my purpose. Now I have to really live up to this award. I'd better get busy!

The next day, I presented a workshop for the very first time at the conference. It was on creating an exciting tech learning atmosphere for teacher professional development. I used Prezi.com also for the first time. The program is very easy to use and has endless possibilities. As a matter of fact I had trouble using the program because there were so many things I could do with it. Every time I thought I had the layout I wanted, I thought of something else that would also work or be neater. As a result I was never satisfied with what I did. That might also be a direct result of my strange work only perfectionist streak. Too bad it doesn't carry over to housework and my yard as well.