In all honesty, I work on "school stuff" all summer. It is ridiculous in some ways, and I am sure my family is more than annoyed when I hibernate in my room and concentrate deeply on some programmatic scheme. I know they don't understand, although they sometimes grudgingly accept, that I get my energy from learning, sharing and considering new possibilities.
Even so, it is hard for me to give up three days in my last two weeks of summer to any organized professional development activity. It's as if I suddenly realized on July 29 that summer, in every meaningful way, is almost over for me. I had a hard time following through with my commitment to attend the West Virginia State Technology Conference, even though it was held just four miles from my home.
I am very glad I made the decision to attend. For starters, I have had the privilege to network with some wonderful people that I have known since library school, my colleagues in the Monongalia County School system, and friends I made while participating in the library media TIS cohort in 2008. I also connected with a couple of our state's new library media specialists. From this standpoint alone, the conference was a success.
The presentations were equally satisfying.
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