Leader Model: Sharing, Learning, Growing, Networking

Assignment:  Write a blog post reflecting on your experiences during this conference or on your favorite Google App.

Please include the following:

• Introduction
• Two Body Chunks
• Conclusion

Reminder!  Use "blog" format" = single space each section/part with a double between each.

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Which layout does your eye prefer?

What an exciting time these two days have been while attending ARA's 45th Annual Literacy Conference!  This event has become an annual pilgrimage of sorts, traveling, seeing, greeting, learning, networking, developing, While at the conference, one is guaranteed to meet and greet with some of the most preeminent forerunners of literacy across our nation.  Meeting authors remains a favorite of mine.  For instance, yesterday, I dropped in on a book talk by Jonathan Friesen, attended Danny Brassel's motivational keynote, sat in on Teamwork authors session with Monique Wild and Amanda Mayeaux, and the finished up my day meeting with authors who participated in this past year's ARA Book Club.  Fun!  Then, last evening, sitting at our dinner table was Louis Sachar!  Where else but right here at ARA could this happen?  Another favorite occurrence at the conference is meeting the people.  Matching a face with a voice I "hear" via emails and comments on Facebook rounds just makes these friends more real!  For instance, yesterday during book club, meeting some of the participants was just a highlight!  We had (literally) spent hours together on Facebook book club meetings so to sit and chat "live" was fun!  For all the above reasons...and more...my goal remains to continually encourage my friends and peers to attend this conference.  With declining numbers, this need to share stays on forefront, for such events as these where teachers may meet the authors they respect, where attendees engage with other like-minded peers who are full of positive experiences to share are needed across our state, and where ever-learning literacy leaders inspire another...such events as these are just vital.

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What an exciting time these two days have been while attending ARA's 45th Annual Literacy Conference!  This event has become an annual pilgrimage of sorts, traveling, seeing, greeting, learning, networking, developing, While at the conference, one is guaranteed to meet and greet with some of the most preeminent forerunners of literacy across our nation.  

Meeting authors remains a favorite of mine.  For instance, yesterday, I dropped in on a book talk by Jonathan Friesen, attended Danny Brassel's motivational keynote, sat in on Teamwork authors session with Monique Wild and Amanda Mayeaux, and the finished up my day meeting with authors who participated in this past year's ARA Book Club.  Fun!  Then, last evening, sitting at our dinner table was Louis Sachar!  Where else but right here at ARA could this happen?  

Another favorite occurrence at the conference is meeting the people.  Matching a face with a voice I "hear" via emails and comments on Facebook rounds just makes these friends more real!  For instance, yesterday during book club, meeting some of the participants was just a highlight!  We had (literally) spent hours together on Facebook book club meetings so to sit and chat "live" was such a reward!  

For all the above reasons...and more...my goal remains to continually encourage my friends and peers to attend this conference.  With declining numbers, this need to share stays on forefront, for such events as these where teachers may meet the authors they respect, where attendees engage with other like-minded peers who are full of positive experiences to share are needed across our state, and where ever-learning literacy leaders inspire another...such events as these are just vital.