The National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) is about to launch in Atlanta this
weekend. I was almost able to pull off attending this year – but various reasons are preventing me. I’m severely bummed, as the last time I went was in Philadelphia in 2005, but I’m going to capitalize on this by seeing just how much one can get from virtual attendance – keeping up with the conference goings-on with blogs, videocasts, podcasts, etc.
One of the things I’m going to try for the first time is David Warlick’s conference tracking website, Hitchikr. It is designed to be a place to virutally attend a conference for those who cannot physically be there. Along with that, there are a series of blog tools available at the NECC website that should provide plenty of opportunity to keep up.
I’m less than optimistic about virtual attendance vs. in-person, but I’m very open to having my mind changed!
Image citation:
“iste atlanta.” International Society for Technology in Education. 19 June 2007. www.iste.org.