#ITEC14 Day 1 Reflection

As the mental exhaustion sinks in I take a brief moment of my evening to reflect on the day I had down in Des Moines, IA for ITEC 2014.  ITEC is a 3 day conference that features speakers from around the state and some out of staters to talk about the latest and greatest in educational technology.  Topics have ranged from iPads in the k-5 classroom to mindset to Google glass to makerspaces and everything in between.  My reflection is unconventional as I will not post deeply.  I will instead highlight a few of my favorite quotes from the day that speak to the learning and messages spread today.  All of these quotes came from Twitter today so be sure to follow the hashtag tomorrow at #itec14.  Many of the quotes cam from our keynote today, Adam Bellow, as these happened to be the most popular tweets of the day for a specific reason...the keynote was awesome.

• The world is full of average -@casas_jimmy
• The power of being a connected educator...it can make you a better teacher
• If I can go into McDonalds and Starbucks and get online no matter when, why can't we do that in our public schools -@medahl
• Selfie could be the best form of assessment around -@adambellow
• Anyone can download an app why not upload one? -@adambellow
• The worst assignment we can give in schools is the kind where students ask "how long does it have to be?" -@adambellow
• That's not PD that's a magic show -@adambellow
• Curriculum can come shrink wrapped but it shouldn't -@adambellow
• I don't want to go to school, I want to stay home and learn" let that sink in. -@adambellow
• Wait so digital worksheets are not a good use of tech in Ed?
• Live a life in Beta -@adambellow
• Build it, make it, share it, repeat -@adambellow
• How can schools block Facebook and then create a Facebook account for the school?!?! -@adambellow
• Twitter is the faculty room you always wanted -@adambellow
• Not everything is available at the app store. We cannot allow our tech to eclipse our humanity. -@adambellow
• There is a lot of news going on that isn't featured on CBS news -@eolsonteacher
• I value my time so I use it well...Twitter is one way I use my time well