ITEC 2011

Another ITEC Conference has come and gone. This conference saw many records set. We had the largest single day attendance of Any ITEC Conference (almost 1100 attendees on Monday). We had the largest attendance total for any ITEC conference. We had the most vendors to date (103) and we had (and this is purely conjecture) the fewest complaints ever.

Twitter was abuzz with a multitude of posts using the #itec11 hashtag. I am not sure what the trending had our hashtag at, but it had to be pretty darn high. Twitter was a great way for participants who were not able to make it to the conference to get in on the action.

Also new this year, EduVision broadcast the keynote and it is available here.

For the past three years, WCTV (Webster City Television) has taped the Keynotes and the vast majority of sessions. They then edit and post them on iTunes. As they get them done, they are made available for free through the iTunes store. These students do an incredible job and we cannot thank them enough. I also like to think that they have a great time providing this service for the conference too.

The three day conference is the culmination of more than a years worth of work by the board. We are already making plans for the 2013 conference. (location TBD) I am fortunate to work with some great people on the ITEC board. Many people seem to forget that ITEC is a completely volunteer board made up of educators from across the state. It is NOT just Technology Directors. We have classroom teachers, a College Professor, AEA employees, and we even have a superintendent. Each person contributes something unique to the board.

Thank you to all the the vendors, the presenters, the workshop hosts, the IEC and their staff for the wonderful job they did, and of course the attendees, without whom this woudl all be for naught.