Seems odd that ISTE has come and gone. What better way is there to share than with a Haiku Deck with Notes!

Picking up my name badge was the most invigorating experience than I can even verbalize!

Ever had an awkward moment when you interview someone that you don't really know?

Must've been what Jeffrey Bradbury felt at that moment.

He finished an interview with the amazing Paula Naugle and she then made him interview me. Funny moment but his face told the story!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r05U30QwdLg&feature=share&list=UU2qNB12zw236...

Ginger Lewman works with Kevin Honeycutt and is a force in the world of PBL. I listened to her GHO on PBL and literally screamed with excitement when I finally met her...silent scream but it happened!

https://twitter.com/GingerLewman

Met Kevin Honeycutt at Region 10 in Dallas a year ago. He's the reason that I changed my twitter handle to @rafranzdavis!

Own your name!

https://twitter.com/kevinhoneycutt

I literally stood beside Jerry Blumengarten as he decorated this poster. (@cybraryman1)

I will truthfully say that I wanted to take it home!!

http://www.isteunplugged.com/sat-622-hack-education.html

http://wiki.isteunplugged.com/

I was fortunate to connect with Adam a few months ago at Discovery Education's Beyond the Techbook. I've never met another more gentle, humble soul. Easily...the BEST keynote that I've ever heard...no, experienced!

https://twitter.com/adambellow

This, my friends is a crazy cool iPhone case all for the bargain price of just under $60!

Amazon

http://amzn.com/B0085KAI8G

Another highlight of my year was meeting Kyle Pace in March! Seeing him again at #iste13 was a bonus!!

https://twitter.com/kylepace

Thanks to the STEMbite guy for letting everyone at ISTE wear his Google glass! Clearly, he's not afraid of germs :)

Love connecting with my Texas technology friends like Matt B. Gomez

https://twitter.com/mattBgomez

Look up his STEMbite videos on YouTube! They are AMAZING!!! Andrew also let everyone wear his Google Glass.

Oh and he's also great at blocking my face out of a certain lunch picture!

https://twitter.com/avheuv

http://www.youtube.com/user/STEMbite

Waiting for our friend Carrie Ross to give her amazing opening ignite speech!!

https://twitter.com/TechNinjaTodd

It was absolutely amazing to see Carrie speak from the heart during ignite! She practiced the night before. The real thing was so much better!!!

I took this pic as a joke but in all honesty, George Couros has to be the nicest guy you'll ever meet!

https://twitter.com/gcouros

I just wanted cool ribbons and I got them!

When you stay late enough, you get to see cool stuff like SMART setup in the Social Butterfly lounge!

http://smarttech.com/

See smart's "tablets" at the bottom. The ongoing joke was that they were gravestones....

:)

http://smarttech.com/

Highlight...communicating how much you love an amazing product & they give you an even cooler shirt!!

https://www.desmos.com/

Yep, those are USB earrings! Get them at techchef4u.com

Lisa Johnson earrings + Desmos shirt = amazing proud nerd day!!

https://twitter.com/TechChef4u

http://www.techchef4u.com/

Room 203 was where the action happened. The SMART collaborative classroom was beautiful but even more so because the fantastic Alex Dunn was in it!

https://twitter.com/SmartInclusion

I did a poster session for my first iste presentation on high tech math performance assessments!

Thanks Carrie Ross for this pic!

https://www.smore.com/3tea-empowering-students

This is how we all look after creating Haiku Decks! It was awesome meeting new peeps to share Haiku Deck love...

"Create a conversation, not a presentation"

https://twitter.com/lackeym

https://twitter.com/JaimeVanderG

Amy Pratt and Mindi Vandagriff were so cute at this moment waiting to take a pic with Adam! This was not staged!!

https://twitter.com/apratt5

https://twitter.com/MindiVandagriff

Have I mentioned how much I just adore George Couros? He's an amazing leader, writer and downright cool guy!

This robot was amazing! He danced, played & performed like a human child. He's 100% programmed and would be amazing to get kids programming!!

One of these shoes belongs to our ISTE13 closing keynote!

For an iste first timer, not bad!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVRuzb6WOhU

Edreachus Hangout interview with Tom Whitby, Adam Bellow and Michelle Baldwin

Credit to Louise Morgan for the picture!

For the record, I knew that Steve wouldn't sign my book yet. Can't wait to corner this guy at DENSI2013 in a few weeks!!

Steve Dembo is the coolest, awesomest, amazing person that I've met in a few years. He's also a bigger nerd than I am!

http://amzn.com/1452274339

So many conversations and memories were had in this room. Thank you Beth Still for asking me to be a part of it....most sporadic volunteer hours EVER!

ISTE is Disneyland! I don't know how I'm going to afford it, but I'm going!!!

I loved this event more than anything & I am so grateful for the opportunity to be a part of it and join this community!

https://www.iste.org/