Preparations

Tomorrow morning hubby is again ensuring I know how lucky I am by driving me to the airport to catch an early flight to Melbourne for the 21st Century Learning Conference.

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My laptop bag is packed (power cable - check, webcam (just in case) - check, headset (just in case) - check, hard drive - check, back up USB - check, laptop - check...marking - sadly, check), my clothing bag is about to be packed (carry on only so I'm not too worried), my supervisions are ready to go and I'm emailing them as I type...those are the easy parts of being away for this amazing conference I've been drooling over for months.

Other things I've had to consider:
- triple check that I did indeed book a room with broadband access...sadly this is very important to me these days...since I'm not allowed to get a portable internet account
- ensure my utterli account is switched to Melbourne details so I can mobile blog as necessary
- set up a live blog at coveritlive...just in case...I want to give it a go but I'm worried...what if people think I'm being rude, or what if the venue doesn't have net access (there are times when I'm too shy).
- charging ipod (essential!)

Ok, so I know my preparations are sufficient...why am I feeling like I've forgotten something?

Today...

Today I had three pretty cool things happen, and in the interest of making a shorter blog entry (simply for variety), I figured I'd share.

1) YAY! My first ever blog comment! Thanks KGJAMES :)

2) My name on a conference flyer. I was asked a month or so ago if I'd speak at the Queensland Studies Authority's conference on Senior Schooling in 2009 and got the flyer in my inbox today. It's still all very surreal, this idea of me speaking at a conference...or me even having something worth talking about. Which is why I was poked on Twitter till I confessed the whole deal and reason for the speaking invite.

I'm speaking about the importance of teachers to integrate eLearning strategies and components into their senior courses in order to provide the best opportunities for our students...and I really do need to start working on that presentation soon.

3) I was kicked out of the house for some alone time and really enjoyed my time at a nearby cafe reading and knitting quietly in the corner...although I have a confession...I did check my email on my phone...twice...