This past Saturday, March 6th, I was given the opportunity to attend my first TEDx event. I didn’t really know what to expect, I typically only attend technical conferences filled with pocket protector wearing programmers. Okay we don’t wear pocket protectors, but that doesn’t make it any less of a complete geek fest, me included. Anyhow, to start, I must applaud the group of educators that ran the event. The location was great, the line up of speakers was very good, and overall I had an amazing time. However, there where a couple of suggestions, or maybe some preconceive expectations that I may have had prior to attending.
Although I believe that many of the speakers where amazing, at points I felt like i was at an educators pep rally. Don’t get me wrong, it is always great to get other educators excited about certain topics, however much of what was being talked about is nothing new of innovative. For instance, I think just about everyone knows that standardized testing is probably not the best way to assess students, but how could you successfully implement portfolio based assessments? One speaker touched on it, however I really wanted more examples, more case studies. I basically wanted the speakers ideas, so I could tweak them start putting them into practice. Most of the talks were powerful in there own way, I unfortunately didn’t quite get that “Ah ha!” moment that i was hoping for.
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