ISTE 2012

Bin Sulayyih

ISTEs thirty third annual conference and exposition was in San Diego, California from June 24-27. Basically, the event discovered how educators from everywhere in the world are using great technologies to help students develop their horizons. In addition, It included 300 model lessons, BYOD (bring your own device) sessions, lectures, and panels 135 hands-on and seminar-demo workshops ,500 exhibiting companies, agencies, and organizations 400 informal and interactive learning activities. Furthermore, all the programs were well prepared and useful to everyone who wanted to expand and explore the professional learning, networks, job expertise, and career satisfaction. As ISTE conference 2012 was the first time I attended, I was so amazed of all the opportunities they offered for us to learn and expand. Honestly, I could not manage all of that even in four days because there were too much going on at the same time. I tried as much as I could to attend a few sessions and workshops which were related to my studies, and they were very supportive. For example, some of the sessions and the workshops I attended were Whats next in Interactive Video?, Multimedia Poetry Slam, and Programs for International Student Assessment PISA. Also, I volunteered for three hours long with the Technical Support in the last day. In simple words, I helped people who wanted to print some paperwork or any other documents. I gave directions for the meeting rooms when needed, and I helped who had some problems with his/her iPad or computer. Lastly, I would thank the Ministry of Higher Education and The Culture Mission to The U.S.A for giving me this great opportunity to explore, expand, and achieve powerful tools from educators around the world.