Being a rapid-fire presenter at the 2010 Big Ideas Fest was an unique and exhilarating professional experience, because of the creative atmosphere of the conference, which, unfortunately, is not the norm for education events. The presenters and also participants were dynamic people, focused on new, big ideas. Every detail of the conference, including the gorgeous location, was carefully orchestrated to encourage collaboration and divergent thinking among us.
Being a rapid-fire presenter at the 2010 Big Ideas Fest was an unique and exhilarating professional experience, because of the creative atmosphere of the conference, which, unfortunately, is not the norm for education events. The presenters and also participants were dynamic people, focused on new, big ideas. Every detail of the conference, including the gorgeous location, was carefully orchestrated to encourage collaboration and divergent thinking among us. I was inspired to present my own big idea in a creative way, in which the form mirrored the content: because I was presenting a idea from the book I co-authored, Teaching 2030: What We Must Do For Our Public Schools–Now and In the Future, I presented as myself 20 years in the future. The challenge of that experience, along with engaging with so many forward thinking people in the Action Collabs, helped push my thinking about my own work to new levels.