Today was the kickoff for The SoTL Commons: A Conference for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning. The welcome came with warm hugs from Patricia Hendrix and Steve Bonham (former colleagues at GSU), Stacy Kluge (conference coordinator), and Alan Altany (creative scholar and spirit of this event). Way to go!
Folks are here from Australia, Canada, China, Ecuador, Jamaica, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore,
South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. Two of the people from South Africa joined us at our table with global energy that would be hard to imagine. They were vibrant and enthusiastic with lots of questions even after 20 hours of flying time. And, they were beautiful!
It was great seeing some of my old friends, Linda Mullen and Trent Maurer, both teachers at GSU (Trent is now a happy newlywed!), Lugenia Dixon, who's a writer and teacher from Bainbridge who'll be reporting on research about the effects of self-talk on success (I'll find out more on Thursday), and my friend Don Slater, from GSU who's presenting with me in a session tomorrow about the influence of self-perception on performance.
At this evening's reception, we had exquisite musicians (Jean-Paul and Dominique Carton, and David Posner), fine food, warm collegiality, and international flair! We were all taking photos and I'll share some later.
For this week, we have a 72-page program and the next three days start at 7:30 AM, the first two going until 7:30 PM. Some choices will be difficult and wonderful!
Folks are here from Australia, Canada, China, Ecuador, Jamaica, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore,
South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. Two of the people from South Africa joined us at our table with global energy that would be hard to imagine. They were vibrant and enthusiastic with lots of questions even after 20 hours of flying time. And, they were beautiful!It was great seeing some of my old friends, Linda Mullen and Trent Maurer, both teachers at GSU (Trent is now a happy newlywed!), Lugenia Dixon, who's a writer and teacher from Bainbridge who'll be reporting on research about the effects of self-talk on success (I'll find out more on Thursday), and my friend Don Slater, from GSU who's presenting with me in a session tomorrow about the influence of self-perception on performance.
At this evening's reception, we had exquisite musicians (Jean-Paul and Dominique Carton, and David Posner), fine food, warm collegiality, and international flair! We were all taking photos and I'll share some later.
For this week, we have a 72-page program and the next three days start at 7:30 AM, the first two going until 7:30 PM. Some choices will be difficult and wonderful!
What an incredible cast of educators! Ludy, I wish I could be there for your session. I can't wait to read more . . .
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