New Poster

I was moved to a new poster for this afternoon.  It ens less than two hours before my flight.

Last morning

View of the Mississippi

Dinner

Had dinner at a great little place called Jacques-Imo's Cafe.  Good eats and a good cab ride down St. Charles.  Ian and I stumbled into a gay bar on Bourbon shortly after.  Ah New Orleans.....

"House of the Rising Sun"

Shots from the French Quarter

My walk last night.

Paddle Boat Jazz

Walking thru and this woman climbs up on the ship and begins a rousing rendition of "Saints Go Marching" and "Ode to Joy". 

Crayfish Jambalaya

A quick bite at the French Quarter Fest!

Hotel Decoration

Fiona helped me outfit my room.

Presentation Literacy

I can't be more shocked at the awful presentations I have seen at AERA.  I am not talking about the content, topics, ideas, etc.  Actually, I have been blown away regarding the work I have seen taking place.  I am talking about how awful the delivery of the content has been in cludinthe prepared slides, ill prwpareeness of some speakers, and the lack of reading audiences. More to come.....

View from Canal

Took these from the middle of the trolly lines as I ran to my next session.

Sunday Brunch

Cresent City Omlete

Mayhem

Wow....when they said 25,000 people, they meant 25,000 people.  The number of Macbook wielding researchers all rushing to find a cup of coffee and a non-descript session room is quite impressive.  The line of 35+ deep at Starbucks at any one time has not gone done from 7:30 this morning to now 10:45.   I am bringing my own cafe next year.  Any one interested in making some money should set up a mobile Starbucks on the street!!!

Clark v Shute

Debate regarding the effectiveness of videogames as a learning tool.

Morning view

Off to sessions....

Hotel

The view from my room.

Mothers

Po-Boy

Julie's Map

Old school!

New Orleans!

Daddy made it!

Atlanta airport

The joy of traveling has worn off quickly.  Get me to NO!

Self portrait

Very relaxed!

At the gate....

Testing posts from my phone.  This is the view from the gate.

First Post!

Hello All,

I am sitting in the airport waiting for my flight that will take me to Atlanta for another flight that will take me to New Orleans for AERA 2011. This is a fairly unusual experience being at Bradley by myself. It felt weird to play with the "magical projected umbrellas" and not have my three kids to join me.

I plan on sharing as many pictures and stories from my trip as possible. I have no idea how busy I will be. Will soon find out.

Noah, Fiona, Ava.....please take goof care of your over worked and under appreciated mother.