Greetings from NSTA Atlanta 2018!

@jmartinhiner @KeystoneAEA #NSTA18

Hello everybody and greetings from the NSTA convention in Atlanta!  I'm excited to have this opportunity to attend sessions with science educators from all over the world and bring the resources and ideas back with me to Iowa.

While developing my schedule for the conference I've taken a close look at sessions centered around three-dimensional assessment (since this has been the focus of our professional development over the course of the year).  Three-dimensional assessment naturally dovetails with standards-based grading & reporting as well as instructional design and differentiation, so once we factor in the vast selection of session options here and the various topics that are really relevant to all of us right now I'm left a bit "spoiled for choice." That is where I'm hoping to get some help from you!

I've done the preliminary mapping out of my days and there are definitely some sessions that stand out as "must attend in my mind. Beyond those, I have a few time slots where there are multiple sessions that should be really interesting and relevant, so I'm looking for some input from you.  Specifically, I'm interested in the sessions YOU are most interested in learning more about.

You can vote in our first poll here, but make sure you do it by noon on March 15th.  I'll be checking results and planing the rest of the day based on that feedback!  My goal will be to share any notes/resources/etc. from each day right here on the blog so you can check them out yourself and post/comment with related resources of your own or pose questions you might have about the sessions.  Then we get to do it all again for the next day.

 Make sure to check the blog throughout the week for new learning from Atlanta and get those votes in as soon as you can.  Spread the word! Let me know what you want to learn more about from the NSTA conference and I'll do my best to deliver!