I have elected to attend the International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM) this year. It will be my first time attending this conference. It takes place in San Antonio this coming weekend and I am really looking forward to it. I’ll be gone from Thursday, March 6 through Sunday, March 9.
ICTCM is for anyone interested in or already using technology to teach mathematics. Helpful hands-on workshops for those beginners as well as those who are experienced with technology. There are sessions on getting started, teaching with technology in the classroom, and using technology to enhance instructors’ lives beyond the classroom.
Anyone who knows any thing about me knows that this sounds exactly like my kind of conference. I had intended to submit an abstract and present but there was a scheduling conflict around the deadline for submission. Shortly after it was too late to submit a proposal, the conflict was resolved. I decided that the conference itself would be worth my time even if I didn’t have the chance to present. Instead, I’ll spend all my time either sponging ideas off other educators or heckling them from the audience (haha).
Because Wayland only offers a mere $600 for travel and conferences, I’ve elected to stay off site for this conference. The actual conference hotel would cost me 180 a night and so I am going to drive in from an Econo Lodge down the road which will cost me about 185 for the whole three nights.
I also have hopes to meet a few of the fellow math bloggers that I read regularly. I hope that making contact might light a fire under me to keep my own blog better updated. If I can fit it in, I’ll make an effort to blog the highlights as the conference progresses.
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