Comments on: From PLN to ISTEK 2010 http://seanbanville.com/2010/03/30/from-pln-to-istek-2010/ stuff from the head of Sean Banville Wed, 09 May 2012 03:13:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sean http://seanbanville.com/2010/03/30/from-pln-to-istek-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Sean Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:22:50 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=159#comment-776 Thank you Helen, It was great meeting you too at what did seem like a tribal gathering, which is now in Harrogate for the IATEFL conf. Would love to be there too. I smiled to myself every time I felt immediately totally at home with so many people. I wonder if there's a part of our brain that Twitter has activated that made us feel we had so much in common. Enjoy the rest of your stay in Istanbul (I've been teaching for a week) and I look forward to seeing you again somewhere. Best wishes. Thank you Helen,

It was great meeting you too at what did seem like a tribal gathering, which is now in Harrogate for the IATEFL conf. Would love to be there too. I smiled to myself every time I felt immediately totally at home with so many people. I wonder if there’s a part of our brain that Twitter has activated that made us feel we had so much in common.

Enjoy the rest of your stay in Istanbul (I’ve been teaching for a week) and I look forward to seeing you again somewhere.

Best wishes.

]]> By: Helen Strong http://seanbanville.com/2010/03/30/from-pln-to-istek-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Helen Strong Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:47:12 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=159#comment-774 Hi Sean, My sentiments about ISTEK and the PLN reflect yours to a tee. I’ve only been tweeting since the end of 2009 and haven’t yet taken the precarious step of starting my own blog, but I felt at the conference that I was really part of some tribe of hard-working, enthusiastic people who wanted nothing other than to simply share their knowledge and meet others just like them. Ken Robinson, in his new book The Element (well worth the read, BTW) says: "Separate from the crowd and find your tribe." I feel that’s what we’re doing in the Twittersphere and in our PLEs. It was a real pleasure to meet you in person at the conference, Sean. Keep up the fantastic work – you’re an inspiration J Best wishes from a warm and sunny Istanbul (yes, I’m still here!). Helen Hi Sean,

My sentiments about ISTEK and the PLN reflect yours to a tee. I’ve only been tweeting since the end of 2009 and haven’t yet taken the precarious step of starting my own blog, but I felt at the conference that I was really part of some tribe of hard-working, enthusiastic people who wanted nothing other than to simply share their knowledge and meet others just like them. Ken Robinson, in his new book The Element (well worth the read, BTW) says: “Separate from the crowd and find your tribe.” I feel that’s what we’re doing in the Twittersphere and in our PLEs.

It was a real pleasure to meet you in person at the conference, Sean. Keep up the fantastic work – you’re an inspiration J

Best wishes from a warm and sunny Istanbul (yes, I’m still here!).

Helen

]]> By: ISTEK and My One Year Twitter Birthday | Teacher Reboot Camp http://seanbanville.com/2010/03/30/from-pln-to-istek-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-748 ISTEK and My One Year Twitter Birthday | Teacher Reboot Camp Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:08:22 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=159#comment-748 [...] From PLN to ISTEK 2010 by Sean Banville [...] [...] From PLN to ISTEK 2010 by Sean Banville [...]

]]> By: Shelly Terrell http://seanbanville.com/2010/03/30/from-pln-to-istek-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Shelly Terrell Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:00:10 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=159#comment-738 Thanks so much for the mention Sean but really I was so happy to meet you! You're more wonderful in person and I didn't think that could happen! I enjoyed how you tied this into your PLN. I really enjoyed meeting all the people I interact with online. I'm hoping more read this post and join an educator PLN so that conferences like ISTEK can be the norm and not the exception. Thanks so much for the mention Sean but really I was so happy to meet you! You’re more wonderful in person and I didn’t think that could happen!

I enjoyed how you tied this into your PLN. I really enjoyed meeting all the people I interact with online. I’m hoping more read this post and join an educator PLN so that conferences like ISTEK can be the norm and not the exception.

]]> By: Sean http://seanbanville.com/2010/03/30/from-pln-to-istek-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Sean Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:07:33 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=159#comment-736 Hi Olaf It was great meeting you too. I assumed (and hoped) ISTEK would be an annual event. I guess we'll have to wait and see. I look forward to our meeting again one day. Best wishes. Hi Olaf

It was great meeting you too. I assumed (and hoped) ISTEK would be an annual event. I guess we’ll have to wait and see. I look forward to our meeting again one day.

Best wishes.

]]> By: Olaf http://seanbanville.com/2010/03/30/from-pln-to-istek-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Olaf Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:20:57 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=159#comment-733 Excellent comments Sean, and it was great to meet you in person. I share your views on PLNs and the role of Twitter in building them 100%. One of the organisers said the plan was to hold the ISTEK conference again in 2012. Did you hear otherwise with 2011? Hope to meet you again soon. Olaf Excellent comments Sean, and it was great to meet you in person. I share your views on PLNs and the role of Twitter in building them 100%.

One of the organisers said the plan was to hold the ISTEK conference again in 2012. Did you hear otherwise with 2011?

Hope to meet you again soon.

Olaf

]]> By: What makes a good conference Pt 2 – a kind of twitter update « Jeremy Harmer's Blog http://seanbanville.com/2010/03/30/from-pln-to-istek-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-716 What makes a good conference Pt 2 – a kind of twitter update « Jeremy Harmer's Blog Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:09:23 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=159#comment-716 [...] blog about viewing the conference (and blogging about it) from outside, or Sean Banville’s wonderful story of his own ‘twitterfication’ and the conference. Ken Wilson provides some nice context [...] [...] blog about viewing the conference (and blogging about it) from outside, or Sean Banville’s wonderful story of his own ‘twitterfication’ and the conference. Ken Wilson provides some nice context [...]

]]> By: Sean http://seanbanville.com/2010/03/30/from-pln-to-istek-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Sean Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:06:09 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=159#comment-715 Thank you Eva, It was a true delight to meet you too. Next time we'll have to sit down for a chat :-) Until next time... Thank you Eva,

It was a true delight to meet you too. Next time we’ll have to sit down for a chat :-)

Until next time…

]]> By: Sean http://seanbanville.com/2010/03/30/from-pln-to-istek-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Sean Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:04:35 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=159#comment-714 Hi Mike - 'Amazingness' is the perfect word to describe the ISTEK conference. You must put 2011 in your diary. I have a feeling we'll need a bigger and better word than 'amazingness' next time round. Hi Mike – ‘Amazingness’ is the perfect word to describe the ISTEK conference. You must put 2011 in your diary. I have a feeling we’ll need a bigger and better word than ‘amazingness’ next time round.

]]> By: Sean http://seanbanville.com/2010/03/30/from-pln-to-istek-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Sean Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:02:16 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=159#comment-713 Thanks Graham, It was great to meet you too. Wish I had spent longer talking to you. There will be a next time. Good luck to you and thanks for the @twitter T-shirt idea. Thanks Graham,

It was great to meet you too. Wish I had spent longer talking to you. There will be a next time. Good luck to you and thanks for the @twitter T-shirt idea.

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