Angelica and I left Rancho at 6:30am - arrived in San Diego at 8:30am. We beat the rainfall. Angelica and I grabbed a muffin at the complimentary breakfast table and went over the conference program and was immediately accosted by a camera man who proceeded to film us eating. Very awkward. Met up with Allen to go over what workshops we were all interested in. Then we all split off to the first of our workshops.My general impression of the conference is positive. They were very organized by sending conference attendees links to powerpoints and workshop handouts via pdf files a week or so before the start of the conference. Signage and wayfinding posters have been helpful in the very maze-like Sheraton conference center. The workshops I attended had small audiences of 20 - 30 people.
The last session held in the Grand Ballro
om was very impressive - very snazzy large screens. On every chair there was an umbrella and water bottle provided by Toyota. I wondered if they planned ahead to give us umbrellas or ran out to get umbrellas for us because it was raining. It was all very snazzy and a great way to end the day with some awesome and inspirational speakers lauding family literacy (Wes Moore was especially memorable.)
om was very impressive - very snazzy large screens. On every chair there was an umbrella and water bottle provided by Toyota. I wondered if they planned ahead to give us umbrellas or ran out to get umbrellas for us because it was raining. It was all very snazzy and a great way to end the day with some awesome and inspirational speakers lauding family literacy (Wes Moore was especially memorable.) I did a quick run through of the exhibit hall before the first workshop. There are about 30 vendors - mostly children's book publishers and goods benefiting third world countries! If we have time between sessions tomorrow, I will peruse the vendors more closely. Looking at exhibitors booths - the only contraption I liked was this two sided display rack.
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