We are home and trying to stay warm in this 5 degree weather . . . brrr. I am obviously a bit behind here in my blogging, but over the next couple of days I hope to fill in a few of those things I have left out. The blog does not seem to be getting heavy traffic, but perhaps after everyone returns home things will pick up, so please check back for updated material.
My students were incredibly gracious and appreciative about having had this opportunity, and the title of this post was inspired by one of those students. She said the “post-conference feeling sucks.” I agree. It is a strange feeling to blend back into the environment where identity is almost a non-issue. After two full days of celebrating who we are, we return to our communities, and it plays through our minds, “It’s too bad we couldn’t re-create the conference for everyone here. If they only knew what we have just been through . . . .”
Of course, the important task still at hand is to at least attempt to define and share that experience with our larger school communities. I would love to hear what others end up doing, and assuming this blog remains active, I would love to share what we end up doing.
Also, before I end this post, at my regional meeting we discussed possible ways of staying in touch and collaborating after the conference. We decided we would attempt to have three or four face-to-face meetings a year and decided to set up a social networking site. I will post the link to that site as soon as it is up and running for anyone interested.
