NAGC25 Reflections

What an amazing experience at NAGC25 in Pittsburgh this past week!  So much to learn, so many new things to wonder about, lots of passionate people to meet!  

I  presented Astonish, Amaze and Aspire:  Connecting Wonder and Creativity to a full room of about 125 interested educators, my largest presentation to date.  I'll be sharing some of that content over the next few weeks.  

I shared the Water Falcon game at the Lesson Roundtables with one of the Silverquicken founders, Leslie Kerner.  Each round in this speed-sharing was a full table as well.  Want to learn more about the fabulous Silverquicken line of puzzles that inspire productive struggle and problem solving?  Check out their website at https://silverquicken.com.

Finally, I had the incredible opportunity to be one of the neighbors in the Fred Rogers-inspired closing keynote, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"  I was able to speak about the power of wonder through the lens of a Rachel Carson quote.  It was a career bucket list moment that I didn't know I had!  Really appreciated the positive feedback from my fellow presenters as well as many audience members.  Watch for future Wonder Journal posts about my message in upcoming weeks.