After Bob Probst’s talk, Lisa and I dumped some heavier stuff off in the room. My room is amazingly located. In some ways, I know it’s a true disadvantage to have a room that backs up to the big banquet hall; but it’s been convenient because it’s so close to most of the sessions. I can come back between every session. It’s an unusual room with two doors: one to the hallway, the kind you normally expect in a hotel; and the other to the banquet hall which is a big open space. <\/p>\n
None of the sessions during this time were screaming my name, so I took a mini-tour of the books exhibit. Mini-tour is about the best you could do. It was very small, but nice for a conference of this size. I picked up a number of free things—some scope and sequence books, free poster, etc. And of course, I gave in to the lure of books for sale. I bought a handful of young adult books that looked interesting:<\/p>\n
It was nice to browse a rack of YA books and know so many of them, to have read so many of them. I don’t think I could have said the same last fall. <\/p>\n
I also bought some pedagogical books from a Heinneman reseller:<\/p>\n
Lunch was the next session, and it was nicely located right outside my door. I learned that in Decatur grilled cheese sandwiches are called “cheese toasties,” and Claire Lamonica shared a nice quote, “There are no bad papers. Only unfinished ones.” I didn’t catch the source.<\/p>\n
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