Taking a quick break before the evenings activites but figured I’d check in with a quick NECC report. I spent most of the day in the vendor area, and for the most part it was exactly what you’d expect. Tons of blinking stuff and a mad scramble to get some free schwag.
A few highlights though:
Loved Microsoft’s booth. Love seats, lavalamps, tie dye t-shirts. The exact opposite you’d expect from Microsoft. Maybe they’re taking those Apple commercials personally. Seriously though, it definitely changed the image I have for Microsoft. It was a pretty bold move, but kudos to them for making it. From what I could see, they pulled it off.
I don’t know what the heck was going on at Best Buy, but there was a massive line over there. They were giving way giant oversized shopping bags that definitely caught your eye. Everybody seemed to have them. Or perhaps only 10 people had them, but they were so big that you couldn’t see anything else in the entire area except for the massive bag. Anybody know what they were giving away over there?
CDWG is doing their “Find your match” game again. I’m a big fan of that one, because it really brings people together. It forces people to start talking to people they might never meet otherwise, and helps people connect with each other. Great conversation starter, and gives you a reason to continually scan the crowd (besides just checking out what t-shirts and blinking things people are wearing).
Otherwise, most of the booths seemed pretty par for course. You can read all about the Discovery booth on the DEN blogs of course.
Anybody have any highlights of the booth area that they want to share? Who were the winners and losers so far?
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Hey Steve! Sorry I will miss the fun this year at NECC. Hey, if you run into any Oklahoma educators, esp any involved with DEN groups in Oklahoma, please let me know. I’m looking forward to more of your posts from the conference!
Steve, glad you liked to Microsoft booth. Did you get a taste of the smoothies we are handing out? Just the sugar boost one needs I think. We’re trying to do some listening at the booth and not just talk talk talk. Hope to connect with you sometime in the next couple of days so I can put a face to your name.
7/6/2006
Other than the Microsoft smoothies I felt I was walking through a swap meet in Joshua Tree with a bunch of used car salesman trying to sell me a bunch of stuff I probably don’t want or need. (jk…sort of) The Promethean boards seem to be ahead of the write tablets and smart boards, nice software package included, any users out there?
7/6/2006
The Library of Congress booth! Also, the Sandisk flash drive booth with SanGo client could lighten my sixth graders backpacks this year. Also lots going on in the Open Source pavilion upstairs.
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