EdCamp NYC, Fliegs' Index*

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Yesterday, I attended EdCampNYC with a couple hundred passionate educators mostly from the metropolitan New York area. Since I used to read Harper's Magazine and loved the Index most of all, I thought this would be an awesome (or lazy, you decide) way to fill you all in.

The Fliegs' Index

Miles Driven: ~500

Hours away from home: 34

Members of my PLN I met face to face for the first time: 9 **

Members of my PLN I met face-to-face for the second time: 1 ***

Cool people I met who were not going to EdCamp: 1 ****

New people added to my PLN: at least 15

Hours spent with Dan Callahan: 33 (including time asleep)

Hours sleeping: 4.5

Hours talking education: 27 ʶ

Glasses of wine consumed at the Club602Camp pre-gathering: classified °
Things to think about: 30 hundred ʶʶ

Intriguing ideas added to my file for future reference: 31 hundred
Sessions attended as participant: 2 ⁺

Sessions planned before arriving in NYC: 1 ⁺⁺

Sessions planned during the 20 minutes prior to the session: 1 ⁺⁺⁺

Number of oxtails eaten by thenerdyteacher: 1

Number of beer runs completed by thenerdyteacher during lunch: 1

Number of people who shared thenerdyteacher's beer: 6

Number of people who shared thenerdyteacher's oxtail: 0

* with apologies to Harper's Magazine

** Dan Callahan, Mary Beth Hertz, Kevin Jarrett, Lyn Hilt, Tom Whitby, Rob Griffith, Paul Bogush, Kim Sivick, Lisa Nielson

*** Nick Provenzano

**** Kate

ʶ Really
° Lisa is an amazing host. Thank you.

ʶʶ Number provided by 5-year old daughter

⁺ Standards-Based Grading: A Better System w/ @arosey, @fnoschese, @21stcenturychem and Things that Suck w/ Dan Callahan 

⁺⁺ Ed Reform: A Call to Action

⁺⁺⁺ Talk Back to Administrators! w/ Lyn Hilt