Monday, May 24, 2010

24 Hours in DC

It's been a while...but I'm back on the road, so blog time again. I arrived in DC almost two hours ago and fly out in less than 24 hours. I'm here for a one-day education symposium sponsored by McGraw-Hill Education and the Center for Digital Education.

After my trip to New York, I met someone from McGraw-Hill who connected me with the Center for Digital Education, and I was invited to come speak on a panel about "College and Career Readiness: Are Our Students Prepared?" Should be fascinating. I'm looking forward to sharing about the UW Dream Project and Scholarship Junkies as well as connecting with other people.

Tonight, though, I get to hang out in DC. The event folks put me up in a really nice hotel (I took pictures but I don't have my cable to upload pictures). It's pretty ridiculous, but hey, I'm not complaining.

I'm heading out in a bit to grab dinner with my friend and then probably come back to do some work. I was quite productive on the five-hour plane ride today...I finished my reading for the week AND wrote both my papers that are due on Friday. Surprising how much I can get done when I don't have email and ESPN.com to distract me...

I am trying to get the feel of blogging back so I can be ready for my Fulbright, but it's rather difficult. I only like blogs with lots of pictures, but I no longer have the urge to take pictures of everything like I used to. I imagine that won't change much when I head back to Berlin since I felt like that in Berlin the past two times I've been there as well. We shall see.

Until next time,

Sam

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