Home safely - and some what down beat.... to add to the narrative that B has already added, I have to say that as a self confessed over excited creative thinker I have never been sooooooo bored and un stimulated in my life! I had gone expecting to be blown away with ideas, to have a headache because I had so many new ideas and no time or space to get them into classroom and to share teaching and learning with young people. Instead all the sterotypes that I hold (while I acknowledge that I shouldn't) about businessmen in London came flooding to the front - arrogant; rude; ignorant and only concerned with the advancement of self (and that was just the organiser) at no point over the last tow days did I ever hear any reference to a classroom, young people, learning, innovation or 21st century learners.

Sadly as i prepared to leave feeling more than a little cheated, exhausted from sulking and feeling guilty that i had left my learning platform to flounder for two days, teachers were in the lobby of the event asking for a full refund, people leaving in droves only half way through the event and the response they got - "well that's was the whole point half of you loved it and half hated it" SERIOUSLY !!!!!!! DO WE REALLY WANT TO ADVOCATE THAT SUCCESS IS 50%?????

On a positive note - (not going let them win) We had two days to think, bounce ideas and develop project outlines that actually will stimulate learning with handheld devices. That will engage the learner and inspire curiosity for learning in the local environment. The next two posts are the start of just two of the ideas we had, that hopefully will engage learner in Liverpool over the coming academic year...

OH and always always read the small print apparently early birds dont catch the worm... unless they have a credit card .........