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Jacques and I have taken a brief break from the conference and are holed up in our 21st floor Sheraton hotel room. He's asked me to "write for two", since he's a good deal more pissed about the recent turn of events than I am:
I'm sorry to report that this conference has gone from laughable to downright criminal. Well, not really, but the biggest event -- Todd Oppenheimer's talk on Technology and Education -- was postponed. In reality, the conference organizers "preponed" the presentation to 11:15, and the only announcement for the change appeared on ONE bulletin board in the main hall. No announcement was made this morning at the opening plenary session. No warning last night at the welcoming ceremony. And no placard appeared on the door of the originally scheduled "Center Ballroom."
We're both still reeling. I had been looking forward to seeing Oppenheimer talk for sometime, and his presence at the EdMedia conference was one of the biggest reasons for my attendance. (Other than the presentation I'll be giving probably to an empty "Salon" on Saturday and the fact that this is my first trip to Canada.) Perhaps Mr. Oppenheimer had some other prior commitments after 2:30 today, but I'm absolutely stunned that the EdMedia organizers couldn't move the lecture to a time AFTER that on the originial schedule (AND put up a notification of the change at the door at today's 1:30 time.) That would have prevented the rather large crowd of disappointed conference goers who were milling around the entrance of "Ballroom Centre" aimlessly, wondering what was up.
About the only good news, I guess, is that Oppenheimer will be having a poster session tonight from 5:15 to 7:30, so there should still be at least the opportunity to meet the man personally. More personal, perhaps, but not the same thing. (And his poster presentation was already on the program -- it hasn't been added to appease us bitter attendees.)
A nasty email is in order, I think.
I'm sorry to report that this conference has gone from laughable to downright criminal. Well, not really, but the biggest event -- Todd Oppenheimer's talk on Technology and Education -- was postponed. In reality, the conference organizers "preponed" the presentation to 11:15, and the only announcement for the change appeared on ONE bulletin board in the main hall. No announcement was made this morning at the opening plenary session. No warning last night at the welcoming ceremony. And no placard appeared on the door of the originally scheduled "Center Ballroom."
We're both still reeling. I had been looking forward to seeing Oppenheimer talk for sometime, and his presence at the EdMedia conference was one of the biggest reasons for my attendance. (Other than the presentation I'll be giving probably to an empty "Salon" on Saturday and the fact that this is my first trip to Canada.) Perhaps Mr. Oppenheimer had some other prior commitments after 2:30 today, but I'm absolutely stunned that the EdMedia organizers couldn't move the lecture to a time AFTER that on the originial schedule (AND put up a notification of the change at the door at today's 1:30 time.) That would have prevented the rather large crowd of disappointed conference goers who were milling around the entrance of "Ballroom Centre" aimlessly, wondering what was up.
About the only good news, I guess, is that Oppenheimer will be having a poster session tonight from 5:15 to 7:30, so there should still be at least the opportunity to meet the man personally. More personal, perhaps, but not the same thing. (And his poster presentation was already on the program -- it hasn't been added to appease us bitter attendees.)
A nasty email is in order, I think.
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