I was fortunate to fly into Philadelphia on the 23rd to attend ISTE. As I love Philly and looked forward to meeting old friends and meeting new ones, the serious jet lag is still worth it.
What I came to Philly with. The box are gifts and the olive bag is what I packed for 5 weeks of traveling.
Becca met me at the airport, drive me to her airbnb to shower and then start the day. What a great daughter. She had coffee and a snack waiting for me.
First stop was to check in to the conference and then get something to eat at Reading Terminal Market.
We also walked to the Liberty Bell. Where the constitution was penned.
Viewing the liberty bell national museum.
The house of Pass and Stowe where the bell used to reside.
Street entertainment.
Philadelphia sights.
We saw many street murals and this was very beautiful near a Cafe called Green eggs. They had an unbelievable corn grits with creole shrimp for breakfast.
Each day we would eat breakfast together and then meet up again near the end of the day. I would also look up friends throughout the day. I was not good at getting pictures though…
I attended great sessions mostly posters and playgrounds. I spent time learning about STEM topics, AR and VR…
I participated in a scavenger hunt with Merge cube. We had tasks to complete and document on Twitter. Using Morse code:
Finding the guy with the Merge cube hat. He had free app called Moment AR:
The great storytelling app:
And playing with the Merge resources:
From my Twitter posts, I was selected as the grand prize winner of a class set of Merge cubes and a year of software. This week be great to play with and now need to get it all back to China!
Student presenters had some great topics. A group of girls from Mexico city experimented with music and pulse rate. They held experiments on the spot. This song brings your pulse rate down 10 beats per minute in 60 seconds. Pretty relaxing.
I love architecture. A few buildings caught my attention as I woukd run in the morning.
After a few days in Philly, Becca and I left to travel to Pittsburgh.