SPE Southeast Conference Debrief…

Even though there were not a great many speakers at this years Society for Photographic Education Conference, I got a lot from Sam Wang’s keynote address and hearing Honored Educator’s Gil Leebrick and Jackie Leebrick talk about their individual photographic journey’s . It’s always great to hear other image makers talk about their work. To [...]

SPE Atlanta Conference Journal

March 9, 2011 1:00 p.m. My colleague Cathy Crowell and I are sitting on a plane waiting to fly to Atlanta. We are attending the SPE National Conference. I’ve lost count as to how many SPE conferences I’ve attended since 1985 when I first started going to them. We are also bringing a group of [...]

Atlanta Bound! SPE National Conference

Flying out to Atlanta in the morning to attend the Society for Photographic Education National Conference. My colleague Cathy Crowell and I are bringing 20 photo students with us to the conference. I just wish my daughter Andei was coming as well. She came with me to the last conference in Philadelphia, but since she [...]

Society for Photographic Education Conference – Tallahassee, FLa.

I recently arrived in sunny Tallahassee, Florida for the SPE Southeast Regional Conference. I’ll be blogging “live” from the conference as it evolves. I took a walk downtown before registration opened and was amazed by the beauty of the hanging moss draped on the trees that lined the streets into town. The early afternoon light [...]

Why Attend Professional Conferences

People ask my why I attend so many professional conferences.  I’ve been blessed the past 4 years with a Federal Title III grant that funds my various distance learning training initiatives here at Carteret Community College.  The grant also has line items for my travel and travel funds of our distance learning faculty.  As long [...]

Society for Photographic Education Conference, Philadelphia 2010

I never get tired of attending Society for Photographic Education conferences. I get to see and catch up with so many old friends and colleagues, in addition to listening to some great speakers in the field of photography and photo-education. This year’s conference is especially special to me because I have my daughter Andei with [...]

SPE Conference Debrief

I’m still jazzed from attending the Society for Photo Education National Conference in Dallas last week.  Cathy and I have been sharing what we learned with our students in all our classes.  The following are some key bullet points I believe were some important things and issues that were addressed and highlighted at the conference. [...]