The view from here

The final full day at NECC was a full one. The day began with a bus tour of the Atlanta area. Did you know that Elton John lives for part of the year in Atlanta? We toured through the downtown area of Atlanta and drove through one of the more upscale neighbourhoods, admiring stately homes.

The bus stopped at the Atlanta Cyclorama, which is a huge panoramic painting depicting one of the key battles of the American Civil War. Afterwards, the tour continued on to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth house, as well as the church where he was a minister. Both of this sites are now historical monuments.

The afternoon was devoted to presenting LEARN’s Virtual School project at an afternoon poster session entitled “Learning Environments.” We spoke to interesting people from all over the place. There was a woman from Perth, Australia who expressed some interest in what we were doing. We spent quite a bit of time speaking with a colleague from New Brunswick about their Virtual High School project. It will be interesting to follow up with them and compare notes as we move forward.

The evening was spent attending a reception at CNN Center hosted by Apple Canada. After some lively conversation with Canadian colleagues and Apple representatives, we enjoyed a fascinating tour of the CNN facilities.