Best part of the Reynolds Institute... Meeting so many great people

It's hard to know where to begin or where to end when listing all of the many wonderful things about this conference— the great teachers and presenters, the outstanding facilities, the comfortable hotel accommodations and the great food.

Steve Elliott, Alan Weintraut and Anita Luera are the beginning of a long list of wonderful and competent teachers, hosts, presenters and mentors, but they are not the ones that I want to recognize in this blog post. I may forget much of what they tried to teach me, but I'll never forget the way they treated me.

The memories that I will cherish most are the conversations I've shared, the lessons I've learned and the many acts of kindness and friendship from my fellow teachers and colleagues. The new friends that I have made over the past couple of weeks are what I will remember the most.

 Thanks to Michael Simons for reminding me that it's OK to be a little nerdy when it comes to technology.  Thanks also to Michael for organizing fun stuff to do, even if I did not always join in.

Thanks to Rudy and Eva for helping me with Final Cut Pro when I wanted to scream and give up.

Thanks to Bailey and Maureen for making sure we completed our multi-media project with four full minutes to share. (God Bless you ladies.)

Thanks to Claudia for teasing me about the Heat beating the Spurs. I know I had it coming.

Thanks to Zach, Spencer, Aaron and others for reminding me what it's like to be young and have fun.

Thanks to everyone on my editing team who did an outstanding job on their stories and photos. Thanks to Joe Garcia, Steve Elliott and the other volunteer editors for helping on that project too.

Thanks to everyone else for many reasons that I am too tired to list tonight.  (Go Team Snails)

Best,

Scott F. Davis
Westville OK High School