mamato4girls Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Just curious to see...I know local homeschoolers who have never been to any type of convention/confernce ever, and I know others that go to everything. So..Since June of '08 I attended our SC homeschool convention last June Charlotte Mason Day Long Confernce/Workshop September NCHE Confernce in May Planning on attending the SC conference next weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELaurie Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I try to attend a local conference every other year, and and the Midwest Home school Conference in Ohio every other year. That way, I can keep my finger on the pulse of what is happening locally, and I get to hear SWB once every other year in Ohio :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I have never been to one....and won't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnetteB Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I've never been to a convention or seminar on homeschooling. I've read a lot of books on education methods and learning styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Why? Just curious. Dawn I have never been to one....and won't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I went to one when I first started homeschooling. That was 6 years ago. I haven't been to one since. I am planning to go to a local one day thing here this summer though. This is the first since the one 6 years ago. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Well, I went to MTAC (Middle Tn Anime Convention) in Nashville this year. Not exactly a homeschool kind of activity. But, dd16 and dd14 really enjoyed it! It was certainly a bit educational for me.:lol::001_huh::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I go once or twice per year for the vendor exhibits. Am not interested in the speakers. Books/magazines are a better mode for my learning about education. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamato4girls Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 I go once or twice per year for the vendor exhibits. Am not interested in the speakers. Books/magazines are a better mode for my learning about education. I agree! I did get a lot out of the workshops last year since it was out first year homeschooling, and the one I attended in May I went to 1 GOOD workshop, the rest were blah... the vendor hall was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 As few as possible. In the summer, I run sound and lights for conference events that are held in the concert hall where I work, and, frankly, that's enough to scare anyone away from conferences / seminars for a lifetime. Though, I attended a homeschool conference last year and got to hear SWB. That was cool; but I'd rather not have to wrestle through crowds and vendors next time to hear her! I don't plan to go back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jami Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I've only been to one so far in 3 years of homeschooling. That was last year's Circe Institute Conference in Houston. If I can manage it, I plan to try and make that my annual "teacher training" expense (and fun weekend away with great friends!), this year I have a 6 month old and am moving the weekend before the conference. But next year, I'm there if at all possible! I would have been interested in going to the Texas State Convention this year in Houston, but again, we're moving right before it and I have a 6 month old who is becoming very verbal and active! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwka Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 zero. Well, I went to one six years ago, but only to the bookstore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtroad Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 1-2 depending on the vendors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamato4girls Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 Yike's I'm alone? I can't possibly be, there was, what 10 million people at the last confernce I attended :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Through 7 years of hs'ing I have never been to more than a used book sale - but I go to lots of those :D This weekend I am going to my very first curriculum fair. I probably won't do any of the workshops, just want to see what it's like :001_smile: -Angie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Every year, I attend our state's homeschool convention (which is tomorrow, btw!! Yippee!!!). I sometimes attend the seminars, but not very often. It has to really pertain to a specific issue for me to go. I usually just buy a shopping pass. And I don't buy everything at the convention. I've usually bought 80% of my materials prior to the convention. That way, I'm looking for only a few items at the convention, so it's not overwhelming. Usually, it's a matter of having narrowed my list down to 3 or 4 options and then making the final selection there, when I can view everything first hand. (For instance, tomorrow I'm looking for a chemistry curriculum for my 15 year old. I have 2 or 3 choices in mind but I want to see them first before making a decision). For the past 4 years or so, I've attended a local used curriculum sale, which is great!!! I can pick up something, spur of the moment, and not spend a great deal of money on it. And, now that my children are growing older, I have curriculum of my own to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I just don't have the funds and flexibility like I once did, but it's not as critical as it was eight years ago when I was starting either.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Hmmm...I've been homeschooling since 2001 and I've been to 2 conferences/conventions. One was overwhelming and big and the other was perfect and informative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 You guys are lucky. They don't happen often here. I went to one in 2007 with John Taylor Gatto as speaker, the rest of the conference was so-so but it was worth going just to hear him speak. There is another one this year with Diana Waring, but I'm not sure I'll go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I don't really see a need for them....they are very time consuming....and the conventions would make me buy things I didn't need. As for seminars.....I have no patience for things like that. I can read books (at my leisure) and get all the info I can process, LOL. When I started homeschooling (about 13 years ago) there wasn't much out there in terms of seminars/conventions and by the time there was.....well I had already turned into a 'know it all', LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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