TPCK book signing

by | Monday, February 11, 2008

One of the important events at the New Orleans AACTE meeting was the release of the TPCK Handbook for Educators and the book signing. This was the first time I had ever participated in a book signing and it was great fun. Here are some photographs from the event…

Topics related to this post: Books | Conference | Fun | Personal | Photography | Publications | TPACK

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