Rob Evans

Along with being hilarious, Rob Evans has a great message about change. While many speakers here have preached ominous messages of "change now or become obsolete", Evans has a nice balanced message about why we change. His focus on thinking about what change brings to the whole institution rather than to ourselves, and being careful not to toss out the continuity that makes your school successful, strikes me as thoughtful and pertinent to this time of transition at MCDS. I look forward to trying out some of the new ideas we've learned at this conference, but Evans will help me ask the big picture questions needed to evaluate why I'm trying new lessons or technologies. His reminder that learning starts with loving the kids is a great way to end the conference.