Around the conference on Sunday
Posted on July 2, 2023

The final day of the conference featured lots of breakout sessions, tired student and teacher leaders packing up, and networking lunches for students and teachers. The traditional human bingo game gave students one last chance to meet and interact with others as they searched the room to find fellow conference goers who flew at least six hours from the conference, love country music, have at least two pets, have never been to the beach, or have been in Educators Rising for at least two years. The luncheon for teachers and other adults also included a human bingo game, with questions such as “do you use ChatGPT in the classroom?” and “do you buy snacks for your students?” and “did you join EdRising as a student?”

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