I find it useful to monitor education conferences even when I cannot attend. I never know what insight someone shares of use to me or someone I know.
Conference titles, presentation topics and sometimes workshop titles clarify a question I could not quite articulate earlier. They also lend keywords to use in searching for more information.
A caution: conference presentations generally reflect opinion rather than scientific conclusions. These presentations seldom receive the kind of peer review for consistency with generally accepted scientific standards that the best published articles receive. Even the most appealing presentations and workshops may read differently when you review them in peer reviewed publications.
Education conferences this week include:
March 03-07, 2006 Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) K-12 School Networking Conference, Arlington, VA
March 11- 13, 2006 Microcomputers in Education, Tempe, AZ.
Let us know what you learn about uses of mobile platforms (includidng Tablet PCs) in schools and educational research.