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VSTE Annual Conference 2019

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Welcome to Virginia’s world famous Technology in Education conference. Using this tool to mark your personal scheduling preferences does not reserve a seat for marked sessions, nor does it register you for the conference. We do not plan to have paper programs available on site. If you would like a printed program, please print a personal copy prior to arriving at the conference.

Amber Nordwall

Plaza MS
Instructional Technology Specialist
Plaza Middle School

https://twitter.com/MrsNordwall

Former middle school English/Language Arts teacher turned ITS
Using technology to support reading and writing across disciplines; digital citizenship and media literacy

8:00am EST

Registration Check-In Roanoke Foyer

11:00am EST

Autocrat: More than just a mail merger Brush MountainJon Novick Personalize Learning with Digital Task Cards Pocahontas AMelissa Bennett Transforming the Learning, One Podcast at a Time! MonroeCaroline Doughty

12:00pm EST

Lunch Roanoke Foyer

2:15pm EST

#GoOpenVA: It's about the journey! Pocahontas AJean Weller Coding, Robotics and 21st century Skills through Competition - Inclusiveness & Equity in STEM WilsonIdo Yerushalmi On the right track to hosting a Digital Literacy Night Roanoke FKatie Bruechert • Lori Purvis Podcasts are the New Essays Buck Mountain ABKatherine Fielding • William Watts The Subtle Art Of Developing Computational Thinkers in K-12 Roanoke ENick Grzeda • Micki Laycock

3:30pm EST

All Aboard: Portfolios & Personalized Learning! MonroeSarah Lennon The "Reel" Deal:Filmmaking as PBL Crystal BPatricia Fox VR Creations with Panoform Commonwealth LoungeKelsey Pacer

4:45pm EST

Desmos:More Than a Graphing Calculator Brush MountainBret Clovis • Amanda Peterson Staying on Track with the ISTE Standards for Coaches Tinker MountainSource for Learning

9:45am EST

How To Achieve Success With Your School's Esports Program WilsonRobert Kwiatkowski • Extreme Networks On Track with Drones: How the Use of Drones Transformed a Title 1 School Shenandoah BKimberly Gudinas • Michelle Dunphy Beyond Coding - Engaging Learners with Computer Science Standards MonroeAnn Nash • Jessica Ciokan

11:00am EST

Creating Adventures in the Classroom Harrison/TylerNathan Munson Find Your Way with Online Maps Crystal BJennifer Blais • Nicholas Dzendzel On the Right Track to Maximum Engagement: Bringing Diverse Stories and Media to the Classroom Using eMediaVA Pocahontas ALindsey Horner

1:00pm EST

All Families Aboard! - Laying the Tracks Between Home and School Through Digital Citizenship Roanoke GKley Todd • Shelly Robinson By Design Washington Lecture HallMichael Bonner

2:15pm EST

The VSTE Demo Slam Buck Mountain ABRuss Brown

3:30pm EST

Google Arts & Culture: Using Inquiry to Connect Cultures Roanoke GKatie Moran Personalize Learning with Digital Task Cards Buck Mountain ABMelissa Bennett

8:30am EST

Creativity in Technology Brush MountainKelly Bisogno Podcasting in the Classroom: Learning to Listen and Create Crystal AAshley Dickson-Ellison • Jen Moyers

9:45am EST

Personalizing PD to Build and Sustain Internal Capacity: One Instructional Specialist’s Story Tinker MountainKatie Bookwalter • Romain Bertrand You Can Do It!: Hosting a Podcast in Your Classroom, School, or District Harrison/TylerAshley Dickson-Ellison • Sara Voigt

11:00am EST

All Aboard! Maneuvering through PBL using Google Sites Roanoke GTiyana Shaw • Carla Waller Coding Across the Curriculum Shenandoah BLuke Roadcap • Anne Senger

12:00pm EST

Lunch Roanoke Foyer

1:00pm EST

Global Compassion and Collaboration Through LUV Mill MountainDeana Hubbell • Lauren Pate