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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.

Kat Staton

Ashby Lee Elementary
Technology Teacher
Shenandoah County, Virginia

shenandoahales.sharpschool.net/

I am a technology teacher for PreK-5. We use GAFE, iPads, Kahoot, robots, etc. and we LOVE to code!! I run several after school Coding and Robotics clubs. National Geographic Certified Educator, Google Certified Educator, Nearpod Certified Educator, Plickers Ambassador, Discovery Education Ambassador and Wonder Innovation Squad Ambassador. Come talk to me!

My Friends

8:00am

Registration Check-In Roanoke Foyer

9:45am

Eye for Design: Using Google Slides to Create GIFs for Learning Buck Mountain ABAmelia Buchanan • Laura Cooper

11:00am

Follow the train into the Student Engagement Station with Pear Deck, EdPuzzle, Formative, Flip Grid and More Crystal CLyndsie Galizio • Heather Dorman Personalize Learning with Digital Task Cards Pocahontas AMelissa Bennett Breaking Down Coding with Lego Wedo Robotics Commonwealth LoungeKevin Rickard

12:00pm

Lunch Roanoke Foyer

1:00pm

Spotlight - Cultivating Kindness for Global Impact Crystal Ballroom & Washington Lecture Hall (Overflow)Tamara Letter

2:15pm

Staying on Track with Dash Commonwealth LoungeMartha Walsh • Kari Packard

3:30pm

All Aboard: Portfolios & Personalized Learning! MonroeSarah Lennon Google for Education Presents: What's New with Google Crystal EDanieta Morgan • Google

4:45pm

ALL Aboard!Polar Express Digital Breakout Crystal BCourtney Thompson Can You Live Without These Add-ons and Extensions? We Think Not! WilsonTim Reger • Sara Voigt Elementary Coders: Makey Makey, Ozobot, & Code and Go Mouse Crystal ETobin Traxler

8:00am

Keynote - Winning Within Crystal Ballroom & Washington Lecture Hall (Overflow)Michael Bonner

9:45am

BEE BOT PALOOZA Harrison/TylerTonya Coffey

11:00am

Off the Track: Getting Creative with Chromebooks Buck Mountain ABCatherine Breese

1:00pm

Programming for Pennies: Punch Your Ticket for free or affordable Computer Science Crystal ABonnie Chapman • Jason Lauer

2:15pm

Keeping your K-5 Classroom on Track with QR Codes Tinker MountainSarah Marriott • Sara Ross The VSTE Demo Slam Buck Mountain ABRuss Brown

3:30pm

A WONDER-ful Introduction to Computational Thinking, Computer Science, and Robotics with Dash, Dot and Cue WilsonBryan L Miller • Wonder Workshop Spheros Can Be Amazing Commonwealth LoungeLee Beamon

4:30pm

Exhibit Hall Reception Roanoke Ballroom

8:00pm

Silent Disco Shenandoah B & Foyer

8:30am

Get Your Students on "Track" with UDL and Assistive Technologies Tinker MountainMatthew Newton K-2 (Can Too) Buck Mountain ABJesse Roberts • Daniel Vanover

9:45am

Google Slides & Digital Breakouts - It’s a No Brainer! Crystal CTonya Coffey

11:00am

Don't Get Derailed By Google Slides - Make Them Interactive Crystal DDoug Wickham Moving around the Computer Science Standards Track with Ozobots and Spheros! Commonwealth LoungeChrissy Carr • Julie Brockwell

1:00pm

A WONDER-ful Introduction to Computational Thinking, Computer Science, and Robotics with Dash, Dot and Cue WilsonBryan L Miller • Wonder Workshop Bring JOY to the Classroom with Passion Projects Washington Lecture HallTamara Letter I had no idea you could do that with Google Slides! Roanoke GMichael Wesely

2:15pm

Ignite Talks & World Famous Raffle (Game) Crystal Ballroom