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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.

James Sample

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A veteran of over 30 years in the classroom, in grades 3 through 10, An overhead projector and a roll of acetate film was cutting edge edtech when I started teaching. For the last six years I have been privilegedI to be the ITC for Westridge ES in Prince William County. The joy of bringing my long standing love of things tech to my staff and students for improved learning is a dream come true.

1:00pm EST

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

2:15pm EST

Apple Creativity Lab / iPadOS for Education Pocahontas BApple, Inc Can You Gamify Your Way to Better School Culture? Mill MountainAlanna Dushok • Tim Signorelli Podcasts are the New Essays Buck Mountain ABKatie Fielding • William Watts Students as Engineers: Switching Tracks to Alternative Assessments Brush MountainGail Charnick

3:30pm EST

All Aboard: Portfolios & Personalized Learning! MonroeSarah Lennon Google Drawings: Just the Ticket for Creating in the Classroom Crystal DHannah Prebeck iPad and Student Assessment Pocahontas BApple, Inc ScratchEd Meetup - Part 1 Shenandoah BMatt Caratachea • Krystle Demas VSTE Table Talks: Virtual Virginia North Entry FoyerLyndsey Martin • Brian Mott • Sarah Warnick

4:45pm EST

Creative Assessment Ideas for Any Classroom Crystal ANatalie Rhodes Desmos:More Than a Graphing Calculator Brush MountainBret Clovis • Amanda Peterson Elementary Coders: Makey Makey, Ozobot, & Code and Go Mouse Crystal ETobin Traxler Getting on the Right Track with ELs, using Technology to Make Headway with Language Acquisition Roanoke ESheryl Roberts ScratchEd Meetup - Part 2 Shenandoah BMatt Caratachea • Krystle Demas

9:45am EST

BEE BOT PALOOZA Harrison/TylerTonya Coffey On Track with Drones: How the Use of Drones Transformed a Title 1 School Shenandoah BKimberly Gudinas • Michelle Dunphy Technology in Math Workshop Brush MountainJoy Duncan • Tristan Chilcote Escape Room Building the Easy Way Commonwealth LoungeJessica James • Gabe Planas

11:00am EST

All Aboard the PAW Tech Squad Express Brush MountainLeslie Leisey • Sharron Wooden Exploring Seesaw Use in the Middle School WilsonSandy Bailey • Hillary Nesselrodt Getting Family Engagement On Track with Tech Roanoke FMichelle Elliott • Sarah Plumitallo Informal Assessments Your Students Will Beg To Do--And You Can Actually Use to Plan for Instruction Roanoke GElizabeth Horne On the Right Track to Maximum Engagement: Bringing Diverse Stories and Media to the Classroom Using eMediaVA Pocahontas ALindsey Horner Technology & Coding Across K-5: A Beginner's Guide Commonwealth LoungeCharli Nolan • Jessa Campbell

12:00pm EST

Lunch Roanoke Foyer

1:00pm EST

By Design Washington Lecture HallMichael Bonner Engaging Primary Learners with iPad Pocahontas BApple, Inc Get On Board the Maker Train: Plan Your Makerspace In-a-Box Crystal/Roanoke Shared FoyerStephanie Bass • Source for Learning • Source for Learning Top Tech Tools to Help Your ELL's SOAR!!! Crystal CTheresa Koenig • Karen Garay Coding Creatively with BrainPOP MonroeShalon Thomas • Julie Kuzma • BrainPOP On Track with Robotics Commonwealth LoungeShanda Warren • Lucy Nottingham VSTE Table Talks: National Air and Space Museum North Entry FoyerMichael Speidel

2:15pm EST

Drones, Spheros and Coding for Resource Teachers Pocahontas ANichole Ward Every Student on Track, Every Time Crystal CRob Yost • Bret Clovis K-8 Computer Science Cohort Playdate Shenandoah BAnne Deane • Kimberly Arrington Keep on Track: Measuring Student Success with Personalized Badges Crystal EDevon Stevens • Lucy Spencer Keeping your K-5 Classroom on Track with QR Codes Tinker MountainSarah Marriott • Sara Ross Stretching Your Technology Dollars Crystal BMike Sebolt The VSTE Demo Slam Buck Mountain ABRuss Brown

3:30pm EST

Becoming more Productive and less Appy with an iPad Crystal EPatrick Heath Beyond Scratch (Bridging the Coding Gap) Crystal DDaniel Bell Choo Choo Choosing Board Games to Build CS Fundamentals Shenandoah BSharon Carino • Sarah Clements Google Arts & Culture: Using Inquiry to Connect Cultures Roanoke GKatie Moran I Can Do That with a PDF?Using DocHub in in the Classroom. Roanoke ETeresa Howell I choo choo choose choice boards! Roanoke FTara Walters • Stacey Penrod Personalize Learning with Digital Task Cards Buck Mountain ABMelissa Bennett Reaching Beyond the Box(car): Using Flipgrid for Student Voice and Building Community Crystal ASean Ward • Ashley Brucker

8:30am EST

Creativity in Technology Brush MountainKelly Bisogno Embracing Instructional Changes In The 4th Industrial Revolution AppalachianCharlie Radman • HP, Inc. Hop on board!Destination: Critical Thinking! Roanoke GAnn Nash • Carrie Hood K-2 (Can Too) Buck Mountain ABJesse Roberts • Daniel Vanover Using BookCreator and the 5C's for Student Agency MonroeAnne Bianchi Emmons

9:45am EST

A WONDER-ful Introduction to Computational Thinking, Computer Science, and Robotics with Dash, Dot and Cue WilsonBryan L Miller • Wonder Workshop Engaging English-Language Learners with iPad Pocahontas BApple, Inc Google Slides & Digital Breakouts - It’s a No Brainer! Crystal CTonya Coffey Keep Your Project, But Change the Track Crystal BDaniel Nemerow Keeping Your Day On Track: The Tools for a More Productive Life Mill MountainElizabeth Summers On Track with Teams Buck Mountain ABMichelle Elliott • Sarah Plumitallo Ride the Math Rails with BrainPOP Roanoke ERosalita Santiago Wixie 101: Come Learn about the Exciting New Learning Benefits in Wixie MonroeScott Loomis • Tech4Learning

11:00am EST

Classroom Hacks to Reduce Stress and Improve Productivity for New Classroom Teachers Roanoke EJalisa Logan Growing Real Writers: Using Technology to Emphasis Process and Authentic Writing Experiences Mill MountainJen Moyers • Tim Reger Moving Past the Headlines: Empowering Students to think Critically of News & Media Literacy Washington Lecture HallBarbara Huth

1:00pm EST

All Aboard the Seesaw Train! Pocahontas ASean Ward • Courtney Strauss