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2017 VSTE Annual Conference

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The VSTE Board of Directors and Conference Committee are excited to have you join us at the 32nd Annual Technology in Education Conference. #VSTE17 promises to be the best ever.

Use the schedule to plan your conference. VSTE will NOT be providing a printed copy of the schedule so if you prefer paper, please print your own. If you create an account with sched.com, you can save and share your favorites as well as print a personalized schdule.

IMPORTANT: While we encourage you to save and share, indicating interest in a session DOES NOT guarantee a seat in a session. All sessions, with the exception of Promethean’s Escape Room, are first come, first served.

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10:45am

10 Classroom Hacks Using Microsoft Office Roanoke GMelissa Edmonds All About Me! Student Journals, portfolios and flipping instruction with Google Sites Crystal EEric Baar • Michelle Pressley Creating Innovative, Student-Centered Projects with App Smashing WashingtonAimee Brenner Embracing Social Media - The Good, The Meh, The Increased Student Engagment MadisonJason Buck • Christine Hutto Empower Your Super Students' Creativity Using G-Suite Apps Pocahontas BKari Empowering learners with Interactive Video Assessment Tools Buck MountainLaurie Pierce Empowerment Through Advocacy: It Starts With You Pocahontas ARod Carnill Find your Student's Super Power with Pixie Crystal APauline Burkett From Lil' Minecrafters to Minecraft Makershop: Empowering Kids to Make and Create With Architecture and Design Crystal DRachel Burkett Moravec If Children's Literature, Google Classroom, and Pixie Had a Baby... MonroeKaren Clore • Casey Reding Lightning in a Bottle: Building a Successful Coding Program in Middle School Crystal CCindy Brady • Marnie Hawk Little Learners, BIG Opportunity Harrison/TylerTonya Coffey Nearpod and Common Sense Media Making Us Super Digital Citizens Roanoke EAlex Springer-Post • Jennifer Thiessen Open Education Resources: Igniting Change in Teaching and Learning Shenandoah AMichelle Brummond Presentation Zen: From A to Z Crystal BHeidi Branch • Laura Lissak Proof Positive! A Guide to Digital Tools that Empower Kids and Support Meaningful Collaboration Mill MountainMonet Baker PROPS - Peer Recognition of Professional Success Brush MountainJesse Roberts • Daniel Vanover Read, Write, Click: Tech Tools and Strategies for the Language Arts Classroom Shenandoah BBrittany Ferguson • Kaitlin Jensen Super Charge Your Data Collection and Special Education Classroom Tinker MountainLakeeta Lewis • Aniki Reid Teacher Makerspaces: Using Problem-Based Learning for Learning Technologies-Integration Professional Development Roanoke FRandall Dunn Tinkering with Tinkercad WilsonChad Fisher Walking Dead, Apollo 13, and STEM PBL Awesomesauce AppalachianPreston Ailor • Anna Nole

12:45pm

30 Amazing Tech. Tools for Student Creation & Innovation Shenandoah BPatrick Hausammann Blended Learning: How to Empower Students with Flexible Learning and Student Choice Shenandoah ALyndsie Galizio • Regina King Coding and Google Classroom - Crack the Classroom Code! Tinker MountainKaren Franklin • Alisa Segner • Carolyn Wheatfall Designing, Coding, and Building Scientific Instruments for Field-Based Inquiry Roanoke HWilly Kjellstrom • Chris Stanek Empower Their Learning with Google Sheets! Crystal AHeidi Trude Empowering Educators with Flexible, Relevant Professional Learning Opportunities Roanoke ERod Gillespie • Jill Vogel Engaging Every Student, Every Time: Using Classroom Response Programs to Promote Full Engagement MadisonDrew Baker • Katie Tarasovic Google Lit Trips: Mapping the immigrant's journey from there to here. Mill MountainAngie Evans • Laura Howell Growing Great Mindsets with Tech and Gardner's MI Theory WashingtonKatherine Orth • Kelsey Pacer HATE APPLE? TRY ORANGES! Crystal BChanel Alford-Campbell • Sonja Bridgers Putting the YOU in YouTube - 8 Tips for Better YouTube Videos Buck MountainJesse Roberts • Daniel Vanover Skyping Through the Curriculum Roanoke FAnne Marie Carson • Erin Lopes Social Media Superhero; Using your powers to connect student learning to the local and global communities. Pocahontas BScott Lewis Super Empowering Kids to Become a Global Collaborator With Easy To Use Technologies WilsonMicheal Wesely SuperEmpowering Your PD: Personalized Professional Development Pocahontas ATyler Witman Using Student Choice to Increase Student Voice Roanoke GJami Martin We Put Huge Molecules in the Sky and our Kids Loved It: Using Minecraft in High School Chemistry Brush MountainMichelle Karpovich • Gene Osborn Coding for Inquisitive Minds; Empowering Student Learning with Ozobots Shenandoah FoyerAndrea Burton • Krystle Demas Building Culture And Student Awareness Using Video MonroeJason Buck • Sarah Jurewicz Empowering Students with Office 365 Harrison/TylerAlise Benzie • Michelle Elliott

2:00pm

5 Forms of First-rate Feedback Shenandoah BBryan Dulmage A Teacher in Detention: How Working With Incarcerated Youth Transformed My Perspective on Teaching and Learning Roanoke FTimothy Cruz Digital Tools for Metacognition Goal Setting Roanoke GAnne Bianchi Empowering Learning with EDpuzzle and Google Classroom Buck MountainKathy Carr • Jennifer Lorentz Empowering Students to Teach the World Crystal CLuke Roadcap Engaging and Involving Students in Large Scale Collaborative Projects Brush MountainDrew Baker Excel with QR Codes: Track, Organize, and Create Learning Opportunities with Your Stuff Tinker MountainJenn Brown • Larissa Lemp Incorporating Digital Learning in a Reading/English Classroom WilsonMary Claire Pedagno No more sticky notes! Using Read2Grasp during Reader's Workshop with 1:1 devices! Crystal BNivvi Tareen Panel: Parental Concerns in 1:1, BYOD - CANCELLED CancelledKeith Reeves Peer Editing and Student Feedback in Google Pocahontas ATim Bakner Preparing Teachers to Master Emerging Technologies - CANCELLED CancelledSherry MacBury Take Your Classroom Around the World in Eighty Ways! Crystal ALaura Israelsen Tech for Tots? Why Not! Crystal DKatherine Orth • Karen Ott Un-Coding Mill MountainBea Leiderman Virtual Reality in the Classroom Roanoke ECharlie Jordan We Played A Game In School Today... Pocahontas BElliot Rothman • Paula White Delve into Virtual Reality like a Kid Shenandoah FoyerJoan Brown

3:15pm

Adventures in Coaching! Lessons Learned While Supporting a Priority School Shenandoah ARachael Toy Blended Learning and Technology Integration: There is a difference. Roanoke ELexia Learning • Jennifer Nelson Blended Learning: Empowering Student Success with Office 365 Pocahontas ACheryl Hinzman Empowering with Flight Pocahontas BCatherine Medina- DeVilliers Getting Moving and Into Your Community with Mobile Mapping Mill MountainElizabeth Langran Google Sheet - Why Rate Excel When You Can Accelerate! Roanoke GKaren Franklin • Alisa Segner • Carolyn Wheatfall • Reading Plus Google Slides: More Than Just a Presentation Tool MonroeJami Martin How Google Works: Are Search Engines Really Dumb and Should Educators Care Brush MountainPaul Barron Learning beyond the worksheet: Digital Learning with 1:1 Devices Roanoke HLynmara Colon Okay, Google. What’s next? Tinker MountainHannah Prebeck • Robert Rauch Open Education Resources in Virginia #GoOpenVA MadisonBobby Keener Powered UP Portfolios Shenandoah BNorrissa Dandridge • Yolanda Eaves Project Based Learning: Making learning visible with student created multi-media products WilsonDeb Martin Super Charge Your Centers with Wixie Harrison/TylerKaren Holl • Anna Keane • Colleen Rowan Utilizing a Digital Daily 5 Approach during Your Reading Block Buck MountainSarah King • Erica Martin Connected Educator Meetup: Getting Started with Twitter Shenandoah FoyerTamara Letter • Margaret Sisler