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2017 VSTE Annual Conference

Welcome!

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.

Elizabeth Verlander

Hanover County Public Schools
ITRT
Elizabeth Verlander

Hanover, Virginia
Elementary Instructional Technology Resource Teacher (ITRT)
I'm looking for innovative ways to integrate technology into classrooms to engage 21st century learners.

10:45am

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 Empower Your Super Students' Creativity Using G-Suite Apps Pocahontas BKari Find your Student's Super Power with Pixie Crystal APauline Burkett If Children's Literature, Google Classroom, and Pixie Had a Baby... MonroeKaren Clore • Casey Reding Little Learners, BIG Opportunity Harrison/TylerTonya Coffey Presentation Zen: From A to Z Crystal BHeidi Branch • Laura Lissak Read, Write, Click: Tech Tools and Strategies for the Language Arts Classroom Shenandoah BBrittany Ferguson • Kaitlin Jensen

12:45pm

Coding and Google Classroom - Crack the Classroom Code! Tinker MountainKaren Franklin • Alisa Segner • Carolyn Wheatfall Flipping Teacher Professional Development Crystal ERandall Dunn Skyping Through the Curriculum Roanoke FAnne Marie Carson • Erin Lopes Super Empowering Kids to Become a Global Collaborator With Easy To Use Technologies WilsonMichael Wesely SuperEmpowering Your PD: Personalized Professional Development Pocahontas ATyler Witman Using Student Choice to Increase Student Voice Roanoke GJami Martin

2:00pm

Empowering Learning with EDpuzzle and Google Classroom Buck MountainKathy Carr • Jennifer Lorentz Everyone Can Code in K-12 AppalachianApple Excel with QR Codes: Track, Organize, and Create Learning Opportunities with Your Stuff Tinker MountainJenn Brown • Larissa Lemp Peer Editing and Student Feedback in Google Pocahontas ATim Bakner Super Empowering Learning with Personalized Professional Development Roanoke HJJ Ferrell Take Your Classroom Around the World in Eighty Ways! Crystal ALaura Israelsen Tech for Tots? Why Not! Crystal DKatherine Orth • Karen Ott Virtual Reality in the Classroom Roanoke ECharlie Jordan We Played A Game In School Today... Pocahontas BElliot Rothman • Paula White

3:15pm

Adventures in Coaching! Lessons Learned While Supporting a Priority School Shenandoah ARachael Toy Apple’s Learning Laboratory AppalachianApple Blended Learning and Technology Integration: There is a difference. Roanoke ELexia Learning • Jennifer Nelson Google Slides: More Than Just a Presentation Tool MonroeJami Martin Okay, Google. What’s next? Tinker MountainHannah Prebeck • Robert Rauch Project Based Learning: Making learning visible with student created multi-media products WilsonDeb Martin The Building Blocks of Capacity Building WashingtonChris Biagiarelli Utilizing a Digital Daily 5 Approach during Your Reading Block Buck MountainSarah King • Erica Martin

9:45am

Incredible Video Editing Made Easy AppalachianApple Minecrafting your lessons to SuperEmpower Learning. WilsonJohn Painter Resources, Resources, and MORE Resources! Roanoke GHPenny Izquierdo • Melissa Lipka Visual Supports for Literacy Roanoke ELaura Reed 2nd Annual VSTE Demo Slam Buck Mountain

11:00am

All Students Can Be A Genius With Genius Hour! Crystal EKatherine Orth Building Capacity for Blended Transformation Shenandoah AJason Green Future Ready Educator Cohort: Building Capacity, Increasing Support, and Fostering Collaboration WilsonDiane Harazin • Sandra Massey Tips and Tricks: Navigating your Role as an ITRT Shenandoah BKim Brunson • Jessica Olsen • Darnita Woodhouse

1:30pm

7 Simple Steps to Designing Virtual Interactive Professional Development Crystal BCheryl Hinzman • Cheryl Phillips Bring the Back Row to the Front with Flipgrid! Crystal ABrittany Ferguson Fun with Stop Motion Crystal DErin Sauder Want to play a game? Pocahontas AJulie Kuzma

2:45pm

"It's Showtime!" Make it Count AppalachianSharon Bolan A Creative Conversation: Changing Pedagogy by Design WashingtonBrian Hackett Span the Globe with Google My Maps Crystal CChance Harding Discover your Superpowers with Green Screen Magic Shenandoah FoyerBethany Deputy • Obe Hostetter

4:00pm

By the Power of Collective Knowledge: We Can EdCamp - LOCATION CHANGED MadisonSamuel Wightman Computer Science SOLs are coming..how do you plan to address student needs WashingtonPedro Hernandez • Jay Yampolsky Google for Education and Lynchburg City Schools Present: Taking Google to the Next Level MonroeDavid Childress • Google Great Digital Resources to Super Power Learning Crystal CAnnie Gilstrap • Elmer Seward Hyperdocs: Digital Lesson Design with a Strategic Flow Crystal DCathy Maher • Lynne Owen Makers of Mastery in the Classroom Pocahontas AMike Dunavant • Amanda Kinsler Servin' Up Self-Directed Learning with HyperMenus! Crystal BKelsey Pacer The Connected Classroom Roanoke FScott Kiser • Dick Shouldis The New Educational Technology Plan for Virginia - LOCATION CHANGE Shenandoah BMark Saunders • Jean Weller Two Years In: My Life as an Instructional Technology Coach Crystal AHeather Wade Who Needs Robin When You Have Google? Pocahontas BPhillip Slade • Erin West VSTE Presents Chopped (Based Upon the Food Network Show Chopped) Buck MountainAnna Maria Lechleitner

7:30am

Breakout Faster Than a Speeding Bullet! Experience and Build Your Own BreakoutEDU MonroeMolly Haines • Samuel Wightman Empowering Students Through Video Production Harrison/TylerKeith Baldwin • Karen Ott Breaking Out and Escaping from the Norms with Technology Crystal BChris Hunsicker • Matt Roadruck Doing More with Less: Stretching your ITRTs to the Max Roanoke GBeth Sepelyak Everyone Can Draw: Intro to Google Drawing for student-centered activities Brush MountainJonathan Frye Green Screen Magic - Advanced Tinker MountainAlicia Broughton • Eliza Gemmill Keeping Pace: Transforming the Learner Experience Pocahontas AKourtney Bostain • Doug Saunders Soaring To New Dimensions with 3D Design Shenandoah BMatt Caratachea • Karen Hues

8:45am

Engagement using Mobile Devices Pocahontas APatrick Heath Transform Your Lesson Plans with SAMR and TeachersFirst Shenandoah AStephanie Bass • Ruth Okoye TransFORM Your Teaching! Pocahontas BHeidi Trude Work Smarter Not Harder: Using A Gradual Release Model for Integrating Technology Into Your Classroom Mill MountainKevin Holiday • Susan Pelezo

10:00am

Getting Googley in Upper Elementary Crystal EJustin Birckbichler Lessons At Their Fingertips!!! Roanoke FJohn Davis • Ferri Lockhart Simple Apps, Big PAACC Impact Shenandoah AJason Green Using Flipgrid to Give Every Student a Superpower - Their Own Voice! Mill MountainAnitra Butler-Ngugi • Theresa Ducassoux

11:15am

100% Student Engagement with Pear Deck Roanoke HCourtney Buck • Holly Pauley Super Empowering Tech Tools for Every Super Hero’s Tool Box Crystal EMichael Wesely Symbaloo: How to Create and Efficiently Use a Symbaloo Page in the Classroom WashingtonAnne Bianchi Upgrade Learning with Google Classroom Crystal DAlan Quimby