2017 VSTE Annual Conference: Colossal Coding Collaboration Adventures...

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.

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Colossal Coding Collaboration Adventures Across the Sixth Grade Curriculum.

Two Technology Resource teachers team with a grade level chair to provide daily opportunities for all 6th grade students in our school to code. With no set computer science curriculum in our elementary school, we wanted our students to receive the benefits of coding on a regular basis while integrating math and science SOLs. Coding helps to enable logical thinking and focus on problem-solving within a collaborative work environment. What a perfect blend for future success in secondary school and in the future workplace!

Come explore with us as we develop and implement our plan. Students use iPads, Thinkpads, desktops and robots to accomplish tasks using resources from Code.org, Sphero.edu, Scratch, and Kodable. The overall structure of the coding activities are managed in GoogleClassroom within a Math/Science classroom.

This session is open to all. Though the focus of the lessons are on math and science, it would be applicable to any subject area.

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