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.
Technology adoption and integration prove great challenges for school districts. And even more, it is difficult to provide quality professional development that actually helps teachers develop the skills in meaningful and effective ways. This session focuses on using a problem-based learning approach to teach pre-service teachers the use of technology to solve educational problems and effectively integrate. We argue that this method can be used for professional development beyond the pre-service teacher training model.
The session will look at projects developed as part of a problem-based model in the areas of virtual reality, 3-D printing, microcomputer programming and mobile tools. The student-submitted products will provide a launching point for a discussion of re-envisioning professional development for current teachers in addition to pre-service teachers.
