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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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 Empower Their Learning with Google Sheets! Crystal AHeidi Trude 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 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 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

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 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 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

9:45am

Enhancing your Google Slides Shenandoah BKathy Brisentine Minecrafting your lessons to SuperEmpower Learning. WilsonJohn Painter Permissions, Private Property, and Picnic Tables Pocahontas BTim Reger PERSONALIZED CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS Shenandoah ADeidre Randolph Resources, Resources, and MORE Resources! Roanoke GHPenny Izquierdo • Melissa Lipka Visual Supports for Literacy Roanoke ELaura Reed Digital Breakouts: Build your own, but look out...they are addictive! Harrison/TylerAlicia McGee • Doug Wickham Learning without Borders with Skype MonroePeggi Knight • Sean Ward

11:00am

All Students Can Be A Genius With Genius Hour! Crystal EKatherine Orth Bam!--Empower Students Using High Yield Strategies with Digital Portfolios Crystal ALiz Thomas Building Capacity for Blended Transformation Shenandoah AJason Green How ‘Suite’ It Is: Using Google Apps to Enhance Learning Crystal DSusanne Besecker • Cheryl Phillips Infographics--Not Your Mother's Posterboard Crystal CMichelle Brummond • Clark Richardson Let's Hear It: Developing Podcasts for Professional Development Pocahontas AAdam Bowen • Sandra Brennan The Surprising Versatility of Google Slides Crystal BAshley Dickson-Ellison • Tim Reger Tools for the Modern Classroom Roanoke GHPenny Izquierdo • Melissa Lipka Using Google Earth to Enhance Instruction Across the Curriculum Pocahontas BAlan Quimby Virginia's New Computer Science Standards of Learning MadisonTim Ellis • Mark Saunders Welcome to The Science Cafe! Enhancing Presentation Literacy Using infographics Roanoke EAngela Boubouheropoulos • Lee Cooper

1:30pm

Bring the Back Row to the Front with Flipgrid! Crystal ABrittany Ferguson Empowering students by creating a Digital Brand Pocahontas BMickey Futrell Enter Promethean's World of Immersive Learning Roanoke GHPenny Izquierdo Fun with Stop Motion Crystal DErin Sauder Girls Are Geeky, Too: SparkTheir Interest With Girls Geek Days Crystal EPaula White • Kim Wilkens Meet Alexa, Your New Classroom (Voice) Aide WashingtonMatthew Newton Scrum: Scaffolding Teamwork AppalachianBea Leiderman The Power of Blogs in the Secondary Classroom MadisonAshley Dickson-Ellison • Jen Moyers Tell Me a Story: Using Digital Storytelling in the Classroom MonroeHeidi Trude

2:45pm

"It's Showtime!" Make it Count AppalachianSharon Bolan A Creative Conversation: Changing Pedagogy by Design WashingtonBrian Hackett Assessments can be Fun! Roanoke GHPenny Izquierdo • Katie Marx Forming Family Foundations Crystal EJustin Birckbichler Free Microsoft Tools Every Teacher Can Use to Make Learning Accessible and Inclusive Shenandoah ARuth Okoye • Karen Streeter Google Classroom 411 Mill MountainKaren Franklin • Alisa Segner • Carolyn Wheatfall Google Classroom Is NOT Just For Teachers Shenandoah BLeon Edwards JellyBOX 3D Printer Kit: The see-through 3D printer built by educators, for education Pocahontas ADavid Burgoyne Span the Globe with Google My Maps Crystal CChance Harding Technify & Thrive: Empowering Teachers Through Coaching WilsonKeith Baldwin • Karen Ott Virtual Learning Options in Virginia MadisonTim Ellis • Mark Saunders Discover your Superpowers with Green Screen Magic Shenandoah FoyerBethany Deputy • Obe Hostetter

4:00pm

Be the Director of Your Own Learning Crystal EKari Packard • Martha Walsh By the Power of Collective Knowledge: We Can EdCamp - LOCATION CHANGED MadisonSamuel Wightman Classflow Lessons can be as EASY as 123! Roanoke GHPenny Izquierdo • Katie Marx Computer Science SOLs are coming..how do you plan to address student needs WashingtonPedro Hernandez • Jay Yampolsky Empower Student Learning with Microsoft OneNote! AppalachianKristin Barr Hyperdocs: Digital Lesson Design with a Strategic Flow Crystal DCathy Maher • Lynne Owen Makers of Mastery in the Classroom Pocahontas AMike Dunavant • Amanda Kinsler Mentoring the Super(Student)Hero: SuperEmpowering Student Learning Harrison/TylerCandace Henderson Servin' Up Self-Directed Learning with HyperMenus! Crystal BKelsey Pacer Tech-know-logy WilsonLiz Hood Two Years In: My Life as an Instructional Technology Coach Crystal AHeather Wade Coding Counts in Elementary! Shenandoah FoyerNichole Thomas

7:30am

A Tale of Three Students Reading on Chrome Buck MountainIan Moore Breaking Out and Escaping from the Norms with Technology Crystal BChris Hunsicker • Matt Roadruck Deeper Learning Through Video Production Roanoke EBea Leiderman Everyone Can Draw: Intro to Google Drawing for student-centered activities Brush MountainJonathan Frye Formative Assessments with Digital Tools AppalachianJoy Knighton • Andrea Lund Google Classroom: Getting Started MadisonDavid Harlow Green Screen Magic - Advanced Tinker MountainAlicia Broughton • Eliza Gemmill If You Give A Kindergartener a Chromebook... Shenandoah AKate Erickson • Valerie Fawley Keeping Pace: Transforming the Learner Experience Pocahontas AKourtney Bostain • Doug Saunders More than a Map: SuperEmpowering the Science of Where Mill MountainChristina Troxell Native Virginia: Empowering student advocacy through project approach learning Crystal AJanie Banse • Erica Deane Soaring To New Dimensions with 3D Design Shenandoah BMatt Caratachea • Karen Hues Team Up for Green Screen WashingtonCatherine Breese • Katie Larimer Using BookWidgets in the Classroom Pocahontas BVeronica Spradlin • Lorinda (Lori) Whitlow Photography for SuperEmpowering Student Learning Shenandoah FoyerTim Stahmer 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

8:45am

Are you the ACTIVATOR? Involved in the learning process of each student? Why Not? Roanoke EElaine Freedman • Dave Price Class in the Cloud WilsonMichael McGee • Aulander Skinner Empowering students by Personalizing Personalized Learning Crystal ERyan Hitchman Engagement using Mobile Devices Pocahontas APatrick Heath Learning Experiences to Engage and Empower Students Shenandoah BPaula Leach • Stephanie Playton No Letter or Number Grades: Standards-Based Assessment in Practice Tinker MountainKeith Reeves Reaping the Benefits of the ISTE Standards for Educators WashingtonMichael DiSalvo 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 Explore, Learn and Code with Ozobots Shenandoah FoyerAlex Bradshaw • Betsy Orlando

10:00am

Colossal Coding Collaboration Adventures Across the Sixth Grade Curriculum. Roanoke EElizabeth Baun • nichole ward Empower Students through Digital BreakoutEDUs WashingtonHeather Dorman • Lyndsie Galizio Flipping Your Sub Plans Crystal BElizabeth Engelbret Fuel Up Your STEAM Engine with the ARTS (and SuperEmpower Students for Improved Classroom Learning Experiences) WilsonStacey Wright Get Your "Apps" in Gear Buck MountainLarry Burner • David Campbell Getting Googley in Upper Elementary Crystal EJustin Birckbichler Learning Take Flight! A drone experience you won’t forget. Pocahontas AMatt Caratachea • Jon Wirsing Lessons At Their Fingertips!!! Roanoke FJohn Davis • Ferri Lockhart Making Data Work for You Crystal DJessa Henderson More Capable Than They Think: Students Using Annotated Photojournaling as Communication MadisonRandi Chapman Navigating the Digital Conversion Process: Year 1 and Beyond Tinker MountainLuke Roadcap • Kley Todd TransFORM Your Class Brush MountainTeresa Howell Using Flipgrid to Give Every Student a Superpower - Their Own Voice! Mill MountainAnitra Butler-Ngugi • Theresa Ducassoux “Digital Engagement”: Cultivating Meaningful Ways for Students to Employ Social Media as a Tool for Self-Empowerment AppalachianAshley King • Charlene Loope Google Expeditions - Transport your students to "virtually" anywhere! Shenandoah FoyerRod Carnill • Susie Grove Crafty Robots: Building & Coding for Novices MonroeKelsey Derringer Student to Super Hero: Empowering Students Through Personalized Learning Harrison/TylerCaren Bowling • Jaclyn Brandt

11:15am

100% Student Engagement with Pear Deck Roanoke HCourtney Buck • Holly Pauley Anim8Nature: Animation to Explore Art and Science Roanoke GKristin Reiber Harris AppMazing Educators Shenandoah AValerie Fawley Blending Leadership for Curriculum and Technology Roanoke EEmily Dillard • Dr. Elizabeth Hoover Breaking Down the Classroom Walls Brush MountainCaroline Altman Discovery Education and More Oh My! Crystal ADenise Henry-Orndorff Going Beyond Google WilsonSue Way Hidden Google Goodness AppalachianPatrick Hausammann Mix up your Breakout EDUs Mill MountainKris Vester Quick Poll:What's Your IT Superpower? Pocahontas ALaurie Pierce Ready, Set, Steal: 5 Places to get Ready-made Resources Buck MountainBryan Dulmage Super Empowering Tech Tools for Every Super Hero’s Tool Box Crystal EMicheal Wesely Symbaloo: How to Create and Efficiently Use a Symbaloo Page in the Classroom WashingtonAnne Bianchi Upgrade Learning with Google Classroom Crystal DAlan Quimby Using 20% Time Projects in the Middle/High School Classroom MadisonGail Winsor