VSTE

Virginia Society for Technology in Education

Connected Educator Month

Slow Tweet Book Chat, Week Five

VSTE is pleased to welcome Sarah Thomas (@@sarahdateechur) as guest moderator for the fifth week of our Slow Tweet Chat Book Group. She will be leading us in a discussion of the Fourth chapter of The Missing Voices in EdTech: Bringing Diversity Into EdTech by this year's conference keynoter, Rafranz Davis. This chapter focuses on the unspoken inequity: people of color of edtech. While we certainly encourage you to read the book, you are welcome to share and comment even if you haven't quite finished the reading.

Hashtags: #vstechat, #vste, #ce16

Register ahead of time for reminders and the chance to win VSTE swag!

Just getting started with Twitter and Tweet Chats? Here are a few resources for learning:

Twitter Tips

Classroom Snacks: Wise County, October 27, 2016

Classroom SnacksAs educators, we spend lots of time talking about students but not much time talking to them. VSTE is working to change that by providing virtual visits to classrooms across the Commonwealth. Our "classroom snacks" will take place on Thursdays throughout October.

We'll continue the series  with three groups of students from Wise County on Thursday, October 27, 2016.

Join us in our Adobe Connect room to listen live or access the archive later.

Archives:

  • Bull Run Middle School (Prince William County) here
  • Frederick County Schools here
  • Roanoke County Schools here

Slow Tweet Book Chat, Week Four

VSTE is pleased to welcome Dr. Mano Talaiver (@manotalaiver) as guest moderator for the fourth week of our Slow Tweet Chat Book Group. She will be leading us in a discussion of the Fourth chapter of The Missing Voices in EdTech: Bringing Diversity Into EdTech by this year's conference keynoter, Rafranz Davis. This chapter focuses on missing women's voices. While we certainly encourage you to read the book, you are welcome to share and comment even if you haven't quite finished the reading.

Hashtags: #vstechat, #vste, #ce16

Register ahead of time for reminders and the chance to win VSTE swag!

Just getting started with Twitter and Tweet Chats? Here are a few resources for learning:

Twitter Tips

Classroom Snacks #3 Archive: Roanoke County Public Schools

Classroom SnacksAs part of Connected Educator Month, VSTE is making virtual classroom visits to talk with students across the Commonwealth.

On Thursday, October 20, 2016, we visited with students from Roanoke County Public Schools. A big thank you to Meg Swecker, Coordinator of Technology Integration, for organizing the day, thanks to ITRT Tina Coffey, teachers Sherri Rickman and Cynthia Bowen, and BIG thanks to the students for sharing their ideas and experiences with us.

9:00 AM: ITRT Tina Coffey and students at Oak Grove Elementary School talking about makerspaces: Archive

10:00 AM: Teacher Sherri Rickman and students from the Burton Center for Arts and Technology: Archive

12:00 PM: Teacher Cynthia Bowen and students from Cave Spring Middle School talking about the Global Read Aloud: Archive

1:00 PM: ITRT Tina Coffey and students from Fort Lewis Elementary School talking about their new makerspace: Archive

Classroom Snacks: Roanoke County, October 20, 2016

Classroom SnacksAs educators, we spend lots of time talking about students but not much time talking to them. VSTE is working to change that by providing virtual visits to classrooms across the Commonwealth. Our "classroom snacks" will take place on Thursdays throughout October.

We'll continue the series  with four groups of students from Roanoke County on Thursday, October 20, 2016:

9:00 AM: ITRT Tina Coffey and students at Oak Grove Elementary School talking about makerspaces

10:00 AM: Teacher Sherri Rickman and students from the Burton Center for Arts and Technology

12:00 PM: Teacher Cynthia Bowen and students from Cave Spring Middle School talking about the Global Read Aloud

1:00 PM: ITRT Tina Coffey and students from Fort Lewis Elementary School talking about their new makerspace

Join us in our Adobe Connect room to listen live or access the archive later.

You can check out the archives of conversations with students from Bull Run Middle School here and Frederick County Schools here.