VSTE

Virginia Society for Technology in Education

Connected Educator Month

Classroom Snacks Archive #1: Bull Run Middle School, Prince William County

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

On October 6, 2016, we talked to students from Bull Run Middle School in Prince William County. A big thank you to Diane Harazin, Supervisor of Instructional Technology, and Netia Elam, Instructional Technology Coach, for helping kick off our snacks.  And, of course, thanks to the students for sharing their ideas about educational technology, learning and life.

You can view the archives here:

Slow Tweet Book Group, October 2016

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VSTE is pleased to welcome Shana White as guest moderator for the first week of our Slow Tweet Chat Book Group. She'll be leading us in a discussion of the first chapter of The Missing Voices in EdTech: Bringing Diversity Into EdTech by this year's conference keynoter, Rafranz Davis.

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: Prince William County, October 6, 2016

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As 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 start with Bull Run Middle School on Thursday, October 6, 2016. We'll meet live with students at 10:30 AM, 11:00 AM, and 1:00 PM. Join us in our Adobe Connect room to listen live or access the archive later.

Connected Education Month 2016 Activities

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VSTE, along with schools and organizations all over the world, will be celebrating Connected Educator Month with activities throughout October sponsored by the Education and Outreach Committees of the VSTE Board of  Directors.

Check out the information and then keep an eye on the newsletter and our social networks for specific times.


Slow Tweet Chat Book GroupSlow Tweet Book Group:

VSTE is thrilled to be welcoming Rafranz Davis as our keynote speaker at VSTE2016 in December. In preparation for her visit, we'll be reading her book The Missing Voices in EdTech: Bringing Diversity Into EdTech and then sharing our ideas and insights through Twitter. Guest moderators will lead us through a chapter each week. Grab a copy of the book, start reading and look for the first questions on Monday, October 3. Register ahead of time for reminders and the chance to win VSTE swag!

Classroom Snacks: 

As 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. We made several visits on Digital Learning Day 2016 and will continue the tradition on Thursdays in October with visits to classrooms in Prince William County, Frederick County, Roanoke County and Wise County. We'll meet and talk with students about how technology is impacting their lives and their learning.

 

Connected Educator Month Webinars

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VSTE will be hosting three webinars for Connected Educator Month.  All of them will be held in our Adobe Connect meeting room: http://vste.adobeconnect.com/vstelive.

Wednesday, October 21, 7 PM: Learning and Making
Join Meg Swecker and Tina Coffey from Roanoke County to learn how they are implementing engineering and design through makerspaces.

Missed It? You can listen to the archived recording here.

Monday, October 26, 8 PM: Minecrafting History: Iterative learning, virtual environments and you
Join educators from The Madeira School as they share how Minecraft can be used as a meaningful tool for curriculum and student engagement in the history classroom. It will also discuss the importance of virtual environments, world building and citizenship as part of a social sciences course. There will be classroom examples, lesson artifacts and student observations regarding their experiences in-game to help demonstrate why the Minecraft enabled classroom offers a safe, iterative environment as well as meaningful learning experiences for students of all levels of digital literacy.

Missed It? You can listen to the archived recording here and view the interactive Sway presentation here.

Wednesday, October 28, 7 PM: Coding for Students and Teachers
Join Marnie Hawk from Loudoun County and Charles Hinsch from Virginia Beach as they talk about how they are implementing coding programs for students and teachers. Marnie will describe the C.A.M.S. pilot program at Blue Ridge Middle School while Charlie discusses his work with teaching programming to adults as part of professional development.

Missed it? You can listen to the archived recording here.