As 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. … [Read more...]
Slow Tweet Book Group, October 2016
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 … [Read more...]
Classroom Snacks: Prince William County, October 6, 2016
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, … [Read more...]
Connected Education Month 2016 Activities
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 Book Group: VSTE is … [Read more...]
Connected Educator Month Webinars
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 … [Read more...]