VSTE is pleased to partner with Common Sense Education to connect our members and friends with high quality resources. Here are a few featured items for May 2019: Digital Resources for School Makerspaces There's no doubt that making something from scratch is a core component of learning, requiring confidence, imagination, and ingenuity while building conceptual … [Read more...]
Keith Reeves to Keynote LearnerPalooza 2019
Join us for the 6th annual gathering on June 10, 2019, at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Virginia. Rod Carnill, VSTE Board Vice Chair, is the lead planner for this annual event. A palooza is defined as an exaggerated event, and LearnerPalooza 2019 is exactly that and maybe a little more although I could be exaggerating. Honestly, though, in the past six year, … [Read more...]
Programs that Work: STEM Awards for Exemplary Projects and Programs
Programs that Work STEM awards for exemplary projects and programs in K-16 STEM Education The Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition (VMSC) invite you to nominate effective student and teacher education projects and programs for its annual “Programs That Work” Awards. The VMSC recognizes exemplary mathematics, science, integrated science, technology, engineering, and … [Read more...]
Turning Big Data Into Big Benefits For Students
Ten Questions BrightBytes Can Help You Answer as You Turn Big Data into Big Benefits for Students How can we be sure that we offer the specific professional development teachers need? “With BrightBytes data, we discovered that most of our districts needed to focus on digital citizenship skills. We created online modules to teach those skills, and made them available … [Read more...]
#vstereads: Are You Ready to Be Transformed?
Thoughts on Change from Lynmara Colon, Principal/Lead Learner, Mary Williams Elementary Change can be hard. Change can be painful. Change can be scary. But let’s be honest, change is necessary. Can you imagine if our schools had remained the same as they were years ago? Picture our students sitting in rows working in isolation, answering low level questions without the … [Read more...]
