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...]
Save the Month: #vstereads for Connected Educator Month
Diane Harazin and Lynmara Colon from Prince William County Public Schools are leading our October book study. We'll be reading Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow's Schools, Today by Eric C. Sheninger and Thomas C. Murray. You can review the first webinar archive here. (The link will open in a new tab.) We'll be using flipgrid to share thoughts about the … [Read more...]
Proposed TSIP Revision
A committee of The Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE), with the support of the Virginia Department of Education's Office of Technology and Virtual Learning, is drafting new Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel (TSIP). If approved, these standards will update the original 1998 standards and represent the base level skills that every educator must … [Read more...]
TSIP Refresh: Feedback Requested
The Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) has drafted new Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel (TSIP). These standards update the original 1998 standards (http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?000+reg+8VAC20-25-30) and represent base level skills that every educator must meet in order to be considered proficient in the use of technology for … [Read more...]
Hooked On Pokemon Go? Learn More About Location Based Learning
Guest Blog Post by Dr. Matt Dunleavy, Co-founder, Mogo Mobile, Inc. With the explosion of Pokémon Go, educators across the world are exploring how location-based games and stories can be used for mobile learning. As someone who has spent the last 10 years working in the area of augmented reality, or more accurately, location-based learning, I am excited that Pokémon Go has … [Read more...]
