VSTE

Virginia Society for Technology in Education

Education

Agenda and Resources for Integrating iPads

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June 6, 2016, 9 AM - 2:15 PM

ODU Tri-cities Center
1070 University Blvd
Portsmouth, VA

A Mobile Feast for the iPad

9:00 - 9:15
Introductions
Survey Says

9:15 - 10:45  iPad “app” etizer
Jennifer Lockett, Sherry Sanders, Ed Rhett
Hampton City Public Schools

Stimulate your tastebuds with a brief overview of management techniques and iPad tips and tricks that will arouse your iPad app-etite!

11:00-12:00 Main “Course”
Jennifer Lockett, Sherry Sanders, Ed Rhett

This course will fill your plate with ideas on student assessment and presentation strategies.

12:00 - 12: 45 Lunch

12:45 - 1:30 "Dessert" Buffet: Having Fun with Educreations
Karen Richardson
VSTE

Choose from a menu of options to create your own  content-based lessons or student project prototypes.

1:30 - 2:15 Taking Time to Digest
The Team

Sit back, relax a bit, and choose one area from today's workshop that you want to pursue further.What one or two items from today will you take with you into your classroom? You can use this time to continue experimenting with the apps presented, explore the list of resources and apps, or strike out on your own. We are here to support your exploration.

Links to Hampton Apps List

Hampton Information Literacy YouTube Site

Educreations Lessons

Digital Learning Day 2016

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Archived Recordings

VSTE will be partnering with the Virginia Department of Education to provide a full day of virtual events for Digital Learning Day 2016, February 17, 2016. Scroll down for the complete schedule along with links where you can view the Google Hangouts.

The VDOE will host two live webinars to provide updates on current and proposed technology-related initiatives. Join Mark Saunders, Director, Office of Technology & Virtual Learning and Bobby Keener, Chief Technology Innovations Officer at 10 AM and 1 PM.

VSTE will host an evening webinar beginning at 8 PM that will highlight the VSTE 2015 award winners talking about educational technology past, present and future: Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Doug Saunders, Henrico County; Outstanding Leader of the Year, Dr. Helen Crompton, Old Dominion University; Innovative Educator of the Year, Kim Harrison, Virginia Beach Public Schools; and Making It Happen Award Winners, Janet Copenhaver, Henry County Public Schools and Mano Talaiver, recently retired from Longwood University.

#stuvoice

Throughout the day, VSTE will be featuring students across the Commonwealth talking about how they learn, how they use technology to learn and showing some of the innovative projects they are working on in their classrooms.

Digital Learning Day Schedule:

8:45 - 9: 45 AM
Students from Virginia Beach City, Frederick County, and Henrico County
Link for Viewing

10 AM Virginia Department of Education Update
Mark Saunders, Director, Office of Technology & Virtual Learning
Link for Viewing

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Students from Hanover County, Frederick County, Henrico County, Falls Church City, and Bath County
Link for Viewing

1:00 Virginia Department of Education Update
Join Bobby Keener, Chief Technology Innovations Officer
Link for Viewing

8:00 PM Ed Tech Past, Present, Future
Join our 2015 award winners--Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Doug Saunders, Henrico County; Outstanding Leader of the Year, Dr. Helen Crompton, Old Dominion University; Innovative Educator of the Year, Kim Harrison, Virginia Beach Public Schools; and Making It Happen Award Winners, Janet Copenhaver, Henry County Public Schools and Mano Talaiver, recently retired from Longwood University--to talk all things ed tech!
Supported by GEG Northern VA
Link for Viewing 

 

Digital Learning Day 2013

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Join VSTE and the Virginia Department of Education to celebrate Digital Learning in Virginia! We will host a series of webinars on February 6, 2013, featuring the Educational Technology Leadership award winners.

Schedule:

10 - 10:30 AM David French, Virginia Beach City Public Schools: An elementary school principal focuses on leadership for integration Archived Recording
11 - 11:30 AM Jamey McKenna, Roanoke City Public Schools: An ITRT talks about helping teachers integrate technology with examples and resources Archived Recording

Special Preview: 12:30 - 1:00 PM Steve Sandak, My Digital Life
My Digital Life is a 3.5 hour web-based platform that helps students develop critical digital skills such as appropriate texting practices, conducting quality online research, and how to prevent cyber-bullying. Many educators leading keyboarding, computer applications, marketing and digital input classes have found this program to be an engaging and helpful resource. My Digital Life is available at no cost to schools across the Commonwealth because of a statewide grant from Neustar, a telecommunications company based out of Sterling, Virginia. Archived Recording

1 - 1:30 PM James Daly, Charlottesville City Public Schools: ITRT discusses planning, projects and resources related to technology Archived Recording
8 PM Adam Seldow, Chesterfield County Public Schools Archived Recording

We’ll be meeting in our Adobe Connect Room: http://vste.adobeconnect.com/vstelive.

VSTE Tweet Chat: Mobile Learning Strategies and Projects
Join us on Twitter from 7 to 7:30 PM to talk about mobile learning. Use the hashtag #vstechat to share your ideas, resources, tips and techniques for mobile learning.  Archived Tweet Chat

Interested in learning more about Tweet Chats? Check out some of these resources:

8 Steps to Hosting a Successful Twitter Chat

TwitterChats - Your Ultimate Guide

Cybrary Man’s Educational Web Sites - How To Take Part in or Moderate a Chat on Twitter

Cybrary Man’s Educational Chats on Twitter - Weekly Schedule

Four Reasons to Join Twitter Hashtag Chats

You can check out last year’s archived recordings and consider creating your own Digital Learning Day event in your school.

Digital Learning Day 2012

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February 1, 2012

VSTE celebrated the first Digital Learning Day throughout the day on February 1, 2012. We sponsored a series of webinars co-hosted with the Virginia Department of Education that featured a few regional educational technology leadership award winners talking about digital learning initiatives at their schools:

10 AM Ena Wood, Arlington Public Schools Archive

2 PM David Rankin, Chesterfield Public Schools Archive

7 PM Gigi Badawi, Chesapeake Public Schools, followed by a conversation about Mobile Learning with the officers of our Mobile Learning SIG Archive

Thanks to Adobe for their support of the VSTELive! webinar series!

You might also consider getting involved in Digital Learning Day in other ways including making a video with your students talking about what digital learning means.  Post a photo to flickr that shows innovation.  Tweet your ideas or post to the VSTE Facebook page.  Whatever you do, be sure to use the hashtag #vadlday.