VSTE

Virginia Society for Technology in Education

Live Events

Register Now for LeadingEd Forum 2022

Join VSTE and the Virginia Department of Education for the Leading Ed Forum, March 23, 2022, at New College Institute, Martinsville, Virginia.

We will welcome Charles Chuck Moss, Director of Innovation and Development, Dinwiddie County, to kick off the day encouraging us to find our awesome as a leader. From there, breakout sessions will include:

  • What’s New with Google? with Kim Lane Clark, Program Manager, Google
  • Virginia’s Whole-of-Commonwealth Approach to Cybersecurity with Chris Cruz,Cybersecurity Program Manager, Homeland Security Division, Office of the Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Security
  • Student Data Privacy with Lisa Waters, Cambridge Public Schools, Penny Murrary, Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community
  • Digital Accessibility Features in a Nutshell with Dr. John Hendron, Project Manager of Professional Learning & Organizational Development, VDOE, and Sarah Warnick, Director of Products & Services, Virtual VA
  • Authentic Leadership with Wesley Williams, Executive Director of Technology, and Laurie Seidel, Cultivating Awareness & Resilience in Education (CARE) Facilitator, Roanoke Public Schools.
  • Virtual Learning in Virginia: Here and Now! with Dr. Meg Foley & Reggie Fox, VDOE
  • What’s #GoOpenVA with Jean Weller, VDOE
  • Student Data Privacy Continued: Working With Marketplace Providers – Common Expectations are the Key with Larry Fruth and Steve Smith, Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community

Kelly Calhoun Williams, Ed.D., Vice President Analyst in Gartner Research will discuss Top Trends Impacting K-12 Education in 2022 for the event keynote, followed up by Dan Stoneman, Ph.D. Executive Partner with Executive Programs, Gartner, connecting the trends with instruction. 

This hybrid event will host face to face attendees and sponsors. Virtual attendees will access the conference via VSTE's virtual conference platform. Cost for both attendees is just $50.

The face to face event will include a continental breakfast and lunch. Face to face seating is limited due to ongoing health and safety concerns. If you plan to attend in person, you should register as soon as possible.

This event is supported by VSTE's Corporate Partners:
 
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Register now: UnisonEDU Conference, October 23, 2021

UnisonEDU is excited to announce our first virtual conference on October 23, 2021, from 9 AM - 3 PM.

Four keynotes and 30+ sessions throughout the day will explore topics including STEM, coaching, first year teachers, creation tools, SPED, and SEL topics. There is something for all educators!

All of the sessions will be live and free to join that day. There will be an all access option for $10 a person that will provide access to conference materials after October 23! Paid access will include access to all session recordings along with recordings of bonus sessions that will be not presented during the live event.  Be sure to save the date and come #LearnWithUnisonEDU!

Registration is open now. 

Learn more about UnisonEDU.

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Share Your Passion: Conference Call for Proposals Open

Conference LogoSuper Early Bird registration is open now for the 2021 VSTE Annual Conference. The conference will be held December 5 - 7, 2021, at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, in Roanoke, Virginia. Virtual and face to face options are available. Seats are limited this year, and we will sell out.

The call for proposals is also open. Consider sharing your passion and expertise with other VSTE attendees by submitting a proposal. Deadline for submissions is September 15, 2021.

Learn more at the VSTE Conference website.

Webinar: Share Your Story, Get that Job

In the second of two March 2021 editions of the VSTE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Webinar, Katie Fielding asks some relevant questions: has the past year made you think about changing schools, changing roles, or moving into educational leadership? Do you remember making a portfolio in your education program that involved a lot of page protectors and slipping in pieces of evidence? Or maybe you haven’t given your digital portfolio an update in a while.

Watch as Katie offers guidance on creating a portfolio strong both visually and content wise that will allow you to “Share Your Story, Get that Job”.

The webinar is hosted by Charles Randolph.

Getting The Most From VSTE 2020 (Virtually)

Although we won’t be able to see everyone in-person at the annual VSTE Conference, we will still have plenty of great learning experiences and ways to connect with educators from around the state.

If you’re attending the conference, and especially if you are presenting, there are some things you can do before the opening day on December 9th to enhance your experience.

To start, visit the Conference schedule and login or create an account. Then go to the settings and update your profile. Since we won’t be able to have the usual hallway conversations, this will help your fellow attendees find and connect with you.

Next, review the schedule and find the sessions you would like to attend. Sched (the web service we are using) makes it easy to browse by day, session category or vendor/sponsor, but you can also search by keyword or name of a person.

When you find a session you might like to attend, click the circle in the block to add it to your personal schedule. Remember that this is just a collection of sessions in which you are interested. It does not guarantee a spot in the room (we will have limits to the number of participants in each live session) and does not obligate you to attend.

Since recordings for all sessions will be available for 6 months after the conference, include the sessions that you can’t attend live but might want to catch up on later. Also, presenters are encouraged to upload materials and add links to their resources in the listing for their sessions, so Sched will also be the place to come when you want to do more exploring into a presentation topic.

Finally, encourage your friends and colleagues to join you at VSTE 2020. They can view and browse the schedule without registering and even attend the sessions on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday morning at no charge. If they see something they like, “walk up” registration will remain open for most of the conference, so they can pay and join you for the Friday spotlight with Lynmara Colón, the keynote with Kim Lane Clark on Saturday morning, and all the great sessions on the weekend.

While it cannot replace the experience we would have had if we were able to meet live, we hope that you will find much to learn and people to meet at the VSTE 2020 Virtual Conference.