VSTE

Virginia Society for Technology in Education

Live Events

Don’t Miss This: Third Annual Roanoke Mini Maker Faire

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The Call for Proposals is open now for the Roanoke Mini Maker Faire, being held February 22, 2020, 12 - 4 PM, at The Science Museum of Western Virginia, in Roanoke, Virginia. The Museum and the Virginia Society for Technology in Education are partnering for the third year to feature student makers.

What are we looking for? Students in the southwest region of Virginia* who MAKE things in all sorts of ways! If you like to automate, build, change, code, collaborate, compose, connect, construct, cook, create, crochet, deconstruct, design, draw, dream, dream up, experiment, fabricate, film, fix, fold, hack, innovate, inquire, invent, knit, learn, make, model, mold, observe, paint, participate, photograph, play, print, program, recycle, sew, share, teach, test, tinker, upcycle, write, or make things in any other way, we want you!

If you know or teach students like this or you ARE a student like this, please consider submitting your proposal: the Call for Proposals closes soon.*

The event is free but registration is encouraged. Learn more at the website.

Maker Faire originated in 2006 in the San Francisco Bay Area as a project of the editors of Make: magazine.  It has since grown into a significant worldwide network of both flagship and independently-produced events.  Read more on Maker Faire history, the Maker Movement, as well as how to start a Maker Faire or a School Maker Faire where you live.

 

Schedule Available for Leading Ed Forum Including Workshop on Equitable Technology Use

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The schedule for the Leading Ed Forum 2019 is available now.

October 9, 2019, includes topics of concern for school division technology directors, presented by leaders from the department of education and school divisions across the Commonwealth. Learn more.

The half day workshop on October 10 will include Dr. Scott McLeod and National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson discussing equitable use of technology in classroom instruction. This workshop is designed for school division teams including technology and instruction and time will be provided for in depth facilitated discussion.

Check out the full schedule here: https://lef2019.sched.com/

Register here: https://events.vstereg.org/events/lef2019/

Additional information here: https://vste.org/lef2019/

Data-Informed Equity Workshop, September 26, 2019

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You are invited to join American Institutes for Research, BrightBytes, ISTE and your local peers and colleagues for lunch and discussion on taking a data-informed approach to equity and student success initiatives. The day will feature presentations, panel conversations and interactive sessions focused on equity in early warning systems, approaches to digital initiatives, and understanding the data necessary to support educators and district leaders in this work.

Thursday, September 26
10:00am - 2:00pm
American Institutes for Research Offices in Crystal City
1400 Crystal Drive, 10th Floor
Arlington, Virginia 22202

Register now at: http://pages.brightbytes.net/2019-09-26AIRLunchandLearn_01RegistrationPage.html

*This event is free to attend and lunch will be provided.

Rodney Robinson, National Teacher of the Year, Joins Leading Ed Forum 2019

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VSTE and the Virginia Department of Education are pleased to announce that Rodney Robinson, 2019 National Teacher of the Year, will join us as part of the Leading Ed Forum 2019, being held October 9 and 10, 2019, at Longwood University. 

The event is designed to support instruction and technology leaders from CTOs to Superintendents with presentations and conversations related to broadband connectivity, physical security, cybersecurity and student data privacy, digital equity, and 1:1 planning and implementation. Registration is open now.

Robinson will join Dr. Scott McLeod for a workshop on October 10, 2019, to focus the lens of equity on technology and the classroom. Essentially, we will be asking the question: How can we ensure technology is being used equitably across classrooms, schools and divisions to support personalized and culturally responsive instruction? Teams of educators will work with Rodney and Scott to identify their division’s needs and next steps in the area of technology, equity and instruction. 

Rodney Robinson is a 19-year teaching veteran. He became a teacher to honor his mother, who struggled to receive an education after being denied an education as a child due to segregation and poverty in rural Virginia. In 2015, Robinson started teaching at Virgie Binford Education Center, a school inside the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center, in an effort to better understand the school-to-prison pipeline.  

Learn more here: https://vste.org/lef2019

 

Girls’ Tech Day by AWS

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Registration will open soon for Girls' Tech Day, sponsored by AWS and held at George Mason University, on Saturday, September 28, 2019. Girls from grades 3 - 12 will engage in a variety of STEM related activities. There will also be programming for women ages 18 - 24.

Join future builders to:   

  • Touch, Experience, and Engage with Technology
  • Ignite Your Imagination with New and Exciting Opportunities
  • Blaze a New Path: Connect with Mentors Who Have Gone Beyond the "Been There Done That"

Click the flyer for more information. AWS Girls' Tech Day 2019 Flyer