VSTE

Virginia Society for Technology in Education

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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 

 

Googlepalooza III, June 21, 2016

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Googlepalooza III

Googlepalooza III
June 21, 2016, 9 AM - 4 PM
Corron Community Development Center
Lord Fairfax Community College
Middetown Campus
173 Skirmisher Lane
Middletown, Virginia

All thing Google! For the third year, we bring you Googlepalooza, a day of Google-related workshops as well as the chance to network with others around GAFE and Chromebooks. Just $40 includes breakfast, lunch, all the M&Ms you can eat and some great door prizes.

We're still doing some tweaking but you can check out the draft schedule here.

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Brainstorm 2016: What Inspires Us!

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A partnership of JMU M. Ed. in Educational Technology, SVTC and VSTE

Reaching out to educators in the Shenandoah Valley and beyond

April 8, 2016

This event is sold out. Contact karen_richardson@vste.org to be added to the wait list.

From google to flipping to coding and more...Brainstorm 2016 truly has something for everyone. Check out the DRAFT schedule here: https://brainstorm2016whatinspires.sched.org/

Location:
Memorial Hall,James Madison University, 395 South High Street, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Parking Information:
Brainstorm participants will be permitted to park in C8, R9 and C13 Lots between the hours of 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM on April 8. No parking permits will be necessary. The lot is located directly behind Memorial Hall on South Willow Street.  Check the map for help with locating Memorial Hall and the parking lot.

parkingmapjmuNOTE: All regulations for JMU students, faculty and staff will remain in effect, and students attending the event are required to park in appropriate student parking lots with a JMU parking permit. Regular enforcement will continue in other parking lots, and guests may receive parking citations if parked in restricted lots. Guests are prohibited from parking in specialty spaces such as Service Vehicle spaces, handicap spaces without proper permit, or expired meters. They are also prohibited from parking in Fire Lanes.

Campus Map: http://www.jmu.edu/map/buildings/MEMH.shtml

Photography:
Brainstorm 2016 is held in a public space, therefore we do not prohibit participants, exhibitors, sponsors, or news organizations from photographing conference activities. VSTE, SVTC and James Madison University reserve the right to use images taken at the Conference with your photograph and/or likeness on social media and/or in future marketing materials. We are NOT responsible for individual attendee’s use of your image or likeness.

The Conference is Over…

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but the learning continues. Check out the resources being shared in VSTE's Google Plus community.

Don't miss all the video at the VSTE YouTube site.

And #vste15 was busy on Twitter: