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E-Rate Strength Training Hosted by VA DOE

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Strength Training

The Virginia Department of Education invites you to get your "E-rate reps" in!
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Registration is  Closed as of January 10th, 2020!   These events are full. 

 

The Virginia Department of Education is offering FREE E-rate training at two different locations in the state, central and southwest Virginia. To register,   use the registration link below.
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Central Virginia
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020
8:30 to 4 pm, breakfast and registration from 8-8:30
Chesterfield County Career and Technical Center
Thomas R. Fulghum Conference Center
13900 Hull Street Rd, Midlothian, VA 23112,
Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.
Directions and Parking to the Fulghum Center 
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Southwest Virginia
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Thursday, January 23, 2020,
8:30 to 4 pm, breakfast and registration from 8-8:30
(snow day, Wednesday January 29, 2020)
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center (SVHEC)
One Partnership Cir, Abingdon, VA 24210
Breakfast and Lunch will be provided
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Contact Susan Clair  at the VDOE for more information:  susan.clair@doe.virginia.gov

Going 1:1: Lessons Learned, VSTE CoSN Council, November 19, 2019

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Sometimes being the technology director is a lonely job. The VSTE CoSN Council wants to help you connect with other technology leaders around the state.

Join other technology leaders from across the state on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at 3:30 PM, for our fall get together. We'll talk a bit about student data privacy with Louis McDonald from Fauquier County and discuss the challenges of the cloud-based school. Our featured speakers will be leaders from Manassas Park, discussing their 1:1 program and the lessons they've learned over the past five years.

Dr. Susan Clair and Dr. David Myers will provide updates from the Virginia Department of Education, and we'll discuss opportunities for CETL certification.

Interested? The event is free and open to all, but pre-registration is required for access to the teleconference.

Register Now

 

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/

Back to School With Minecraft

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Minecraft Place Back to School Event

September 9, 8 PM Eastern time

Join us for the first Minecraft Monday of the new year.  We have a whole new creative world that has  barely been touched! Come build and explore anytime that is convenient for you! 

On Monday, September 9, at 8 PM, we will meet in Minecraft and Discord to play together and talk about our plans for using Minecraft in instruction. We have members who have experience with this and would love to share our experiences and ideas. Tell us what you are teaching and we will  help you construct a Minecraft experience to help your students with mastery!

How to Connect:

In order to participate, you must have a computer Minecraft account from https://minecraft.net/en/ to join. There is a one time fee of $26.95. Download and install the software. Choose multiplayer and add a server: Name VSTE Place IP 69.175.17.26:25565 Our server is protected. If you want to be whitelisted to enter anytime you want to continue building this, or anything else, email Kim Harrison at K4sons@gmail.com from an educational email address with your real name and Minecraft name.

Discord is a voice and screen sharing application that will run on your computer or mobile device. Download and install it for free. Create an account. Many of us use the same name for our Discord account as our Minecraft account to keep things simple. Our channel is https://discord.gg/nDX4mZv It helps us to be able to play Minecraft in one screen and listen via Discord with earbuds or headphones. 

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