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2018 VSTE Annual Conference

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Welcome to Virginia’s world famous Technology in Education conference. Whether you are a first-time attendee or a seasoned veteran you will find the conference full of information ready to take back to your school or workplace.

No walk-in registrations are permissible.

PLEASE NOTE: Using this tool to mark your personal scheduling preferences does not reserve a seat for marked sessions, nor does it register you for the conference.

We do not plan to have paper programs available on site. If you would like a printed program, please print a personal copy prior to arriving at the conference.

Use this online schedule to get the most up-to-date information pertaining to session titles, descriptions, and room locations (and maps) for this year’s conference.

Eliza Gemmill

Hanover County Schools
Gifted Resource Teacher
Montpelier, VA

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I am thrilled to be here with my Gifted Resource team from Hanover. They inspire me through their enthusiasm and creativity to be an instructional innovator. Ask me about Do Ink Green Screen or SCRUM.

2:00pm

Tubular Students Charging towards the Impact Zone through Video Game Design 1B Use gamification to engage reluctant writers! 2C

3:15pm

Coding and Robotics for Early Elementary Age Learners 2B Google Arts & Culture: Using Inquiry to Connect Cultures 3A Robots Come Alive Through the Art of Storytelling 1C

4:30pm

Riding the Literacy Wave with Book Creator 5D Robots Come Alive Through the Art of Storytelling 2C Spheros Can Dance! 5A Student Voices: 2018 International Robotics Team Champions from Chesterfield, VA Share and Reflect 2B VSTE Chopped 2.0 - Power Users 1D

8:00pm

VSTE Trivia Night DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Virginia Beach

8:00am

Opening General Session & Keynote Address Ballroom 3

9:45am

Breaking out: An escape room experience 5B Level Up Your LMS! 5D

11:00am

Breaking out: An escape room experience 5B Give students the "Gift of Gab" with Podcasting 4E Spark 101 5D Reboot Your Lessons with Robots Concourse 3

1:00pm

Breakout with OneNote! 2B Google Arts and Culture - More Than a Pretty Picture! 5B Make and Take: Digital Breakouts 1B

2:15pm

Google Earth - Way more than looking at your house! 3C How many times do I have to give the directions?! Oh, just once-- 2D

3:30pm

Coding + The 5C’s + Problem Solving = Scratch and Scratch Jr. Technology Integration. 1A Differentiation and Personalized Pathways for Elementary Learners 5C Harness the Power of the Waves with Padlet, FlipGrid, GSuite and more 5B

7:30am

The Future is Now with Augmented Reality 1A

8:45am

Give students the "Gift of Gab" with Podcasting 3A

10:00am

Point BreakoutEdu: Designing Breakout or Escape Room Challenges for ALL Students 1B

11:15am

Coding + The 5C’s + Problem Solving = Scratch and Scratch Jr. Technology Integration. 5A Making the 5 Cs Come Alive in an Elementary Makerspace 3D