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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.

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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.

Elizabeth Summers

Prince William County School District
Admin Coordinator of Training, Advanced Academics and Specialty Programs
engelbea@pwcs.edu

Biz Summers is an administrator for Advanced Academics and Specialty Programs. She's passionate about productivity, technology, and professional learning.

10:45am EST

AR/VR and the Future of Education 5C Classroom Clickbait - Tapping into Student Curiosity 4D Get Stoked - Catch the Wave with Google HyperDrawings 4C Getting Started with 1:1 and Blended Learning! 3A Show Off Learning Through Video 5D

11:45am EST

Lunch Level 1 (Outside of Exhibit Hall A)

12:45pm EST

Sunday Spotlight: Courage to Make Waves with Jennifer Orr Ballroom 3

2:00pm EST

How to Train the Time Crunched Teacher 5A Moving from Boogie Boarding to Shredding the Big Waves: Using Interactive Video Assessment Tools 4B What's New With Google? 2A

3:15pm EST

Google Arts & Culture: Using Inquiry to Connect Cultures 3A Helping ELLs shred the Daily 5 4B The Next Great Director is using an iPhone 5C

4:30pm EST

15 Google Add-ons To Save Your Life 4C Tech Throwdown 1C Using Desmos to make Math more Interactive 2D VSTE Chopped 2.0 - Power Users 1D

8:00pm EST

VSTE Trivia Night DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Virginia Beach

8:00am EST

Opening General Session & Keynote Address Ballroom 3

9:45am EST

Apple Playground: Tools for Teaching and Learning 5C TeachersFirst Tech Tools Smackdown 2D Using Technology to Teach Problem Solving Skills in Math 4C

11:00am EST

Collaborative Classroom with Office 365 4C Digital Equity Session 3C Diving Deep with Assistive Technology for Reading and Writing 3D Encouraging Productive Struggle (Middle Grades) 2A Give students the "Gift of Gab" with Podcasting 4E

12:00pm EST

Lunch Exhibit Hall A

1:00pm EST

21st Century Digital Presentation Alternatives 4D Breakout with OneNote! 2B Google Arts and Culture - More Than a Pretty Picture! 5B Instructional Strategies Supporting Inquiry-based Learning - Discovery Education in partnership with Prince William Co Schools 4C The Top 5 Web Tools You’ve Never Heard Of 4B Build Your Network and Learn About Twitter Chats! Concourse 2 Make and Take: Digital Breakouts 1B

2:15pm EST

Google Earth - Way more than looking at your house! 3C Google for Education Presents: Make Work Rule! 2A How many times do I have to give the directions?! Oh, just once-- 2D I have 6 iPads, Now What? 4A Riding the Wave of Student Leadership Through Genius Bars 5D

3:30pm EST

Save Yourself Some Time: QR Codes and Attendance Tracking 4A STEAM Lessons with OK Go! 5A Surf's Up: Ride the Waves of FREE Resources 4D

7:30am EST

10 Things to do When the Wi-Fi goes Wonky 4E Going 1:1 is not about student devices 3A One-to-One Math Classrooms 4C Simple Google Tips & Tricks that will keep you from a Wipeout 1D Getting The Big Picture: Photography For Teaching and Learning Concourse 2

10:00am EST

Hyped Up on Hyperdocs! (and Other Tools for Collaboration) 3C Trending Tools for School Leaders 2B Using Personalized Learning Structures to Support Literacy 5A “Hang 10” Tips for Developing a Schoolwide Culture of Self-Reflection using Video 5C

11:15am EST

Dive into Personalized Learning with Google Forms & HyperDocs 4E How Google Saved us from Drowning! Creating a PD Platform with G-Suite! 5C Making Waves with Tech Bytes 4B Making Your Mark: Leveraging Design Tools to Enhance Social Media Posts 3A Navigating the Next Level of Google MyMaps 2B Warm-Up to Number Sense and Reasoning Skills 5D

12:15pm EST

Lunch Exhibit Hall A

1:15pm EST

Closing Session: Ignite Session / Demo Slam / Raffle Ballroom 3