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Sunday, December 4
 

9:45am EST

Bring the Story to Life 3DDeb Liddon CANCELLED - Writing to be more inclusive 3BAniki Reid • Sonia Pritchett Cultivate Compassion Through Creativity Using MEDIA! 1DErika Sandstrom Data Science "Unplugged" to "Plugged" Tower Board RoomSara Fergus • Christa Van Olst Dipping Our Toes into an Instructional Technology Playbook 4AMel Mollick • Shannon Dumont Dive Into Pixton 5DKim Winingear • Raye Jean VanNostrand Escape from the Pirates 1CScarlett Kibler Eye for Design: The Connection between Graphic Design & Brain Science for Student Comprehension 2ALaura Cooper Google Advanced Web Searching for Educators 2DPaul Barron How Teachers and Students Can Create Educational Videos Using Green Screen Techniques in the Elementary Classroom 4BSandra Taylor Incorporating Scratch and block-based coding in your curriculum: Building blocks for success 3ALaurie Pierce Innovative Tech Smashes you can use tomorrow! 4EJennifer Ives • Michael Wesely More Than Just Stop Motion 4DPreston Ailor Peril on the High Seas!: Dive into Dungeons & Dragons as a Tool for Technology Integration and Relationship Building (Part 1) 3ERachael Rachau • Berkley Todd POUR Unfortunate Souls: Digital Accessibility Standards 5AChrystal Trapani • Kristin White Spin a Yarn with Dash and Dot: A Whale of a Storytelling Club 1BRachael Merlo • Kevin Weaver STREAM Ahead - The creation of a regional hub for STEAM education 2CKristina Peck • Kevin Good Teaching Others to Fish: Building Instructional Coaching Capacity 1AHope Petty • Doug Stefnoski Transforming Student Engagement 5BSara Seigla Future Skills for a Mobile World 5CApple Education Inspire secondary students to explore careers in the cloud with AWS Spark. 2BAmazon Web Services Uncharted Territory: Canvas Beyond the Classroom 3CSarah Michalczak • Paula Pulley • Cinthya Jensen

11:00am EST

3D Printing Ideas for Little Learners 1ABrian Squires • Jessa Campbell A transforming journey of a Title I middle school becoming a K-8 technology integrated school 4BMelanie Patterson • Andrea Howell Applying Computer Science and Digital Learning Standards in the Classroom 4DKeisha Tennessee If you can think it, you can FLIP it! Come Seas the Day and #FLIPForward! 4ACourtney Strauss • Nikki Jones Look at this Stuff. Isn’t It Neat? Wouldn’t You Say Your Novel Study’s Complete With A Project-Based Assessment? 5AAshley Bajohr • Dylan Obenshain Navigating the Stormy Seas of the Digital Learning Environment 1CEileen Glass • Kelly Herring Power of Purposeful Play 2CLisa Stafford • Sydney Kelly PROP-EL: Propelling ELs forward using technology based skills and strategies 5BRyan Champney • Sarah Mills Sail the Seven Seas Using Google Earth! 2AAlan Quimby Sailing the Seas of Change - Tech Tools for Classroom and School Newsletters 3BJohn Wick • Amanda Fox Scratch Coding in the Classroom 3EEric Wunderston • Christopher Shedd Sea-ing Students' Social, Emotional, and Academic Growth with Microsoft Teams 3DBecky Lucas • Justin Ball Strengthening your Crew: Become a Better Coach 5DLucy Spencer • Devon Stevens Take a Deep Dive into Canvas with Increased Engagement 4EJennifer Blais Teaching Music & Coding: Standards-Aligned Instruction with Sonic Pi Tower Board RoomJon Stapleton The App Odyssey 3ASean Fenner • Louis McDonald Transforming Education with Social Emotional Learning: Why & How 1BClaire Handville • William Watts Catch of the Day: A ChoppED Experience Concourse 2Sabrina Hayes • Stacy Sammons Leading through Immersive Learning: Students as Creators of Virtual Reality Experiences Concourse 3Patricia Fox • Amanda Mathura Engaging English Language Learners with iPad 5CApple Education Empower your students to be the next generation of tech leaders with AWS GetIT. 2BAmazon Web Services What's New at Instructure? 3CDominic Church • Cinthya Jensen

12:00pm EST

Kid Talks Lunch by Ticket Only 1D Lunch Pre-function Exhibit Hall A

12:20pm EST

Kid Talks Panel Discussion with Ken Shelton 1DKen Shelton

1:00pm EST

Socio-Digital : Connecting Essential Skills for Maximum Impact Ballroom 1Wezi R. Thindwa, Ed. S.

2:00pm EST

Kid Talks Student Presentations Kid Talks/Playground/Poster Sessions

2:15pm EST

Alternative and Innovative uses of Canvas 5AChristopher Morgan Be An #A11y with MicrosoftEdu 4DKatie Fielding Become a VSTE Certified Coach! 5BBrooke Conklin • Katie Ritter Breakout of Boring- How We Use Breakout EDU to Gamify Learning in the Middle Grades 3BRachael Rachau • Liz Haske CANCELLED - When Technology Fails 3EAmy Conner Code VA Teacher Appreciation Session Tower Board RoomMegan Graybill Designing Restorative Classrooms; 15 Strategies using Tech, Nature and Moments to Add Wellbeing, Engagement & Learning 2DJon Gregori • Becky Baylor Diving In To Coaching: Making the transition from ITRT to ITC 2AKelly Troxell • Patricia Watson Effective Behavior Management for Elementary Technology Teachers 4BAnna Bayless How Google Works in 2022 (which changed from how it worked in 2021) 5DPaul Barron Lego: Building the Future 3DBrittany Harris Let the REAL Learning Begin on Artificial Intelligence (AI) 2CBrandie Wright • Keisha Tennessee Magic Beneath the Surface of Edtech: Canva Edition 1CPatrick Hausammann Peril on the High Seas!: Dive into Dungeons & Dragons as a Tool for Technology Integration and Relationship Building (Part 2) 1DRachael Rachau • Berkley Todd Seas the Jam with Jamboard 4EDenise Orndorff Techstravaganza: How to Dive into Creating Your Own EdTech Event 1BMichelle Morris • Rebeccca Erin Comninaki Escape Rooms, guaranteed fun minus the sand in your Shorts. Concourse 3Nichole Brumfield • Eric Wunderston Podcasting: A Platform for Empowerment, Communication, & Social Emotional Learning Concourse 2Claire Handville • William Watts What's New in Education 5CApple Education Canvas: Our Compass. Our Story. 3CTraci Sykes • Chrystal Elmore • Cinthya Jensen Empower your students to be the next generation of tech leaders with AWS GetIT. 2BAmazon Web Services How K-12 districts are leveraging Zoom to improve staff communication and family engagement 3AJason Nast Modernizing Your EdTech Ecosystem Beyond Stimulus Funding 4ACarl Moore The Lightspeed Circle of Success 4CScott Truitt • Cory Minor

3:30pm EST

1, 2, 3, Eyes on Me: Leveraging the Power of Asynchronous Video to Improve Student learning 1CJered Borup • Chrissy McLaughlin 25 Digital Formative Assessment Tools To Help You Right Your Ship 2CLaurie Pierce All The Little Things: Hacks For Productivity 5DJulie Beasley Dive Deep - Fewer Apps = More Fun 3EMichelle Elliott Dive Into Learning with Nearpod 1BKara McDaniel Don't Be Afraid to Be Awesome 3BChuck Moss Engaging Elementary Students in Computer Science in a Meaningful Way 2AMolly Fisher Flipped Family Engagement: Transforming and Reaching 21st Century Families 4ELynmara Colon • Patrick Heath Greater Good: Mission Driven in an Adaptive Environment 1AWezi R. Thindwa, Ed. S. Inside the Black Box: Exploring AI and Ethics in K-12 3DNancye Blair Black • Brandie Wright Ride the ChoiceBoard Wave! 5AAmy Wolk • Lauren Austen Seaing the Coaching Parade 4DJulie Kuzma Teaching Tech to Adults: Soft skills and strategies for working with adult learners 3AAnalia Marzoratti Unplugged to Support Plugged CS Integration Tower Board RoomAllison Kappler • Valerie Fawley We Teach Adults. What’s your superpower? Designing engaging PL for teachers 4BJacquelyn Calder • Mara Lambert Design lab playdate: Let's get physical with computer science Concourse 2Kim Wilkens • Eric Bredder Electrify Learning with Snap Circuits Concourse 3Rebecca Yaple • Katie Knapp Building Literacy Skills with iPads 5CApple Education 3 Steps to expand student choice, voice and expression with Adobe Express - 5BWezi R. Thindwa, Ed. S. • Jesse Lubinsky Canvas & CS Integration through Science 6-8 3CJessie Mullins • Cinthya Jensen Get Students Hooked on Learning with Lumio 4ASamantha Sissell • Lindsey Smith Inspire secondary students to explore careers in the cloud with AWS Spark. 2BAmazon Web Services Say Hello to the New eMediaVA: Virginia’s Free Digital Media Content Library! 1DPatrick Hausammann • Lindsey Horner Unlocking the Power of Your Screens 2DJohnny Sink • Kathryn Vaughn

4:45pm EST

Anchor Down for a Morning Show 3BTina Ference Cruising the 5Cs with Thematic PD 5DMolly Rippa Dive into Creativity with Adobe Express 4ECourtney Strauss • Nikki Jones Dive into the (Goose) Chase 1DSarah Marriott • Melissa Helman Fishing for meaning: Using Canva to help reluctant readers develop visual literacy 4DWilliam Watts • Shana Sabourin Give In To Pier Pressure with Core Content Coding Projects Tower Board RoomAllison Kappler More Than a Poster: Using Makey Makey and SCRATCH to dive below the surface. 1CKaren Dugger • Heather O'Brien Power-Up Your Professional Development 1AAnnamarie Rinehart • Katie Ritter Sink or Swim: Organizing your School Year as an Instructional Technology Coach 3DPamela Floyd • Tiya Shaw Smoother Sailing: Quick Fixes for Teaching Using Cognitive Science 3ESteven Sproles SOS! How to integrate CS and DLI SOLs into elementary classrooms (without drowning or going overboard) 4BKatie Breaud • Victoria Hobson StoryboardThat! for Online Storytelling and Visual Communication 5ADana Hand • Monica Roach Tech Up The Math 1BDebbie Tannenbaum • Sherri Berggren Using Technology to Amplify Student's Ability to "Sea" Their Learning! 2ATim Taylor Using Universal Design of Learning with Learning Technologies in Supporting Exceptional Learners 2CRandall Dunn • David Holder AR + Education =Edutainment Concourse 2Alexandra Shea • Michelle Pressley Dismantling Stereotype Threat for Student Success: How to Recognize, Avoid, and Stop Stereotype Threat in Your Classroom 2BAmazon Web Services Get Ahead of Device Failure 4AStephen Allison Meet Merlyn: The First Digital Assistant Built for the Classroom 2DChris Oakes Sail the 7 C's with Canvas 3CKatie Fielding • Cinthya Jensen Tech Tools for Student Knowledge Construction 3ARuth Okoye • Karen Streeter
 
Monday, December 5
 

8:00am EST

Techquity™: Creating Learning Environments For Sustainability, Equity, and Access Ballroom 1Ken Shelton

9:45am EST

All The Little Things: Hacks For Productivity 3DJulie Beasley Anchored in Research - Schooling Teachers & Improving Craft by Peer Observation 5AMarnie Hawk • Megan Baird Boundaries, Priorities and Self Care: Evolving from Overachieving and Burned Out to Impactful and Happy! 1CMargaret Sisler Deep Dive Into Student Engagement with Breakout EDU 4BJami Martin Digital Health and Wellness- Using Student Data to Develop a Meaningful and Relevant Digital Citizenship Curriculum 2ARachael Rachau Dive Into Blended Learning in Your Science Classroom 4DMichelle Elliott • Sarah Plumitallo Dive into Deeper Learning 1BAlysa Ruminski • Bob Marple Diving Deeper: Personalizing the Blended Learning Experience using Student Data 5DTiya Shaw • Carla Waller Diving In To Coaching: Making the transition from ITRT to ITC 1DKelly Troxell • Patricia Watson ECS + Python: Adapting the “Exploring Computer Science” Curriculum Tower Board RoomJon Stapleton • Blythe Samuels Exploring Creativity Across the Design Process: Building Better Board Games 1AHeather Meek • Kelly Dean From Passive to Active The Transformative Power of a Self-Paced, Student-Centered Classroom 3EKatie Breth • Katie Fatiga She Blinded Me with Science - Computer Science! Region III ACSE/VSTE Grant Overview 2CYvonne Richard • Lindsay Sutton Take A Looks It’s (not always) In A Book: Utilizing Multimodal Assignments to Boost English Literature Engagement 4ESarah Camp Wading into the Waters of SEL - Apps to Help Reach Every Fish in Your Sea 3BAshley Veroneau Newman Creating a Student Innovation Center - Building a Space that Fosters Student Creativity, Innovation, Exploration and Col Concourse 3Nicole Cassidy STREAMING with Hands-on Manipulatives Concourse 2Nichole Ward • Brian McKee Apple Interactive Classroom 5CApple Education 10 Easy Steps to Securing Your District’s Google & Microsoft 365 5BGabe Watson Adventure on the High Seas MATE-Y! 2DHeather Askea • Cindy Nickodam CANCEL - Introduction of HP Presence 4CRyan Brackman Consistency is Key: Breaking Down Silos and Improving the Classroom Experience 4AZach Sheppard Energize Canvas with External Tools and LTis 3CTonnie Pack • Cinthya Jensen Finding Funding Sources for Technology for Education in the Age of Billions 4CJennifer Walker • HP Inspire secondary students to explore careers in the cloud with AWS Spark. 2BAmazon Web Services Stay Informed. Stay Ahead: Combatting today's cyber threats. 3AVictoriano Casas

11:00am EST

"CS" the day: Moving Toward a Computer Science Ready School Tower Board RoomNatalie Rice • Jessica Lawson Become a VSTE Certified Coach! 5BBrooke Conklin • Katie Ritter Calling All High School STEM Teachers: CHOICE and $ for Professional Learning! 4EJennifer Stevens CANCELLED - Transforming Student Engagement 4BSara Seigla Creating Art, Music, Poetry, and Other Media with Artificial Intelligence 2DNancye Blair Black Effective Behavior Management for Elementary Technology Teachers 5AAnna Bayless Get Hooked on an Ocean of Organization for your Class 5DTara Walters • Jessica Herr Learning with Legos 3DMelinda O'Reilly • Susan Ruhl Lesson Redesign for the Digital Learning Integration Standards 1CMike Henrickson • Josh Thom Let Students Lead the Way with Google Tours 2AKatie Moran Seas the Day with App-Solutely Epic Language Development Strategies 3BMeaghan Martin • Julie Keaney Set Sail on the USS Sneaky PD 2CMichelle Nyhuis • Colette Bradley Tackle Box of Tech Tips for School Leaders 1BAnne Emmons • Teri Breaux Technology Addiction and Surprising Solutions 4BJosh Ratliff The STEM Infused Classroom 1DAlexandra Shea • Michelle Pressley Utilizing Canvas Grading & Feedback Features In A Writer's Workshop 3ELucille Convery Visual Storytelling, Creativity, and Design 1AKen Shelton What Does It Mean to Be an ITRT (Instructional Technology Resource Teacher)? 4DDarnita Woodhouse • Chanel Alford-Campbell Making Learning Fun w/ Digital Escape Rooms and Breakout EDU Concourse 2Charli Nolan Promoting Data Science with Robotics and NASA Geospatial and Extraterrestrial Big Data Concourse 3David Lockett Apple Interactive Classroom 5CApple Education 95% of ALL Students CAN be “Successful Readers” WHAT? HOW Exactly Can Students Become Successful Readers Who Can Decode AND Comprehend What They Read! 3AKathy Rhea Bumgardner, M.Ed Empower your students to be the next generation of tech leaders with AWS GetIT. 2BAmazon Web Services Esports 4CCorey Gordon Get Students Hooked on Learning with Lumio 4ASamantha Sissell • Lindsey Smith Look at this stuff, isn't it neat? 7 Hidden Canvas Treasures 3CJennifer Clements • Matt Colohan • Cinthya Jensen

12:00pm EST

Lunch Pre-function Exhibit Hall A

12:30pm EST

Mindfulness Chair Yoga Mindfulness Room on the 3rd floor of the Convention Center TowerMeg Swecker

12:45pm EST

Mindfulness Chair Yoga Mindfulness Room on the 3rd floor of the Convention Center TowerMeg Swecker

1:00pm EST

Bringing Projects to Life with Scratch and MakeyMakey 2AEmily Frattali Comics in the Classroom 3EEmily Cissell Creating Podcasts: A 5-Part Pathway to Powerful Podcasting in Schools 5DSheila Teri • Macy Henry Did you know that NASA does this for teachers for FREE? 3DPreston Ailor Dive in with us to explore the endless depths of possibilities with ThingLink. 1BMatt Roadruck • Kim Brunson Dive into LiteraSEA and STEAM! 4EJudy Deichman • Annah Bowen Empowering and Elevating Student Voices Through SEL Podcasting 1CAimee Chadwick • Taylor Kilburn Expand Your Computer Science Toolbox with FREE Resources from CodeVA Tower Board RoomJasper Gunn • Perry Shank Get Your Staff Hooked on Computer Science! 2CHeather Eland • Logan Armstrong Minecraft- More than Monsters- an Amazing Motivator for Learning 3BSandy Shaffer Next Level PD 5ALaura Hunter • Margie Tiner Problem Solving and Critical Thinking with Coding 1DRochelle Allen Strengthen your Sails with Digital Sketchnoting 4DJenna Brown • Jessica Cherenzia Teaching Tech to Adults: Soft skills and strategies for working with adult learners 4BAnalia Marzoratti Apple Interactive Classroom 5CApple Education Adobe Express Create-a-Thon: Make learning magical, have fun and earn prizes with Adobe’s Creative Challenges 5BWezi R. Thindwa, Ed. S. Charting the Course for Family Engagement 2DMolly-Armine Holston • Chad Schnell Dismantling Stereotype Threat for Student Success: How to Recognize, Avoid, and Stop Stereotype Threat in Your Classroom 2BAmazon Web Services HOW TO HOW TO GET AHEAD OF DEVICE FAILURE FOR MAXIMUM ROI ON TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS 4AStephen Allison Open Demo Session - eSports/Halo 4CCDW - All The Impact of IMPACT 3CKristin Barr • Cinthya Jensen Using Multimedia Text Sets for Student Knowledge Construction 3ARuth Okoye • Karen Streeter A treasure trove of possibilities combing Library and STEM! - Table 13 Kid Talks/Playground/Poster SessionsAshley Veroneau Newman Building Blocks of the Curriculum: SCPS's 5th Grade County History Curriculum - Table 5 Kid Talks/Playground/Poster SessionsDara Stewart • Tara Brinkley Come SEL Away: Integrating Technology & Social-Emotional Learning - Table 7 Kid Talks/Playground/Poster SessionsTaryn Edwards Diving Deeper with the 5C’s - Table 4 Kid Talks/Playground/Poster SessionsTara VanPatten • Sienna Bargiel Explore, Enhance, Engage: How Design Tools Can Change Your Classroom - Table 2 Kid Talks/Playground/Poster SessionsDarcie Priester Involving Students in Design Thinking to Serve their School - Table 12 Kid Talks/Playground/Poster SessionsDebbie Tannenbaum Look At This Stuff! Isn't It Neat? Wouldn't You Think My Basic Accessibility Collection Is Complete? - Table 10 Kid Talks/Playground/Poster SessionsChrystal Trapani Navigating the High CCEs: All You Need To Know About the Canvas Certified Educator Course - Table 15 Kid Talks/Playground/Poster SessionsRyan Champney Pier to Peer Support for New Instructional Technology Coaches & Teachers - Table 9 Kid Talks/Playground/Poster SessionsKatie Fielding • Rebecca Erin Comninaki Sharing our place through Photovoice and Book Creator: Students Design Books About Their Communities - Table 8 Kid Talks/Playground/Poster SessionsRebecca Tilhou Utilizing Street Data and Equity Transformation Cycles to Transform Learning - Table 1 Kid Talks/Playground/Poster SessionsSummer Johnson • Kelley Brown

2:00pm EST

Social Media Meet-Up Atrium 2-3Chanel Alford-Campbell • Tabitha Reber • Margaret Sisler

2:15pm EST

5+ Lesser Known Google Tools You Should Check Out Today 1DPatrick Hausammann Accountability Expectations for Computer Science Implementation Tower Board RoomMegan Graybill Anchoring STEM into your School Improvement Plan (SIP) 3BChelsie Grant • Kelsey Stiles AT for ET: Understanding the Assistive Technology Component of the Revised 2020 Digital Learning Integration Standards. 3EMatthew Newton • Ynez Peterson Broad-Cast Away 5ACary Poe • Jennifer Ortman Building the Teacher and Technology Leader Relationship 4BRyan Snodgrass • Jaqueline Worstell Canvas Can Do What? Learn How To Make Quizzes and Flipped Lessons Using Canvas Studio. 2AChad Huff • Erik Petermann Creating Simple Animations Using Existing Apps 5DJames Sample • Sean Ward Dive Below the Surface of Your HyperDoc 1AElizabeth McDowell • Marissa Petty I’m a Believer! 2CYvonne Richard • Casey Holbrook Keep Swimming: Maintaining a Digital Literacy Community with Blended Learning 3DTiya Shaw • Stacey Cole Rethinking Genius: Leveraging the Protégé Effect for Learning, Knowledge Sharing, Content Creation, & Motivation 4DTim Reger • Sara Voigt Sail the Seas of Maker Culture to change your school's mindset 1CAmanda Kinsler Sailing with Desmos Classrooms for Secondary Mathematics Educators 4EDavid Haeberle Swimming Together: Dive into a world where picture books and technology swim side by side 1BPauline Burkett • Susanne Whitehouse Apple Interactive Classroom 5CApple Education Board the Station Rotation Ship with Canvas 3CAnna Nole • Cinthya Jensen Building a Comprehensive EdTech Request Vetting Process 4AHillary Simons • Patty Gilham How K-12 districts are leveraging Zoom to improve staff communication and family engagement 3AJason Nast Inspire secondary students to explore careers in the cloud with AWS Spark. 2BAmazon Web Services Meet Merlyn: The First Digital Assistant Built for the Classroom 2DChris Oakes Physical Security in K12 4CJeremy Walker Simplifying and Scaling Security Across Campuses 5BMeagan Miller • Alex Bodrug

3:30pm EST

A Storytelling Voyage 5AJessica James CivicTREK: Empowering Students While Bettering Their Communities Through Service Learning 3AClark Richardson • Kyle Dunbar Collaborative Kits: Maximizing the Resources Within Your Building 1BChristina Troxell • Angela German Cruise into STEAM - Learning Powered by Design Thinking 1CDr. Ann Nash • Alex Travis Dive into Digital Collaboration - Moving Your Jigsaw Online 4DKristin Barr Diving Deep Into Effective Schoology Use 1AMargie Tiner • Allyson Hartung Diving into Computer Science and Literacy 3DTobin Traxler Engaging Your Students in Renewable Energy Challenges 1DVENICIA FERRELL, Ph.D. • Remy Pangle It's Only Rock 'n Roll - Beach Music Edition 2AAlan Quimby Join CSTA for Free! Learn all about Computer Science Teaching Association Tower Board RoomMegan Graybill Let Students Lead the Way with Google Tours 4AKatie Moran Making Student-Centered Coaching Manageable and Meaningful 3EJennifer Ives • Jennifer Blais Meaningful Feedback That Supports Academics, SEL, and Behavior with Technology 5DChristopher Moss • Nicole Holdcraft SCRUM the Deck: Seas-ing the ability to create easy collaboration groups 3BDara Stewart • Tara Brinkley Sea You at the Movies! (What Movies Can Teach Us About Using Technology in Our Classrooms) 2DTina Brunn Seas the Day & Dive into Virtual Learning: A VDOE Update 4EMeg Foley • Reginald Fox Sneaky Computer Science, Not One More Thing 2CLatrice Knight • Heather Eland Teaching Others to Fish: Building Instructional Coaching Capacity 4BDoug Stefnoski • Hope Petty A Blueprint for an Effective K-12 Digital Learning Environment 5BLloyd Brown • AJ Phillips Focal Point Academy 4CHeather Stober Learn how to accelerate the digital transformation of education through Amazon Web Services. 2BAmazon Web Services What's New at Instructure? 3CDominic Church • Cinthya Jensen

4:00pm EST

Mindfulness Chair Yoga Mindfulness Room on the 3rd floor of the Convention Center TowerMeg Swecker

4:30pm EST

Exhibit Hall Reception Pre-function Exhibit Hall ADani Hall

8:00pm EST

Silent Disco Double Tree Hotel Ballroom
 
Tuesday, December 6
 

8:30am EST

1:1 Best Practices 1DDavid Din • Lori Hill Be An #A11y with Google Apps for Education 1B Build a Banging Online Learning Module 2CPreston Ailor Classkick in Mathematics Classes 1CTabatha Myers • Kate Syms Coaching CS from the Shallows of the Classrooms to the Depths of School Divisions Tower Board RoomKrissy Franklin • Megan Graybill Cruising the 5Cs with Thematic PD 3AMolly Rippa Design Sprints: Fostering Future Ready Students with all Elements of Design Thinking 4EBrittany Ferguson • Cynthia Johnston Escape and take a Break(out) at the Beach! 1ANichole Brumfield • Eric Wunderston Eye for Design: The Connection between Graphic Design & Brain Science for Student Comprehension 3DLaura Cooper Get Your Second Wind: New Strategies to Help Guide Your Porpoise 5DAlexandria Adams • Carol Marcolini How Teachers and Students Can Create Educational Videos Using Green Screen Techniques in the Elementary Classroom 4ASandra Taylor Reframing Digital Equity: Beyond Access and Into Experience 3BBerkley Todd SOS! How to integrate CS and DLI SOLs into elementary classrooms (without drowning or going overboard) 4BKatie Breaud • Victoria Hobson Using Strawbees to Ignite Creativity and Enhance Instruction 5ATim Reger • Sara Voigt Welcome to #EduProtocols 2AErin Merrill WeVideo & Podcasting: It's Interdisciplinary! 3EHeather Moore • Caroline Altman Captain SEAs the Day- Innovative STEM Challenge Concourse 3Moriah McCowan Designing an Interoperable Digital Ecosystem to Help Drive Instruction 4DChris Rogers • Dani Hall Finding Funding Sources for Technology for Education in the Age of Billions 4CJennifer Walker • HP How Newport News Public Schools is using Juniper’s AI to improve student Wi-Fi Experience 5BWill Faulconer How to transform your ordinary into extra-ordinary or The Transformational, Game-Changing Classroom. 2DJohnny Sink • Dwayne "Not the Rock" Johnson Inspire secondary students to explore careers in the cloud with AWS Spark. 2BAmazon Web Services Seas Cs the Day! 3CRyan Champney • Cinthya Jensen

9:45am EST

All Hands Involved using Integrated Inquiry Lessons 2CGayle Wuesthoff • Sarah Wales App Design for Beginners 3DNancye Blair Black • Brandie Wright Balanced Instruction: Keeping your Teaching Ship Afloat in Uncharted Seas 5AEmily Heller Building the Teacher and Technology Leader Relationship 5CRyan Snodgrass • Jaqueline Worstell Catch the WeVideo Wave 1CJeanne Dodd • Pat Norfleet Coding in Core Subjects is a SNAP! : A shallow dive for deep success in coding PBAs 1BCody Christensen Deep Dive into Google Drive and other Apps 4BAlfred Toole Don't let Blended Learning Wash Away 3ELindsay Daniels • Lynetti Warden Escape from Monotony: Transforming Basic Activities Into Mind Bending Puzzles 4DLaura Hunter • Lenette Hillian From Passive to Active The Transformative Power of a Self-Paced, Student-Centered Classroom 3BKatie Breth • Katie Fatiga Let's Dive Deep into Discovery Education 5DPatrick Heath • Alise Benzie Living the Chromebook Life 1AKatie Moran Strengthen CS Integration w/ Social-Emotional Learning: Supporting Equity w/ SEL, ELA, & CS Integration using Scratch Tower Board RoomJasper Gunn • Amber Rauls-Drayer Take A Walk On The Virtual Side, Creating with COSPACES. 4EKevin Rickard • Michelle Pressley Utilizing Canvas Grading & Feedback Features In A Writer's Workshop 2ALucille Convery “Carp Diem” Getting hooked on Gamification 1DAdam Vedomske Neptune's Fury: Seas the Day! Concourse 3Chrystal Trapani • Kristin White But wait, there's s'more! Let Camp Canvas Ignite Innovative PD! 3CSheila Teri • Cinthya Jensen Come Dive into Lumio by SMART! 4AKevin Marcus • Andrew Holt Effectively Leveraging Standards-Aligned Instructional Resources in Your Digital Ecosystem 5BChris Rogers • Aaron Cebular Empower your students to be the next generation of tech leaders with AWS GetIT. 2BAmazon Web Services Personalizing Feedback Fast 3AKatrina Stafford • Sophie Youngs Physical Security in K12 4CJeremy Walker The Next Generation Interactive Panel: ActivPanel 9 - Innovation Defined 2DMolly-Armine Holston • Chad Schnell

11:00am EST

A Day in the Life with Apple Technology and Jamf Tools 5CCurtis Armstrong • Emily McRoberts-Froese ACSE Grant: Creating Regional Partnerships that Work! 2CKevin Good • Monica VanHusen Amplifying Thinking Routines Using Digital Tools 4EDebbie Tannenbaum Bringing Digital Citizenship to Your School 4DSarah Wohlers Canvas Can Do What? Learn How To Make Quizzes and Flipped Lessons Using Canvas Studio. 5BChad Huff • Erik Petermann Don't Be a Sea Witch: Include ALL of Your Mermaids' Voices As Part of Your World 1AMarissa Petty • Dr. Lindsey Fisher Geometry, Technology & Me 3DBecky Wallace • Stephanie Manny Helping the student make the grade! - Combining Equitable Assessment Practices with Personalized Learning 1BTim Brown • Derrick Rauenzahn How to Present at VSTE. 1CPresentations Chair Integrating Social and Emotional Learning with Digital Citizenship 3BClaire Handville • William Watts Plug into Computer Science - Easy Ways to Integrate CS in the Elementary Classroom 4BFara Faust SEAS the Screens 1DAlfred Toole Social Emotional Learning: Connecting Digitally with Students 3EJanie E Take Up the SLACK- Harnessing the power of asynchronous communications 5DJohn Wick Teaching Computational Thinking Through Coding Tower Board RoomJon Stapleton Using Technology to Amplify Student's Ability to "Sea" Their Learning! 2ATim Taylor Integrate Coding with Micro:bits and Hummingbird Robotics Kits Concourse 3Rachael Rachau • Ellen Wright Qivervision Concourse 2Aimee Molihan • Xochilt Bermudez Blended and Remote Learning with Microsoft Forms 3ARuth Okoye • Karen Streeter CANCELLED - Dismantling Stereotype Threat for Student Success: How to Recognize, Avoid, and Stop Stereotype Threat in Your Classroom 2BAmazon Web Services Dive into Computational Thinking! 2DHeather Askea Esports 4CCorey Gordon Technology Leadership’s Role: Securely Engaging the Last 10% of Families 5ANancy Gallardo • ParentSquare Understanding and Complying with ESSA Evidence Requirements 4ADaniel Stanhope What's New at Instructure? 3CDominic Church • Cinthya Jensen

12:00pm EST

Lunch Pre-function Exhibit Hall A

12:30pm EST

Mindfulness Chair Yoga Mindfulness Room on the 3rd floor of the Convention Center TowerMeg Swecker

12:45pm EST

Mindfulness Chair Yoga Mindfulness Room on the 3rd floor of the Convention Center TowerMeg Swecker

1:00pm EST

Computational Thinking + Digital Storytelling using Twine Tower Board RoomPerry Shank • Valerie Fawley Creating An Interactive “Phone Style” Family App with Google Slides! 1BAdrienne Jimerson Deepen your District PD 1AChrystal Elmore • Amanda Bowen Engaging Elementary Students in Computer Science in a Meaningful Way 5DMolly Fisher Find your Lighthouse: Get Lit with Geo Literacy and VA Atlas 3DTiya Shaw Get Your Groove On with Canva for Teachers 1CMaria Thomas, NBCT • Analisa Santillan Magic Beneath the Surface of Edtech: Canva Edition 5APatrick Hausammann Magnificent Monarchs 4AMichelle Pressley • Jane Harvey Mastering Content with Canvas Mastery Paths 3EMichelle Elliott Ready To Go Bee Bot Centers 2AKara Johnson • Beth Smith Running Your Class Block With Google 1DAnna Hines Set Sail on the USS Sneaky PD 5CColette Bradley • Michelle Nyhuis Show Us Your Best! Using Google Slides for Student Portfolios 4DEllen Nesbit Steering the Rudder: Surviving and Thriving in a Digital Rich Classroom Community 3BCharlie Hinsch • Sheila Teri Swimming Together: Dive into a world where picture books and technology swim side by side 2CPauline Burkett • Susanne Whitehouse Top Ten Tools to Seas the Day 4EPatrick Heath • Alise Benzie Transforming Instructional Coaching with Collaborative Video Conferencing Tools 4BRich Shockey Work Smarter, Not Harder with Microsoft Tools 2DElizabeth Summers • Katie Fielding Explore the Joy of Creativity with Adobe Express 5BWezi R. Thindwa, Ed. S. How K-12 districts are leveraging Zoom to improve staff communication and family engagement 3AJason Nast Inspire secondary students to explore careers in the cloud with AWS Spark. 2BAmazon Web Services Open Demo Session - Esports/Verkada 4CCDW - All VVA/Canvas Statewide - LIVE from VSTE! 3CDave Dick • Steven Sproles • Cinthya Jensen

2:15pm EST

VSTE Closing Session Ballroom 1
 
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