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VSTE Annual Conference 2020

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8:00am EST

UnisonEDU: #AppsDays WashingtonPhil Strunk • Patrick Hausammann

12:00pm EST

Focus on the Future with Virtual Learning Crystal AMeg Foley • Reginald Fox Increasing Productivity with Google Tools Crystal BElizabeth Summers Resources to Support Distance Learning WashingtonBarbara Huth

5:00pm EST

Digital Badges as a Student Motivator WashingtonPatricia Smith • Chima Staley From Then-and-There to Anywhere - Flipping District PD MonroeStephanie Burton • Kelsey Pacer Traveling the Earth... Virtually (Part 1) Crystal BTim Stahmer

7:00pm EST

Break Out of Ordinary Virtual Learning with OneNote Digital Breakouts WashingtonJeanie Ingram Focus on Hybrid Learning - How to Integrate Office365 Tools into Your Bi-Modal Classroom Crystal BKristin Barr Hands-on Creative Computing (Part 1) MonroeBea Leiderman Top Secret Canvas Tips Revealed! Crystal AMarcia Jeans • Adam Hyatt

8:00am EST

Get Nsync with Engaging and Empowering Virtual and Face to Face Learners Crystal ASheila Teri • Charlie Hinsch Integrating Interactive Bitmoji Classrooms in the Canvas Platform MonroeGail Moore • Teresa Howell The VA K-12 Computer Science Pipeline Project WashingtonNick Grzeda • Adrienne Sawyer Virtual Special Education: Meeting the Needs of Exceptional Learners in Exceptional Times Crystal BRandall Dunn

12:00pm EST

Classroom and Virtual Activities for Teaching the New Virginia Energy Career Cluster Crystal BJim Egenrieder • Remy Pangle Microsoft Sway for Lessons, Newsletters, and Training WashingtonKristin Barr The New Virginia Digital Learning Integration Standards of Learning Crystal AMark Saunders

5:00pm EST

The Future of Food: Sharing Creative Solutions to Global Crisis Crystal AChris Stanek • John Mitchem Yes, Littles Can! Crystal BChristine Danhoff

7:00pm EST

GIFs...The Gifts That Keep On Giving! Crystal BAlissa Wetton • Paige Faul Let's Chat About it: Canvas. WashingtonDominic Church Let's Chat About it: Schoology Monroe

8:00am EST

Engagement Strategies for Today's Hybrid or Distance Learning Classroom Crystal BBarbara Huth Top Tips for Presenting Like a Pro Crystal ANetia Elam • Elizabeth Summers

12:00pm EST

The Future of Feedback Crystal BTara Walters • Kelly Troxell

12:30pm EST

Kim Lane Clark In Conversation With CodeRVA Students Big BallroomKimberly Lane Clark Managing Your Zoom WilsonAlfred Toole • Charli Nolan Podcasting - A Tool for Creativity, Learning and Sharing Crystal BSean Ward • Kathy Lamont Teaching Science in an Online Environment WashingtonTabatha Zarkauskas

1:15pm EST

3DWebWorldz simulations and virtual field trips that run in Canvas on a Chromebook Roanoke FWilliam Schmachtenberg Building Coaching Opportunities by Sliding Into Their Inbox Crystal BTabitha Reber Cashing in on Each Other: How STEM brought a school community together Crystal AKatie Moran • Zach Taliaferro Creating Equitable Computer Science Experiences WashingtonJennie Chiu • Kim Wilkens Engaging Students with Minecraft Education Edition on Chromebooks MonroeNick Grzeda Virtually STEM clubs WilsonScarlett Kibler

2:00pm EST

CSforVB: Bring Computer Science to the Elementary Students through a Weekly Webinar ShenandoahFara Faust ePortfolios: the Future of Resume Design Crystal AEllen Nosal Infusing Community Storytelling with Virtual Learning! Crystal BTimothy Taylor Keeping our "FOCUS" with Google Extensions Roanoke FDenise Orndorff Ride the Wave to the Future: Wakelet WashingtonKatie Fielding Strunk's Edtech Power Rankings WilsonPhil Strunk Topic Hubs with Google Draw MonroeElizabeth McDowell

9:00am EST

Chasing the 5C's with GooseChase MonroeMaureen Ambrose • Krista Miller Coding & Decoding Math WashingtonBea Leiderman Distance Learning with eMediaVA: Virginia's Premier (and Free) Digital Content Library ShenandoahLindsey Horner Gamification, Productivity, and Workflow Tools You Can Use Tomorrow! AlleghenyJennifer Hodges • Michael Wesely Helping Students and Parents to C Consistency in your LMS Roanoke EShanna Rao • Alfred Toole Remaining Aloft in the Twitterverse Crystal BDarcie Priester Traveling the Earth... Virtually Crystal ATim Stahmer

9:45am EST

Connecting Students Interests With Learning Goals MonroeNancy Penchev Create a Hand-Drawn Animation on a Chromebook Crystal ACatherine Breese • Melissa Downs Cruising the tech highway with older, non-traditional, pre-service teacher candidates AlleghenyPamela Randall Diary of a (Not-So-Wimpy) Elementary Computer Science Facilitator ShenandoahRebecca Gratz • Shawn DeLuca G Suite Gold for Hybrid and Online Learning PocahontasPatrick Hausammann Make Remote Learning Engaging for Students by Focusing on Equity and SEL WilsonJorge Valenzuela Preparing Our Students for the Future by Amplifying Thinking Routines Using Digital Tools Roanoke FDebbie Tannenbaum Recalibrating your lens: The Continuum of Computer Science in Middle School Roanoke ESusan Jinks

10:30am EST

Google Expeditions; From Consumption to Creation WashingtonScott Lewis I've got 98 Problems, but PBL and CT Ain't One! Crystal BLaura Rahn • Shawn DeLuca Learning Virtually through Digital Media with eMediaVA ShenandoahLindsey Horner Survival Strategies for the Digitally Exhausted Educator: Maintaining Student Engagement and Motivation Roanoke FAimee Brenner UnisonEDU: Taking Forms and Sheets to School PocahontasChad Fisher Video Self- and Peer-Modeling for Supporting Students with Autism Crystal ARachel Potter WOW! Google Slides Does THAT!?! AlleghenyMichael Wesely

11:15am EST

Closely Reading Primary Sources Roanoke ELeticia Citizen Computer Science On Task and in - Focus Roanoke FKim Gudinas • Michelle Dunphy Focus on Creativity: Getting Creative with Chromebooks AlleghenyCatherine Breese Make It Digital: Transform hands-on activities to digital interactive activities for virtual learning and beyond ShenandoahShari Gomez • Kelly Baldwin Teaching at a Distance - Tips from a decade of practice Crystal BTheresa Wills VSTE Inclusion Crystal APatrick Hausammann

12:45pm EST

20 Google Add-ons and Extensions to Focus Your Attention AlleghenyTyler Witman Empowering Our Future Leaders' Voices with Technology Tools Today MonroeDebbie Tannenbaum G Suite for Education Refresher: Re-learning Features to Focus on the Future ShenandoahDarcie Priester Gettin' Creative! Creating Interactive Activities in Google Slides Roanoke ETonya Coffey Hands-on Creative Computing WashingtonBea Leiderman Strategies for Embedding Equity and SEL into Lessons Crystal BJorge Valenzuela The Classroom of the Future WilsonKelly Hoggard • Paula Ott The Future Is Accessible Crystal AKatie Fielding