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UPCOMING EVENTS
Googlepalooza
June 16, 2015
Middletown, Virginia
VSTE @ RPDIT July 7 - 8, 2015 Rocky Mount, Virginia
Digital Age Learning 2015 July 22, 2015 Portsmouth, Virginia
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Events and Items of Interest to VSTE Members
Besides our Summer of Learning events, there are a variety of other options for learning. Here are just a few...
Breaking Boundaries: The American Experience in Innovation
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum
GIS Workshops for Educators Summer 2015 The Virginia GIS K-12 Consortium is providing five training opportunities to teachers and educators on how to use ESRI's ArcGIS software and integrate it into a variety of classrooms and curricula.
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Virginia Society for Technology in Education
PMB 149 - 9702 Gayton Road
Richmond, Virginia 23238
vste@vste.org
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 What We're Reading
Featuring resources of interest to our members
VSTE Island 2.0: Kim Harrison, president of the Virtual Environments PLN, describes the updates to VSTE Island in Second Life. Exciting new opportunities for learning together in this virtual space. You can learn more about the VE PLN and join in the fun by joining the Google Plus Community.
ISTE Live: Even if you can't make it to the ISTE Conference in Philadelphia, you can access 18 hours of virtual conference from keynotes to ignite talk to breakout sessions on a wide variety of topics. Learn more and register now.
 We love Big Deal Media and sharing their technology newsletter with our members. So we were happy to discover some of their other resources including Wed Wednesday, an online newsletter with the same high quality, annotated news and information as the technology newsletter. Check out the most recent edition and browse the archives here. |
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Thank you to all those who ran for the VSTE Board of Directors. We had an amazing field of candidates this year! Thanks to those of our members who voted in the recent election.
We are pleased to announce that five of those candidates will be joining us for the 2015-2018 term. The group includes three new members--Rod Carnill, Tim Stahmer, Meg Swecker--and two returning members--Karen Streeter and William Waller.
Click the link to learn more about these leaders. |
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Super Early Bird registration is open now for the 30th Annual Technology in Education Conference. We'll be celebrating with the best conference ever held December 6-8, 2015, at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, Roanoke, Virginia. Check out the conference website and register now.
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Summer is on its way which means VSTE is gearing up for its summer learning events. These regional one-day events are free or low cost and include lunch, beverages and all the M&Ms you can eat. Browse below to find one in your area:
Googlepalooza
Tuesday, June 16, 8 AM to 4 PM
Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, Virginia
All things Google...join us for the second annual Googlepalooza with sessions devoted to Google Classroom, Hangouts, YouTube, Drive, and more. Learn from Google certified teachers and experienced Google users.
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VSTE Day @ RPDIT
Opening Session: Tuesday, July 7, 8:30 - 12:00
Workshops and Technology Showcase: Wednesday, July 8, 8:00 - 4:00
Gereau Center, Rocky Mount, Virginia
Discussions of ed tech issues as well as sessions related to educational technology and integration from Google to Classflow to Online Learning.
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Digital Age Learning
July 22, 9 AM - 4 PM
Parkview Elementary, 260 Elm Avenue, Portsmouth, VA 23704
A full day of learning with over 20 breakouts sessions on a variety of educational technology topics including Classflow, Office 365, iPads, Edmodo and more. Learn how to choose the best tools and how to manage a 1:1 classroom. Learn More
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VSTE 2015: 30th Anniversary Conference