Weekly News Update
Virginia Society for Technology in Education
May 19, 2014

Welcome New Directors
VSTE is excited to welcome three new and two returning members of the Board of Directors:
  • Becky Fisher, Albemarle County Public Schools
  • Anita Harris, Franklin City Schools
  • Katie Knapp, Virginia Beach City Public Schools
  • Terry Lowry, Prince William County Public Schools
  • Michael Speidel, Loudoun County Public Schools

Learn more about these board members here.  

 

Thanks to all the members who voted in the recent election.  

Take Time to Showcase Your Students

Entries for the Students Technology Integration Challenge are being accepted now for consideration in this year's contest. Showcase the creative and innovative work your students are doing with technology in the classroom. Learn more and enter.

Tonight in Second Life: Visit an ESP Lab
Come with us to Esteban's lab to conduct scientific telepathy experiments. Come early. There are directions to read and HUDs to wear. Wow! Are we going to have fun! Click the link to get to VSTE Island.

Keep up with all the events and news from VSTE Island in Second Life by joining the Google Plus group.


Mark Your Calendars
VSTE Summer of Learning, 2014 Edition

We're getting together the summer professional development schedule. You can learn more and register now at the Summer of Learning webpage. 

Googlepalooza
Hosted by the Shenandoah Valley Technology Consortium and VSTE 
June 25, 2014
Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, Virginia

VSTE Day at RPDIT
Hosted by Franklin County Public Schools and VSTE
July 9, 2014
Gereau Center, Rocky Mount, Virginia

Integrating Technology in the 21st Century Classroom 
Hosted by Norfolk Public Schools and VSTE
July 30, 2014
Crossroads School, Norfolk, Virginia
 
Summer Book Talk on VSTE Island in Second Life
July 14, July 28 and August 11 
This summer, we'll be reading Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering and Engineering in the Classroom by Sylvia Martinez, this year's annual conference keynote. 
 
Supporting Science Inquiry with Technology

July 24, 2014
Western Albemarle High School
Charlottesville, Virginia

  

VSTE is partnering with several other learning organizations to provide a summer workshop. Experience an in-depth day of learning for science teachers. Four hour workshops for K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 science teachers will provide a hands-on interactive approach to organizing and implementing inquiry based learning supported by technology. Led by experienced teachers and coaches, participants will be able to plan and collaborate with science teachers from their own and other divisions. Participants will be able to continue the collaboration after the workshop through the use of Edmodo. 

  

This free one-day event will be held from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Western Albemarle High School in Charlottesville, Virginia. 

Super Early Bird Registration Open Now
The Best Price on the Best Conference
The conference committee is already working hard to organize this year's annual Technology in Education conference, which will be held December 7-9, 2014, in Virginia Beach. We're pleased to announce our keynote and spotlight speakers and open up the fourth annual Student Technology Integration Challenge. Check out the conference website for more information and to access registration. 
Big Deal Newsetter Great Ideas and Resources From Big Deal Media and VSTE

VSTE is pleased to partner with Big Deal Media to bring you the Big Deal Book of Technology Newsletter, featuring contests, resources, and information designed to bring the power of the web to your classroom. The May 15, 2014, newsletter will help you Sketch to Connect, Slow the Summer Slide, Tour the White House & More. There are a variety of grants and contests with deadlines in May. Resources related to the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education are featured.

If you're not checking out the Big Deal newsletter, you don't know what you're missing!