2024VSTE Annual Conference

2024VSTE Annual Conference

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Lisa Castellano

Norfolk Collegiate Upper School

School Librarian

Norfolk, VA

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This is my 14th year as a school librarian. I worked 10.5 years as a public middle school librarian and am now a librarian for a grades 6-12 independent school.

9:45am EST

How does strategy instruction scaffold reading and writing motivation? 4ASusanne Croasdaile • Shannon Costley How To Stay Current in an Evolving Ed Tech Landscape: A Conversation 3BCathy Wague • Christine Stokes-Beverley Ignite Creativity: Unleashing Adobe Express in Education 2BMonica Roach • Jennifer Ives Network with Boolean Girl, a Computer Science Non Profit 4BMolly Fisher • Brian Moran

11:00am EST

AI Aboard: Steering Students Toward Ethical Use 1CElizabeth Summers • Patrick Hausammann Let's Get Ready to TECH RUMBLE!: Friendly teacher competition to support buy in 5DCody Christensen Rolling in the Sheet with AI: Top 10 formulas to organize your data and using AI all the way 4BTimothy Brown Tell Me A Story 3ETiffany Kopcak Google Tips and Tricks That Can Anchor Your Teacher Life Ballroom 3Fara Faust

12:00pm EST

Lunch Main Floor

1:00pm EST

Lead From Where We Are: Igniting and Sustaining Change Anchored In Innovation Ballroom 3Delrose Adkinson

2:00pm EST

Kid Talks Outside Exhibit Hall B

2:15pm EST

Anchored in STEM: The SeAL Challenge in Your District 2BDavid Haeberle • Susan Zingaro Bridging Tradition and Innovation: Integrating Generative AI in Secondary Writing Classes 4ABryan Pahl • Lynn Define Our First Year as a "Phone Free School" and How It's Going 5DRachael Rachau • Patty Sinkler

3:30pm EST

XSCAPE THE CLASS 1AJeffery Seneca • Wayne Rau Beach Party App Smash 3DGregg Etheridge Creating Young Innovators: Empowering Students with Shark Tank & Canva 4DShukima Austrie Empowering Gifted Learners: Integrating Technology into Project-Based Learning 1CSarah Ghandil

4:45pm EST

AI & Tech Justice: Hands-On Ethics & Machine Learning 2AAmber Rauls-Drayer • Jon Stapleton Balancing the Anchor; Anchored Again 1CAlfred Toole • IdaMae Craddock Lots of Ways to Use Book Creator! 3DRose Gallitz Can Facebook Steal My Stuff? Your Students’ Rights On Social Media 1DJoyce Johnston

8:00am EST

Navigating the Emergent and Urgent Realities of AI: From Classrooms to Cabinets to Corporate Spaces. Ballroom 3Dee Lanier

9:45am EST

Level Up Learning: Transforming Classrooms with Gamification 1BMichael Wesely • Mike Lewis Ready Player One: Coding text based adventure games to get students creating 4BPreston Ailor Anchored in Innovation: Navigating the Top 10 EdTech Tools for 2024 1DJames Patrick Heath

11:00am EST

Uncheatable Assessments Ballroom 3Michael Hernandez Mindfulness for Educators VIP Lounge (3rd floor)Erin Sonn

12:00pm EST

Lunch Main Floor

1:00pm EST

EdTech for People and the Planet 3DSarah Brengman EdTech Secrets Revealed: From Chaos to Calm-Unleashing the Power of Effective Classroom Managements 4DRobin Krupansky Public Media Regatta 5ACalypso Gilstrap The Game Plan: Using Gaming to Deepen School Connections Outside Exhibit Hall BElizabeth Kirk Movement for Educators VIP Lounge (3rd floor)Erin Sonn

2:15pm EST

Crafting Creativity with Minecraft Education 1ASean Ward • James Sample

8:00pm EST

12:00pm EST

Lunch Main Floor

2:15pm EST

Think again: Reimagining Education In A Changing World Ballroom 3Michael Hernandez