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Monday, May 23
 

7:30am

Registration & Continental Breakfast Champlain Room Exhibitor area open Champlain Room

8:30am

Genius Hour and Independent Learning Projects in Middle School Joyce 202Meghan McGrath Coding Meets Creative Writing Joyce 210Bridget Hackett Gamify Learning with Quest Based Learning Joyce 201Angelique Fairbrother iTunes U Course Manager on iPad Joyce 304Matt Brooks Licenses, Standards, Oh My! The New Role of the School Librarian GBTC 017Judy Kaplan • Linda McSweeney • Alan Tinkler Screencasting & Green Screen Videos GBTC 217Sam Bromley • Susan Monmaney The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award GBTC 112Meg Allison • Sharon Colvin • Caitlin Corless • Hannah Peacock Using Google Docs and Slides to Assist Struggling Readers and Writers Joyce 211Gillian Fuqua Principal 3.0 Joyce 102John Craig Robot Olympics Joyce 301MIchael Norkun Building School 2.0 Aiken Hall Morgan RoomZac Chase Open Education Resources in the Classroom GBTC 117Andy Marcinek Innovation Lounge IDX Fireside Lounge Building a Student Centric Advisory Program Hauke 444/203Mary Beth Hertz Math & Project Based Learning Hauke 442/204Brad Latimer Modern Learning Spaces Hauke 221/005David Jakes Vermont Afterschool and Montshire Museum are teaming up to tinker! GBTC 114Rachel Donegan • Tracy Truzansky

8:45am

How to Design a Good Makerspace Emergent Media Center

9:15am

Teach, Learn, and Make with Raspberry Pi - credit card size computer Joyce 202Steven Davis • Lucie deLaBruere

9:45am

Building your Digital Learning Experience with Apple Joyce 304Matt Brooks Educating for Responsible Digital Citizenship: the What and the How GBTC 217Jeanie Phillips Lights, Cameras, History! Joyce 210Eric Hall Red Clover Book Award GTBC 114M.C. Baker • Sharon Colvin Teamwork, Technology, and Student Strengths at the Table in Project-Based Work Joyce 211Ken Cadow The Daily 5TM Program GTBC 017Rochelle Garfinkel Transforming the Classroom Through Technology Joyce 201Whalley Computer Assiocates, Inc. “More than Words-- Using Technology to Transform Writing” Joyce 102Annie Bellerose • Charlie MacFadyen

10:55am

Welcome & Opening Remarks IDX Student Life Center

11:00am

Keynote: Be The Hero IDX Student Life CenterMatthew Winner

12:00pm

Lunch A Cafeteria OER Brainstorm! Hauke 442/204Erica Zimmer

12:50pm

Lunch B Cafeteria

1:15pm

Adobe Illustrator for “CNC” Laser and Vinyl Cutters Emergent Media Center

1:35pm

Augmented Reality Interactive Storytelling (ARIS) Joyce 102Eli Rosenberg A Smorgasbord of World Collaborations Joyce 310Melissa Williams Bee Bots In Kindergarten! Joyce 202Sharon Davison Best Book Sites (so far) GBTC 017Matthew Winner Digital Backpack for Transferable Skills Joyce 211Kristen Courcelle • Lauren Parren • Steve Webster Experience Classroom: Apple’s new iPad app built for teachers Joyce 304Dan Devecchio • Brian Gewirtz Green Mountain Book Award - Get Teens Reading! GBTC 112Marilee Attley • Jory Hearst • Susan Monmaney • Kara Rosenberg How a School Can Transform a Community Joyce 201Dylan Bertolini • Allison Paradee Poetry Helps Young Writers Find Their Voices GBTC 217Ted Scheu Storyboard That! Greek Mythology Joyce 210Jennifer Parker Making Across the Curriculum: How can your maker space support content and curriculum across the range of disciplines? GBTC 117Elia Desjardins Using your Time Wisely: Re-imaging School Scheduling Aiken Hall Morgan RoomDiana Laufenberg

2:45pm

Authors, Readers, and Schools GBTC 112Sue Irish Blended-learning in a 1:1 High School Classroom Joyce 201Susan Blethen Creating A Meaningful PLP with Naviance! Joyce 202Stephanie Gagnon • VSAC Digital Citizenship Dance GBTC 217Theresa Czachor • Erica Zimmer Project Atlantic--Students Create Award-Winning Digital Films. Join Us! Joyce 211Michael Auerbach Project Based Learning- Making School Easier Joyce 310MIchael Norkun Ready for College Research? Mine the Gap! GBTC 017Judith Kaplan Student-Centered Photovoltaic Energy Investigations Joyce 210Jessica Angell • Vermont Engery (VEEP) Using Video To Tell Your School's Story Joyce 102Michael Berry

3:15pm

Illuminations- bringing a current issue to light. (A STEAM Project) GBTC 117Whitney Kaulbach

3:50pm

Door Prizes IDX Student Life Center

4:15pm

VSLA Annual Meeting Aiken Hall Morgan Room
 
Tuesday, May 24
 

7:30am

Registration & Continental Breakfast IDX Student Life Center Exhibitor area open Champlain Room

8:30am

Connecting Our Dots - 1-1, SBL, & PLP's Joyce 201Jeff Badillo • Allan Miller • Sam Nelson 'Using e-Portfolios as a platform for PLPs.' Joyce 210Kevin Hunt • Amy Skapof Get going with Gale and go beyond Google GBTC 112Genevieve Gallagher PLPs Meet Literacy GBTC 114Jennifer Hill Revolutionizing Student Research with Padlet Joyce 310Tiffany Michael Student-Centered Learning using Open Educational Resources (OER) Joyce 102Brian Crane • Erica Zimmer Surviving the One-Person Show Joyce 017Rochelle Garfinkel WeVideo: An Awesome Collaborative Video Creation Platform Joyce 202Jessica Wilson Video Making with Backward Design Joyce 211Gina Ferrara • Brent Truchon Open Education Resources Hauke 444/203Andy Marcinek Student Centric PLPs Hauke 442/204Diana Laufenberg Coding with Turtles: MinecraftEDU and the Hour of Code GBTC 017Jennifer Parker Every Student Is An Inventor! GBTC 117John Minelli Design Thinking Hauke 221/005David Jakes Innovation Lounge IDX Fireside Lounge Electrify Your Ideas: Notebook Hacking in the Writer’s Workshop Aiken Hall Morgan RoomJill Dawson • Aubrey Garrison

8:45am

How to Design a Good Makerspace Emergent Media Center

9:15am

Implementing & Improving PLPs - A conversation to help sort babies from bathwater Joyce 201Gillian Fuqua • Ben Matthews

9:45am

Explore Math Joyce 102Corinna Hussey • Charlie MacFadyen Human Rights, Research & Creative Collaboration GBTC 112Faith Carpenter • Frances Donato Mathcraft: Minecraft in the Elementary Classroom Joyce 202Kevin Grace • Andrea Nelson Setting the Stage for an Effective Personal Learning Plan Joyce 210Kathleen McClaskey Telling Their Stories… Digitally Joyce 310Life LeGeros Time Travel To the Past GBTC 114Susan Beller VSLA: What's in it for me? GBTC 017Anna Bolognani • Kathy Lawrence Solving the World's Problems One Video at a Time: WeVideo Public Service Announcements GBTC 017Nancy Farwell • Marcia Gauvin

10:15am

Humanitarian Response, Mapping the World Together Joyce 211Noah Ahles

10:55am

Welcome & Opening Remarks IDX Student Life Center

11:00am

Keynote: Common Sense for Today's Classroom IDX Student Life CenterJeff Mao

12:00pm

Lunch A Cafeteria What do we Value? The Student or The Learner Hauke 442/204Kathleen McClaskey

12:50pm

Lunch B Cafeteria

1:15pm

Level 2 Programming with Arduino Emergent Media Center

1:35pm

Integrating PLPs Into High School Classes Joyce 210Whitney Machnik • Kerrin McCadden • Susan Monmaney Expansion of Learning Beyond the Classroom Walls! GBTC 117Vitaliy Kulapin • Catherine Tetu Five-Star Feedback Loops: Formative Assessment Ideas for Every Grade GBTC 017Kelly Ahlfeld Short Radio Stories Joyce 310Rachel Mark • Reggie Martell • Joe Rivers STORYKEEPERS: Learning History Through Family Stories GBTC 114Natalie Kinsey Student Vlogging to Increase Student Voice Joyce 201Michael Berry • Katie LeFrancois Transforming the Classroom Through Technology Joyce 211Whalley Computer Assiocates, Inc. Driving Personalized Learning with the Vermont Digital Learning Plan Joyce 102Peter Drescher TRAILS ~ A Project of Kent State University: A Key Assessment Tool for Information Literacy Skills and Evidence-Based Practice. GBTC 112Deborah Ehler-Hansen Lights, Camera, Action! Hands-On Stop Motion Movie Making Hauke 442/204Karen McCalla • Nichole Peterson Break Out of the Box with BreakoutEDU: A platform for immersive learning games exemplifying high- and low-tech integration. Hauke 221/005Cynthia Day Coding as a Central Component of a Mathematics Curriculum Hauke 444/203Kevin Feal-Staub • Michael Keim VR-mont:Virtual Reality and experiential learning are here! GTBC 217Owen McDermott

2:45pm

The Digital Publishing Library GBTC 117Harry Chan • Media Flex - OPALS 1:1 in Your School - How Do You Know It’s Working Joyce 210Paul Irish Authors, Readers, and Schools GBTC 017Sue Irish Being Creative with Student Interests: go ahead and give yourself permission GTBC 114Liv Perry Blast off with Newton, NGSS, 3D Printing and Video Analysis of Motion Joyce 102Eric Hall • Mike Turner Increasing Student Engagement with Digital Content Joyce 201Sara Jablonski • Daiva Madjar Maker Space Start Up and Student Projects Joyce 211Laurie Wilson Playlists for Personalization Joyce 310Susan Hennessey • Life LeGeros • Scott Thomson Robots for Everyone! Collaborative Robot Projects GBTC 112Lucie deLaBruere • Donna MacDonald We Visited Our National Parks (and never left Norwich, VT!) Joyce 202Joy Blongewicz • John Minelli

3:50pm

Door Prizes IDX Student Life Center