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1:00pm EST
Conference Opening
Wednesday November 6, 2024 1:00pm - 1:10pm EST
Speakers
Executive Director, Vita-Learn
Jeff serves as the Executive Director of Vita-Learn. Previously, he has held a number of roles including Senior Director, Common Sense Media and Education Technology Policy Director for the Maine Department of Education.
Wednesday November 6, 2024 1:00pm - 1:10pm EST
Northstar I
1:00pm EST
Aligning Our Tech Plan with the Strategic Plan!
Wednesday November 6, 2024 1:00pm - 2:10pm EST
Speakers
Director of Technology, Rutland City Public Schools
Patricia Aigner serves as the Director of Technology for the Rutland City Public Schools in Rutland, Vermont. She is licensed as a teacher, principal, and superintendent. In 2020, Patricia received the Frank Watson Lifetime Achievement Award from Vita-Learn. Recently, she was featured...
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Wednesday November 6, 2024 1:00pm - 2:10pm EST
Northstar I
2:30pm EST
2:30pm EST
How to Successfully Handle Printing Difficulties in K-12 Schools
Wednesday November 6, 2024 2:30pm - 3:30pm EST
Speakers TS
Technology Director, Orange Southwest Supervisory Union
PD
Director of Technology and Innovation, Essex Westford School District
Peter is currently serving as the Director of Technology and Innovation at Essex Westford School District. He is passionate about working with educators to support teaching and learning with technology and in his past role, as State Director of Education Technology in Vermont, was...
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Operations Manager, Specialized Purchasing Consultants (SPC)
Bidding and Purchasing Consortium for School Districts and Municipalities
Wednesday November 6, 2024 2:30pm - 3:30pm EST
Northstar I
2:30pm EST
The Future Is Now! AI Is Alive!
Wednesday November 6, 2024 2:30pm - 3:30pm EST
Speakers
K12 Tech Talk Podcast, K12 Tech Talk Podcast
A K12TechPro Podcast. This podcast is about trending K12 technology topics and issues. Josh, Chris, and Mark have real conversations, real arguments, and real banter on IT issues and trends in K12 Schools.
Wednesday November 6, 2024 2:30pm - 3:30pm EST
Northstar I
3:50pm EST
Ed-Fi Q&A and Data Governance Discussions
Wednesday November 6, 2024 3:50pm - 4:50pm EST
Speakers JN
VT AOE Education Data Administrator, Vermont Agency of Education
James Nadeau is the Education Data Administrator for the Vermont Agency of Education. He is in charge of collecting education data required for Vermont's public and federal reporting requirements. Prior to his role at AOE, he was a web developer and IT consultant.
Wednesday November 6, 2024 3:50pm - 4:50pm EST
Northstar I
8:45am EST
10:00am EST
Bringing Authentic Representation to EdTech and Literature
Thursday November 7, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Speakers
Author
Charloe Cheng is a children's book author and the Director of Education at CodeCombat. Her expertise is creating effective and engaging content for kids at the intersection of education, media, and technology. Charloe has wrien and illustrated a variety of books including Night Market...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Gateway I
10:00am EST
CS in Your Library or Elementary Classroom
Thursday November 7, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Speakers
STEAM - TECH consultant, Tech Guide VT LLC
Christina Smith has 35 years experience in Vermont Education as a Classroom teacher, VISMT Science TA, Tech Integration Resource Educator, and STEAM coach. She finds that helping teachers and their students figure out the Tech work flow is challenging but rewarding! She recently...
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School Librarian & Educational Technologist, Newbury Elementary School
Laurie Williams has been the School Librarian and Educational Technologist at Newbury Elementary School for 12 years. She is an ISTE Certified Educator and will be presenting at ISTE Live! in Denver in June. She was recently awarded the 2024 Vermont School Library Association's Outstanding...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Northstar II
10:00am EST
Developing a Consortia Solution on Back-up/Cyber Safety/Disaster Recovery
Thursday November 7, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Speakers PD
Director of Technology and Innovation, Essex Westford School District
Peter is currently serving as the Director of Technology and Innovation at Essex Westford School District. He is passionate about working with educators to support teaching and learning with technology and in his past role, as State Director of Education Technology in Vermont, was...
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Sponsors
MCG Managed Resources
MCG Managed Resources is a Managed Services Provider currently providing backup and disaster recovery services to the Essex Westford School District and the Addison Northwest School District. In addition, our company can provide remote help desk services, EDR/MDR solutions for security...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Gateway II
10:00am EST
Librarians Lead on GenAI and Intellectual Property
Thursday November 7, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Speakers
Online Learning Manager, Collaborative for Educational Services
Suzanne Judson-Whitehouse is the Online Learning Manager and ISTE Certification Trainer for the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), where she has worked for the past 15 years supporting educators to innovate and explore new ideas around technology, curriculum and design...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Northstar I
11:30am EST
11:30am EST
Disrupting for Justice: FHTMS Students Organized Against Racism (S. O. A. R.) - A
Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 12:25pm EST
Speakers GR
Educator/Coach, South Burlington School District
Our S.O.A.R. Program demonstrates innovative, disarming, and nonthreatening strategies and tactics to combat racism and racist acts in schools. Students are at the forefront of these exceptional and nontraditional efforts. Please feel free to discuss ways in which a program like...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 12:25pm EST
Northstar I
11:30am EST
Kami's Latest and Greatest Features
Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 12:25pm EST
Speakers
Teacher Success Champion, Kami
Kami is an online document annotation and markup tool. You can highlight, underline, and strikethrough text in PDF and other document formats. You can also add text boxes, shapes, and images. Kami works with Google Drive and Google Classroom. With Kami, you can easily collaborate...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 12:25pm EST
Escapade II
11:30am EST
11:30am EST
11:30am EST
Tech Talk on Rostering/Onboarding/App Management
Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 12:25pm EST
Speakers
Director of Technology, Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District
NG
Assistant Director of Education Technology, Harwood Unified Union School District
PD
Director of Technology and Innovation, Essex Westford School District
Peter is currently serving as the Director of Technology and Innovation at Essex Westford School District. He is passionate about working with educators to support teaching and learning with technology and in his past role, as State Director of Education Technology in Vermont, was...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 12:25pm EST
Escapade I
1:45pm EST
CS in Upper Elementary/ Middle School with Co-spaces
Thursday November 7, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Speakers
Director of STEAM Programming, Black River Innovation Campus
Ben has a Masters of Science in Music Education from Indiana University, and has been working at the Black River Innovation Campus (BRIC) since February 2024. BRIC's goal is to teach and promote STEAM learning through use of technology, and to provide tools and professional development...
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owner/teacher, River Valley Tech Center
I run my own design business, creating website and branding. I teach information technology at River Valley Technical Center in Springfield, VT. I teach Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver, and intro to programming. CompTIA A+ and ITFundamentals certifications.
1:45pm EST
Disrupting for Justice: FHTMS Students Organized Against Racism (S. O. A. R.) - B
Thursday November 7, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Speakers GR
Educator/Coach, South Burlington School District
Our S.O.A.R. Program demonstrates innovative, disarming, and nonthreatening strategies and tactics to combat racism and racist acts in schools. Students are at the forefront of these exceptional and nontraditional efforts. Please feel free to discuss ways in which a program like...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Northstar I
1:45pm EST
Engaging Students and the Community with Biographies
Thursday November 7, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Speakers
Teacher, Milton Middle School
Katrina Antonovich is a 5/6 ELA/SS teacher at Milton Middle School. For the last three years, Katrina has worked to implement Act 77 at MMS. An innovative educator for 15+ years, mom, wife, and out-of-the-box thinker with students. ISTE certified educator, with a passion for travel...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Gateway II
1:45pm EST
Law for Librarians
Thursday November 7, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Speakers
Librarian, U-32 Middle & High School
Thursday November 7, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Escapade II
1:45pm EST
Leveraging AI to Manage & Protect your Network
Thursday November 7, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Speakers
Territory Manager – ME/NH/VT, HPE Aruba Networking
HPE Aruba Networks provides Edge to Core network switching, wireless, and network security solutions supporting both on-premise and cloud deployments. Aruba’s solutions are built on a security-first, AI-Powered network leveraging Aruba Central as your network management tool delivering...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Roundabout
1:45pm EST
2:45pm EST
AI Policy Starter Kit: Concrete Tools for District Leaders
Thursday November 7, 2024 2:45pm - 3:40pm EST
Speakers
Online Learning Manager, Collaborative for Educational Services
Suzanne Judson-Whitehouse is the Online Learning Manager and ISTE Certification Trainer for the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), where she has worked for the past 15 years supporting educators to innovate and explore new ideas around technology, curriculum and design...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 2:45pm - 3:40pm EST
Escapade II
2:45pm EST
AI tools as "Thought Partners" for Teachers and Students
Thursday November 7, 2024 2:45pm - 3:40pm EST
Speakers
Education Technology Integrationist, Missisquoi Valley School District
Jen is a wife and mother of two teens. She has been in education for over 20 years and has taught everything from PreK & Kindergarten through 6th Grade. Jen is now in her 3rd year as the Education Technology Integrationist at Swanton Elementary School. She has a BS in Early Childhood...
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Thursday November 7, 2024 2:45pm - 3:40pm EST
Gateway II
2:45pm EST
Reimagining Learning with Inanimate Alice
Thursday November 7, 2024 2:45pm - 3:40pm EST
Speakers
Series Producer - Inanimate Alice, BradField Narrative Designs Inc.
I'm the producer of Inanimate Alice series, a groundbreaking, interactive digital narrative designed to engage students in multimodal learning. This episodic tale combines storytelling, gaming elements and multimedia features to develop critical thinking, creativity, and STEM skills...
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Associate Dean, Lesley University
Thursday November 7, 2024 2:45pm - 3:40pm EST
Gateway I
2:45pm EST
2:45pm EST
8:00am EST
Book Sale
Friday November 8, 2024 8:00am - 11:30am EST
8:00am EST
FIRST Robotics - Real STEM, Real Fun!
Friday November 8, 2024 8:00am - 11:30am EST
Speakers
FIRST Senior Mentor - Vermont, FIRST, FIRST in VT
Scott McCalla is a Coach, Mentor, and Parent involved in FIRST Robotics programs since 2013. As the current FIRST Senior Mentor for Vermont, Scott's role is to help educate Vermont in the value of FIRST robotics to students in schools and communities. FIRST is a 501c3 not for profit...
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8:45am EST
10:00am EST
Create a Group of Student Technology Experts in Your School!
Friday November 8, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Speakers
Educational Technology Integration Specialist/Enrichment Teacher, Lamoille North Supervisory Union
Faith Horton has been an educator for over 20 years in both Vermont and Colorado. After spending 15 years as a 3rd-5th grade classroom teacher, her interest with technology integration and passion to seek innovative practices led her to pursue an Ed Tech endorsement. She feels grateful...
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Technology Coordinator, Cambridge Elementary School / Lamoille North SU
I've been in the role of Technology Coordinator at Cambridge Elementary School (Lamoille North Supervisory Union) for the past ten years, and have been interested in the world of computers for as long as I can remember. I work hard to make sure that students have access to the technology...
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Friday November 8, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Escapade I
10:00am EST
Empowering Educators: An AI Toolkit & Resource Guide for the Modern Classroom
Friday November 8, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Speakers
Director of Technology, Rutland City Public Schools
Patricia Aigner serves as the Director of Technology for the Rutland City Public Schools in Rutland, Vermont. She is licensed as a teacher, principal, and superintendent. In 2020, Patricia received the Frank Watson Lifetime Achievement Award from Vita-Learn. Recently, she was featured...
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Friday November 8, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Escapade II
Fri Block A
- Grade Span Early Elementary School, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Post Secondary
- Tags Advocacy & Leadership, Digital Literacy & Citizenship, Digital Resources & OER, Pedagogy, Flexible Pathways, Research & Information Literacy, Standards & Curricula, STEM/STEAM & MakerSpaces, Digital Storytelling, Student Voice
- Level All Levels
- Theme Improving Classroom Practices with Technology
10:00am EST
10:00am EST
Getting Creative with the Circuit Playground
Friday November 8, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am EST
Speakers
VR in the Classroom, Missisquoi Valley SD
I'm Rich Ballard and I am a Technology integration specialist at Missisquoi Valley Union Middle/High School (MVU). Before that I taught middle school science for over 35 years at MVU and in Vero Beach Florida. As the Technology integration specialist, I helped to implement a 1:1 computer...
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11:00am EST
Break
Friday November 8, 2024 11:00am - 11:30am EST
11:30am EST
Artificial Intelligence: Potential, Precautions, 25 Mind Blowing Possibilities
Friday November 8, 2024 11:30am - 12:25pm EST
Speakers
Professor, Lesley University
Dr. Maureen Brown Yoder is an Educational Technology Professor Emerita at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachuses. Dr. Yoder began her career when the field of educational technology was in its infancy, when the Apple 2 was state of the art, and a 300 baud modem was impressive...
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Friday November 8, 2024 11:30am - 12:25pm EST
Gateway I
11:30am EST
11:30am EST
1:45pm EST
Cybersecurity for All Students
Friday November 8, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Speakers
Curriculum Development Specialist, CYBER.ORG
Charlene Cooper is a National Board Certified Teacher in the area of Early Adolescent Science with over 20 years of experience as a public school educator. She has a masters degree in Educational Leadership and a Cyber Education Graduate Certificate from Louisiana Tech. Charlene taught...
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Friday November 8, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Escapade I
1:45pm EST
Exploring Invention Education with the Young Inventor's Program
Friday November 8, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Speakers
Young Inventors' Program Director, University of New Hampshire
The Young Inventors’ Program inspires the next generation of STEM leaders by fueling excitement for innovation. YIP provides programs, pathways, and information to develop the intellectual capacity, critical thinking, creativity, and problem solving abilities of all students so...
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Friday November 8, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Gateway II
1:45pm EST
OPALS in Action: Organize, Promote, Engage!
Friday November 8, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Speakers
School Librarian & Educational Technologist, Newbury Elementary School
Laurie Williams has been the School Librarian and Educational Technologist at Newbury Elementary School for 12 years. She is an ISTE Certified Educator and will be presenting at ISTE Live! in Denver in June. She was recently awarded the 2024 Vermont School Library Association's Outstanding...
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Teacher Librarian, Bradford Elementary School
K-6 Library Media Specialist
Friday November 8, 2024 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Gateway I
1:45pm EST
1:45pm EST
2:45pm EST
Library Advocacy and Act 150
Friday November 8, 2024 2:45pm - 3:40pm EST
Speakers
Librarian, Middlebury Union High School
intellectual freedom, library advocacy, critical information literacy, technology and media literacy
Librarian, Colchester Middle School
Rebecca Sofferman is the school librarian at Colchester Middle School in Colchester, VT. A graduate of Syracuse University’s iSchool (MLIS), Rebecca was previously district librarian and technology coordinator for the Tupper Lake Central School District in Tupper Lake, NY, an elementary...
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Teacher Librarian, Hiawatha Elementary School
Susie Snow is a teacher librarian at Hiawatha Elementary School in Essex Junction, VT. She received her Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Vermont and is licensed as a K-6 Educator, K-12 Librarian, and K-12 Educational Technologist.
Friday November 8, 2024 2:45pm - 3:40pm EST
Escapade II
2:45pm EST
2:45pm EST
2:45pm EST