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Nominations Open for VSTE Board of Directors
VSTE is led by a Board of Directors made up of educators across the Commonwealth. Board Directors are elected by the VSTE members. We are accepting nominations for the 2016-2017 slate from February 1 - March 4. Consider nominating yourself or a colleague for this leadership opportunity. 


Student Voice, VADOE, and Conversations for Digital Learning Day 2016
VSTE will be online throughout the day on Digital Learning Day 2016 with presentations by the Virginia Department of Education, meetups with students and their teachers and an evening conversation around the past, present and future of educational technology with the VSTE 2015 award winners. 

We're getting the final schedule in place right now. Bookmark this link to keep track of the plans. 
Events of Interest to VSTE Members
March 9, 2016
EdTech 2016
Richmond Virginia

Looking ahead....

April 4-7, 2016
CoSN Annual Conference: Accelerating Success
Washington, DC

April 8, 2016
Brainstorm 2016: What Inspires!
Harrisonburg, Virginia

June 21, 2016
Googlepalooza III: The Learning Continues
Middletown, Virginia

June 23, 2016
Googlepalooza Tidewater
Hampton, Virginia
More Information Coming Soon!

June 26 - 29, 2016
ISTE Conference 2016
Denver, Colorado
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Newsletters, Newsletters, Newsletters

Email may be old school, but some very innovative thinkers are using email newsletters to communicate ideas, links and resources. Doug Belshaw, who publishes the weekly Thought Shrapnel newsletter, recently featured a great starting list of educational technology leaders who publish newsletters. Each one arrives weekly and provides a unique lens for organizing and exploring the web:

Austin Kleona writer who draws and focuses on creativity

Laura Hilliger: formerly of the Mozilla foundation, focuses on social media, building the web and education

Ian O'Byrne: Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at the College of Charleston

Christian Payne: Focuses on creative technology and communication

Audrey Watters : Covers educational technology news and "the future of the history of ed tech"

Bryan Mathers : Creator of "visual thinkery" who puts thoughts into images

Oliver Quinlan : Researcher at Raspberry Pi foundation, writer, educator

Maria Popova : Writer probably best known for her Brain Pickings blog




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