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VSTE 2017: SuperEmpowering Kids & Learning

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Upcoming Events
VSTE SuperHero Summit
June 21, 2017
Lord Fairfax Community College
Middletown, Virginia


ISTE 2017
June 25 - 28, 2017
San Antonio, Texas
ALERT: Early Bird Pricing Ends May 1, 2017

2017 RockingEduTech Conference
July 26 - 27, 2017
Elkton, Virginia

Learn To Learn IV: CS Institute
July 27 - 28, 2017
Charlottesville, Virginia

#GoOpen Regional Summit
August 1, 2017
Chesterfield, Virginia

The Digital Learning Conference
September 27 - 28, 2017 
Hampton, Virginia
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VSTE2017: SuperEmpowering Kids & Learning
December 3 - 5, 2017
Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, Roanoke, Virginia
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VSTE BOARD NEWS
Board of Directors' Election Open Now

Seven candidates are running for five open positions on the VSTE Board of Directors. They will serve from 2017 - 2020. The VSTE Board provides leadership and direction to the organization.

VSTE members in good standing are encouraged to review each candidate's statement and then take the time to vote. 

If you are receiving this email, you are a VSTE member. You will need to login to the Members' Only area of the website in order to access the ballot. Use the lost password link to reset your password if needed. 

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TSIP Refresh: Feedback Requested

VSTE is in the midst of creating updated Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel (TSIP). We welcome the feedback of our members. Take some time to review the new standards and then complete short survey to let us know what you think.

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VSTE VOICES
VSTE Voices
What Is Instructional Technology? 

Members of the VSTE Board of Directors will be taking time to periodically share their ideas and passions with the VSTE membership. In this post, Tim Stahmer muses on the meaning of instructional technology. 

A primary mission of VSTE is, of course, to help empower educators to make great use of technology for teaching and learning. Many of our members even have "instructional technology", or some variation on the phrase, in their job title.

But what exactly is "instructional" technology? As opposed to another variety of tech, like the 1977 Ford Pinto.

Ask around and you'll probably get many different answers to that question, but, since this is my post, here is my twitter-length definition...

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