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Vermont Fest 2022

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4:00pm EST

Exhibitor Setup The Oscar Wilde Ballroom Registration Desk Open The Lower Lobby

5:00pm EST

Vita-Learn Board Meeting & Dinner (Invitation Only) Northstar I

7:00am EST

Exhibitor Setup The Oscar Wilde Ballroom Registration Desk Open The Lower Lobby

8:00am EST

Breakfast The Oscar Wilde Ballroom

8:45am EST

Conference Opening Remarks & Keynote with Roger Rosen The Oscar Wilde BallroomRoger Rosen

10:00am EST

How digital books help schools reimagine reading equity The Oscar Wilde BallroomChrista Taylor Create a Culture of Reading with Foundational Literacy Skills Gateway IIRichard Hasenyager Edison: The Little Robot That Works With Chromebooks Gateway IJoe Bertelloni • Bjorn Behrendt Engage Your Students with Interactive Video Lessons Escapade IRyan Kochevar Kami 101: Transform Your Classroom Using Tools for Collaboration RoundaboutOliver Tingling What is Merge EDU (Merge Cube)? AR/VR Science and STEM in the K-8 Classroom Northstar IIJennifer Mitchell • Katrina Antonovich Back to School with Lego Robots! Escapade IIKaren McCalla • Yannick Oney CyberSecurity: Incident Response Workshop: What Schools Need to Know and Do Before and After a Cyber Attack, Part I Northstar IDoug Levin • Jeff Shaffer • Mike Saylor • Shawn Tuma Exhibit Hall Open The Oscar Wilde Ballroom

10:20am EST

It's time to build listening into the learning environment The Oscar Wilde BallroomLightspeed Technologies

10:40am EST

What's New in Seesaw The Oscar Wilde BallroomAllie McIntyre • Mia Leonard

11:00am EST

Break - Coffee and Visit with Sponsors The Oscar Wilde Ballroom

11:30am EST

Supporting SEL Initiatives with Character Lab's Student Thriving Index The Oscar Wilde BallroomRachel Kohler Coding and Robotics for Early Elementary Age Learners Escapade IIJeff Mao Digital Storytelling, Literacy, Youth, the Future: A Combustion! Northstar IIBrett PIerce Getting Started with Edpuzzle RoundaboutJeff Rothenberger Robots for 3-5 students: LEGO WeDo 2.0 Gateway IMandy Walsh • Jody Hauser What's New in Education Escapade IApple Education

12:30pm EST

Lunch & Annual Vita-Learn Meeting The Oscar Wilde Ballroom

1:30pm EST

Beyond Coding: Computer Science with Seesaw Escapade IAllie McIntyre • Mia Leonard How to manage STEM resources & provide advance booking & delivery services for school and district repositories Gateway IIHarry Chan Interactivity From Anywhere In The Room RoundaboutBjorn Behrendt • Kim Moore Print and Digital Reading: Celebrating Hybrid, Not an Either Or Escapade IIRichard Hasenyager Robotics for K-2 students Gateway IMandy Walsh • Jody Hauser Teaching AI to Kids Northstar IIClarena Renfrow • Patricia Aigner • Melissa Brooks • Adam Brua CyberSecurity: Incident Response Workshop: What Schools Need to Know and Do Before and After a Cyber Attack, Part II Northstar IDoug Levin • Jeff Shaffer • Mike Saylor • Shawn Tuma

2:30pm EST

Coded Masterpieces: Creating Algorithmic Art Northstar IILisa Dion • Maureen Neumann Edison & EdBlocks: Exploring a Graphical Programming Language for Middle School Gateway IMeredith Wade Grow Robotics in Your Community with FIRST in Vermont Escapade IScott McCalla Is Learning How to Read Enough? Moving Beyond Foundational Literacy Gateway IIDr. Jan Bryan TouchView Interactive Demo RoundaboutKaitlyn Hickey

3:30pm EST

Reception: Networking and Dessert Social The Oscar Wilde Ballroom

5:30pm EST

Dinner on your own TBA

7:00am EST

Breakfast The Oscar Wilde Ballroom Registration Desk Open The Lower Lobby

8:00am EST

Coding & Robotics Petting Zoo The Oscar Wilde Ballroom Communicating Student Achievement - Rejuvenating The Report Card Through Proficiency-Based Measures. RoundaboutTheresa Schneiderheinze Network Security Trends in the K-12 Environment Gateway IIJason Cote Search Their Way! How to Create a Safe Authentic Information Hub Gateway IHarry Chan Streamlining the entire MTSS workflow in a single platform Escapade IJesse Roy Twenty-three for ’23: Tools and Trends to Inspire and Motivate Northstar IMaureen Yoder Vermont does ISTE Certification! Escapade IICasey Daigle • Suzanne Judson-Whitehouse Why Teach All Kids To Code? Northstar IIJeff Mao

9:00am EST

How Google's Chromebook Self Repair Program Can Reduce IT Costs & Prepare Students for IT Careers. The Oscar Wilde BallroomMike Mahanay Coding & Robotics Petting Zoo The Oscar Wilde Ballroom Create With Code - Code you can Touch Northstar IILucie deLaBruere Cybersecurity Awareness for the Classroom Escapade IBrittany Pike • Kendra Reed Designing A Culturally Relevant and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy with Ken Shelton, part I Northstar IKen Shelton Everyone Can Code Gateway IApple Education Improving The Cybersecurity Posture of K-12 Schools & Districts RoundaboutRon Pelletier Leveraging Network Analytics to Improve Network Performance & Reliability Gateway IIJason Cote Streamlined State Reporting & the Ed-Fi Pilot Project Escapade IIJames Nadeau

9:20am EST

How to Tackle IT Workforce Woes With Managed Technology Services The Oscar Wilde BallroomBrian Hubbard

9:40am EST

Top 10 Ways to Future-Proof Your School District with a Game-Changing SIS! The Oscar Wilde BallroomTheresa Schneiderheinze

10:00am EST

Coding & Robotics Petting Zoo The Oscar Wilde Ballroom Creating a Flexible Learning Program at the Middle Level Gateway IKatrina Antonovich Designing A Culturally Relevant and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy with Ken Shelton, part II Northstar IKen Shelton Let's Talk about the News! Gateway IILisa Young Literacy Level Set 2022: Where we are and where we should go Escapade IDr. Jan Bryan Strategies for Implementing Multimedia Creation in the K-12 Classroom Northstar IIRyan Kochevar Teaching What Matters: What Does It All Boil Down To? Escapade IIClarena Renfrow What is E-Rate? How can E-Rate funding support LAN and WiFi initiatives in your school district. RoundaboutSteve Brown

11:00am EST

Coding for VR and AR Experiences with CoSpaces Northstar IILisa Young • Sean Theoret Grow Rooted, Grounded STEM with Purpose Escapade IIKaty Farber Respons-Able Educator Certification (REC) - Kickoff! Gateway IISuzanne Judson-Whitehouse Ride the Wakelet Wave RoundaboutJennifer Mitchell Ring That Bell! What Color Hat Will Your Hackers Wear? White or Black? Escapade IMark Kline What's New With Google? Northstar IEdith Fogarty What's Working In Our Spaces for Creating and Making (including STEAM spaces) Gateway ILucie deLaBruere • Melissa Bushey

12:00pm EST

Lunch & Awards Celebration The Oscar Wilde Ballroom

12:45pm EST

Closing Keynote with Ken Shelton The Oscar Wilde BallroomKen Shelton

1:45pm EST

Conference Closing and Door Prizes The Oscar Wilde Ballroom

2:00pm EST

**CANCELLED** Technology Tools and Strategies for Supporting Executive Function and Literacy - CancelledDiana Petschauer **CANCELLED** Virtual Reality in the ClassroomRichard Ballard Digital Documentation in Outdoor Classrooms Northstar IApril Zajko