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April 12, 2012, 7 PM Webinar
Digital Storytelling with iPads
Photos, video, animation, sound, music, text, and narration…bring all of these together as students create and collaborate. Katie Neville, Vice President of VSTE’s Mobile Learning Special Interest Group, and Laura Briggs, VSTE Board Director, share strategies for engaging students in research, writing, and using their imaginations! The webinar will be held in our Adobe Connect Room. Thanks to Adobe for providing our room! Archived Recording  Presentation Website

March 14, 2012, 7 PM Webinar
Reading, Writing and Publishing on the iPad, Camilla Gagliolo, Mobile Learning SIG President
Learn how students use apps to access interactive books, conduct research, create books and publish their own products and eBooks on the IPad. We will discuss apps to use and strategies to use in the classroom. Camilla is Instructional Technology Coordinator for Arlington Public Schools. The webinar will be held in our Adobe Connect Room. Thanks to Adobe for providing our room! Archived Recording  NOTE: You can continue this conversation at VSTEOnline!

March 28, 2012, 7 PM Webinar
Mobile Math
Goochland County Public Schools has been using mobile devices since the days of the iPod Classic. This year, Goochland County has deployed a combination of devices (iPod Touch and iPad) both at the elementary and secondary level. Bea Cantor, Goochland County ITRT and Mobile Learning SIG secretary will present this session. Some of Bea’s favorite apps focus on Math. Bea will share her favorite apps and how they can be used to design engaging learning activities. The webinar will be held in our Adobe Connect Room. Thanks to Adobe for providing our room! Archived Recording

VSTE has formed our first formal special interest group (SIG) in recent years, dedicated to learning with mobile technologies.

The Mobile Learning SIG elected its first officers at the December 2011 meeting:

Camilla Gagliolo, President
Katie Neville, Vice President
Bea Cantor, Secretary

We’ve thought of a few reasons why you may want to join us with your membership:

1. A SIG is a great opportunity to network with other innovative educators in Virginia.
2. This SIG will be organizing the most helpful information for educators thinking about purchasing decisions of mobile technologies for their school(s).
3. This SIG will be sharing success stories, whether it’s funding solutions, best-in-class apps, or deployment solutions.
4. This SIG will help you advocate for the use of mobile technologies, stay on top of trends, and learn from the experience of others.
5. SIG membership is new and hip. Who doesn’t want to be part in the in-crowd? Seriously, though, get access to exclusive SIG information and communiqués that you will be sure to find informative, authentic, and valuable.

Best of all, becoming a member of the VSTE Mobile Learning SIG is free and easy. Sign-up today!

Please complete our interest survey.  To get involved in the conversations right away, you may also be interested in joining the group at VSTEOnline, our networking Ning.