Kathy Wirtanen
Administrative, Facility
& Conference Assistant

P: (540) 464-7361
F: (540) 464-7396

Center for Leadership & Ethics
VMI, Marshall Hall
500 Anderson Drive
Lexington, VA 24450

Track One: K-20 Digital Learning

Tuesday, 2 October
Session A (9:25 am – 10:40 am) Moody Hall Activities Room	A Snapshot of the New Horizon in Teaching and Learning Moderator: Mr. Christopher McGrath, Calculus Teacher, Rockbridge County High School Flying Pigs!: The Affordances of Modern Computing and the Possibilities for Teaching and Learning Dr. Jonathan Becker, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University Technology Trends in K12 - Ms. Maribeth Luftglass, Assistant Superintendent and Chief Information Officer, Fairfax County Public Schools
Session B (10:50 am – 12:05 pm) Moody Hall Activities Room	Personalized Learning and the Flipped Classroom Moderator: Mr. Ernie Almanza, Math Teacher, Lylburn Downing Middle School Mr. Rupert Cox, Math Teacher, Blacksburg Middle School Mr. Ernie Longworth, Manager of Instructional Technology, Chesterfield County Public Schools
Lunch (12:05 pm – 12:55 pm)
Session C (1:00 pm – 2:15 pm) Moody Hall Activities Room	Learning Analytics: Can Big Data Help Improve Student Learning? Moderator: Dr. Chris Bachmann, Associate Professor of Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University Dr. Marie Bienkowski, Deputy Director, Center for Technology and Learning, SRI International
Session D (2:25 pm – 3:40 pm) Pogue Auditorium, George C. Marshall Museum	Open Education Resources in Everyone's Future Moderator: LTC Gregory Hartman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Virginia Military Institute An Overview of OER: Defining Open Education Resources Ms. Marie Highby, Co-Director of Consulting, Open Doors Group Mr. Tom Woodward, Assistant Director, Instructional Technology, Henrico County Schools
Wednesday, 3 October
Session E & F (9:10 am – 10:55 am) Moody Hall Activities Room	Strategies for Adopting Digital Resources Moderator: LTC Tim Dowling, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Online Course Review Committee, Virginia Military Institute Addressing Instructional Challenges with Technology: Research and Practice in Higher Education Dr. Brandon Bucy, Senior Academic Technologist, Information Technology Services, Washington and Lee University Preparing to Adopt Technology Resources: Backward Design Isn’t Just for Teaching Ms. Jean Weller, Educational Technology Specialist, Virginia Department of Education