{"id":45911,"date":"2012-06-05T12:43:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T16:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=45911"},"modified":"2012-06-05T12:43:30","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T16:43:30","slug":"teaching-and-technology-conference-unites-virginia-educators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/06\/05\/teaching-and-technology-conference-unites-virginia-educators\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching and Technology Conference Unites Virginia Educators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former state technology leader of the year John Hendron assured a group of more than 100 teachers, administrators and instructional technologists at the University of Mary Washington that they still hold a significant role in education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the ubiquitous availability of technology, students still need us,\u201d said Hendron, webmaster and supervisor of instructional technology for Virginia\u2019s Goochland County Public Schools. \u201cYou are here to inspire a legion of students.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45951\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/06\/05\/teaching-and-technology-conference-unites-virginia-educators\/p1000984\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45951\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45951\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/p1000984\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/06\/P1000984-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1441\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1338645684&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1000984\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Students from J.W. Alvey Elementary School give a presentation to the Dean of the College of Education Mary Gendernalik-Cooper&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/06\/P1000984-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/06\/P1000984-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/06\/P1000984-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from J.W. Alvey Elementary School give a presentation to the Dean of the College of Education Mary Gendernalik-Cooper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hendron, who was recognized as state technology leader of the year in 2006 by the Virginia Department of Education, spoke at the second annual EdTech Conference on Saturday, June 2 titled \u201cLeading through Change: Teaching, Learning, and Technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conference also included breakout seminars, with such topics as<em> \u201c<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/2012umwedtech.wikispaces.com\/Integrating+an+iPod+Touch+into+an+Elementary+Classroom\">Integrating an iPod Touch into an Elementary Classroom<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/2012umwedtech.wikispaces.com\/Cooking+Up+SMARTER+Lessons-+A+Recipe+for+Success\">Cooking Up SMARTER Lessons-A Recipe for Success<\/a>\u201d and \u201ci<a href=\"http:\/\/2012umwedtech.wikispaces.com\/Pads+in+the+Math+Classroom\">Pads in the Math Classroom<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 One session, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/2012umwedtech.wikispaces.com\/Frames+and+Share%2C+You+Can+Do+It%21\">Frames and Share, You Can Do It!<\/a>,\u201d featured presentations from J.W. Alvey Elementary School students who created short movies and presentations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45961\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/06\/05\/teaching-and-technology-conference-unites-virginia-educators\/p1000957\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45961\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45961\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/p1000957\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/06\/P1000957.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4320,2432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1338639735&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1000957\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Conference attendees listen to a presentation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/06\/P1000957-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/06\/P1000957-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/06\/P1000957-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conference attendees listen to a presentation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The conference was founded by Teresa Coffman, associate professor of education, and Tamie Pratt-Fartro, assistant professor of education, to provide a venue of support for a community of learners around important topics such as teaching and learning, pedagogy and student success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis EdTech Conference was started to unite teachers and administrators from various K-12 school systems throughout Virginia for a day-long conference on learning and teaching with technology,\u201d said Coffman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former state technology leader of the year John Hendron assured a group of more than 100 teachers, administrators and instructional technologists at the University of Mary Washington that they still hold a significant role in education. \u201cDespite the ubiquitous availability of technology, students still need us,\u201d said Hendron, webmaster and supervisor of instructional technology for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":45951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[709,719,704],"tags":[718,803,804],"topics":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newsletter-archived-latest-news","8":"category-coe","9":"category-top-stories","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-tprattfa","12":"tag-tcoffman","13":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - 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