4T Virtual Conference Newsletter
May 8, 2017
12 days until the 4T Virtual Conference!
Be on the look out for special offers for ALL participants from our door prize sponsors!
A Look at Some of Our Outstanding Sessions for May 22nd
Joanna VanRaden
Blended Learning Specialist
National Presenter on Blended Writing Workshop (Retired Elementary Teacher)
Michigan
Katie Titler
"Thinking Critically Of And Through Technology"
Spanish Teacher
Pulaski High School
Pulaski, Wisconsin
Rachel Matz
Let’s Google! Using the Google for Education Suite to integrate meaningful feedback into learning experiences.
English Teacher
Bloomfield Hills High School
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Andrew Steinman
Education Technology Consultant
Kent ISD
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Meredith Nickerson
Instructional Technology Coach
Dexter Community Schools
Dexter, Michigan
Chad Sansing
Mozilla Foundation
A Special Offer from ISTE
Code: LEARN1ST at checkout
The code gets you 20% off (plus members get a discount, so it’s 30% total) and it’s good until July 31.
Link to book: https://www.iste.org/resources/product?id=3975
A Big Thank You to the Ford Motor Fund
Session Schedule Posted!
2017 4T Conference Sponsors
UofM Flint
Ford Motor Fund
Earn up to 19 FREE SCECHs
New this year for non-MI teachers: certificate of attendance!
Website: http://www.4tvirtualcon.com/store/p1/4T_Virtual_Conference_Official_Attendance_Certificate.html
How to participate in the conference
2) You do not need to sign up to attend specific sessions. Instead click on the room link to your session (posted on the Schedule page in May) that you would like to attend, and it should open up in Blackboard Collaborate. Make sure you TEST Blackboard Collaborate to know that it is working on your computer BEFORE the conference. If Blackboard is not working properly on your computer, please contact the Blackboard support room (the conference facilitators cannot help with individual issues in Blackboard). Please NOTE that Blackboard Collaborate DOES NOT work on CHROMEBOOKS. It works very well on iPads, Smartphones, iPods (via the app which is free) or any other desktop or laptop computer.
3) Click on the room link to the session you would like to attend at the correct time (according to the conference schedule). Type in your full name and let Blackboard collaborate download to your computer and open (you may have to double-click on the Blackboard download to get it to open).
4) Please note that we recommend logging into each session about 10 minutes BEFORE the start time to make sure you get a spot (only 150 participants per session), and to make sure your computer is working properly with the session tool.
5) If you are interested in applying for SCECHs (no cost), please see the SCECHs page for more information. There are 19 SCECHs available.