The Virginia Society for Technology in Education holds a special place in my heart. Back in 2009 when I was just a computer technician working at Longwood University I took a trip with my wife, who was an ITRT (Instructional Technology Resource Teacher) for Prince Edward County Schools at the time mostly to hang out at the Hotel Roanoke while she attended this “tech conference”. When we got there I was thumbing through the schedule while she got registered and realized I could gain a lot from the sessions there. As an IT person I was always curious *how* different services that we supported got used directly in the classroom from a pedagogical standpoint, and it was clear that K12 was miles ahead of higher education in terms of innovation. - Read More -