Need some new ideas to refresh your driver education lessons? Want to learn more about social media and the impact it is having on teachers and students? If so, sign up for the VADETS and VDOE Arrive Alive Professional Development Series. This three-session series event will make you rethink how you teach driver education in our new world of social media.
Attendee Incentives
Recertification points
New lessons
Drawing for Amazon gift card
Grant opportunities
Session Descriptions & Registration
Session 1 - March 23, 2021 at 5 p.m. | Live Zoom Presentation
Description: Session 1 will feature Jessica Brantley, who will be sharing a lesson to get your students practicing health advocacy for healthy driving behaviors. Participants will receive this project based learning lesson that integrates technology to increase engagement and allow for peer feedback. This session will also include an overview from Jason Runk about how social media is being used to impact teachers and students. Just when you think it couldn't get any better, we will also be receiving an update about the Choose Your Vibe - Arrive Alive! campaign.
Session 2 - April 22, 2021 at 5 p.m. | Live Zoom Presentation
Description: Session #2 will feature Jessica Brantley, who will be sharing a lesson to get your students thinking about their reason to make good
decisions and drive sober. Participants will receive this technology integrated lesson and a tutorial on how to use FlipGrid. This session will also include a tutorial about how to get the most out of Twitter from Jason Runk. That's not all! We will also be receiving an update about the Choose Your Vibe - Arrive Alive! campaign.
Session 3 - May 13, 2021 at 5 p.m. | Live Zoom Presentation
Description: Session #3 will feature Jessica Brantley, who will be sharing an activity using Padlet. Participants will receive a detailed tutorial on how to use Padlet in the classroom. This session will include all the tools you will need to start tweeting from Jason Runk. We will also be putting our new skills into action by having a mini Twitter chat with the Choose Your Vibe - Arrive Alive! campaign Twitter account.