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NETA 2026

The NETA Board is excited to welcome you to a dynamic learning experience on April 30-May 1,2026, at the Younes Conference Center North in Kearney, Nebraska.

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6:45am CDT

Registration Lobby

8:30am CDT

Assistive Technology Playground with the ATP Education Team Bronze 5 Keynote George Couros: Embracing Innovation to Help Every Learner Find Success in Their Own Way Gold Ballroom

9:45am CDT

Break - Visit the Exhibitors in the Gold Ballroom Gold Ballroom

10:15am CDT

At the Heart of It All: Library Fun for the Whole School Silver 10 Authentic Connection: Building Real Relationships in a Digital World Bronze 2 ESPORTS More than Just Games Silver 5 Looker Studio getting started with Data Visualization Silver 2 Navigating Nebraska’s K–8 Computer Science Requirements Bronze 3 Novel Ideas: Tech Tools to Help Students Publish Their Stories Bronze 1 Prototyping Prosthetics: Reimagining the Elementary Engineering Design Process Silver 4 Top 10 Tech Tools for 2026 Silver 12 What’s New in Education from Apple Silver 9 Is Your School Secure? A Real-Time Cyber Risk Analysis with Tech Director Dave Huryta from Ravenna Public Schools Silver 3 Chromebook Accessibility Tools Silver 7 Chromebook as a Game Board Silver 6 Gem(ini): Truly Outrageous Silver 1 Surviving on Coffee, Chrome Tabs, and Cool Classroom Tech. Silver 8 Laying the Foundation for Innovation in Education Gold Ballroom

11:00am CDT

Class Intercom Social Media Contest North Pre-function Area (Lobby)

11:15am CDT

TIS Birds of a Feather Silver 4 AI and the Art of Teaching Writing to Humans Silver 12 Cybersecurity Tips for Staff Silver 5 Deployment Streamlined: New Updates for IT Leaders- Apple Education Silver 9 Digital Storytelling in the Primary Grades Silver 8 Exploring the CYBER.ORG Range Bronze 3 Inside LPS: A Snapshot of Our Accessibility Journey Bronze 2 Lights, Camera, Action: Creating a School News Show with Canva Silver 10 Making game day special for our athletes and fans: Using social media, video and audio to create a home field advantage Bronze 1 uBEATS 3.0: Reimagining STEM for the TikTok Generation Silver 11 Vibe Coding for Tech Coordinators and Everyone Else Too! Silver 2 AI for Multilingual Transcription, Translation & Summarization Silver 3 A.I. Image Generating Silver 6 Hipster Google - Tools You Probably Never Heard Of Silver 7 No Strings Attached with Low-Prep, High-Impact Bellringers Silver 1

12:00pm CDT

Beyond the Desk: Librarian Lunch, Learn and Sharing Silver 8 Lunch- Included for everyone registered! Gold Ballroom Live Esports Tournament Gold Ballroom Makerspace Bronze Boardroom

1:00pm CDT

Animating Learning: Stop Motion Projects in Canva Silver 11 Apple Intelligence for Education: A New Era of Innovation Silver 9 Breaking Barriers with Tech-Driven UDL Solutions Bronze 2 Collaborating About Careers A P2C Experience Silver 8 Ctrl+Alt+Fix: Rebooting Your School’s Tech Strategy and Culture Silver 4 Exploring Elementary Computer Science Bronze 3 Ignite Learning with IXL and Spark Studio Silver 5 No Pressure: Practical Google AI for Beginners Silver 1 Planting the Seeds of Reading: Growing Your Community with Beanstack Silver 10 Wired for Success: Recabling 29 Buildings for the Digital Age Silver 2 From AI Evaluation to Implementation: Marian High School's Brisk Teaching Story Bronze 1 Transform Your Network in One Summer! Silver 3 What's New to Google for Education Silver 12 Going Deeper with Google Classroom Silver 7 Social Studies Primary Sources Strategies Silver 6

1:45pm CDT

AI as Tutor, Tool, and Tension: Undergraduate Engineers Navigating Generative AI Lobby CS FUTURES: A Model for Recruiting and Preparing Pre-Service Teachers Lobby Designing Immersive Vocabulary Learning Experiences through Virtual Reality: Alice’s VR Wonderland for English Learners Lobby From Chalkboards to Tablets: Evaluating Students’ Readiness for Technology-Enhanced Curriculum Delivery in Nigerian Classrooms Lobby From Prompts to Practice: Elementary Pre-Service Teachers’ Classroom Uses of AI Chatbots Lobby How Educators can build Learnings Apps: AI Assisted Vibe Coding. Lobby Pathways to Teaching CS Lobby Preparing Teachers to Teach CS: Insights from Nebraska's Two- and Four-Year Colleges Lobby

2:00pm CDT

Admin Birds of A Feather Silver 5 Tiny Robots, Big Curriculum Impact Silver 4 Birds of a Feather- High Ability Learners Bronze 1 Birds of a Feather- Media Specialists Bronze 2 I Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do That (30 mins) Silver 6 Computer Science at UNHS: Supporting Technology Education in Nebraska Bronze 3 Map It, Don't Wing It: Making Cybersecurity Frameworks Work for Schools Silver 2 A Tech Toolkit for Secondary Math & CS Central Hallway AI as a Lab Partner: Real-World Data Inquiry in Middle School Science Central Hallway Beyond the Textbook: Creating Custom Storybooks for Academics & SEL Central Hallway Build-Your-Own Tools: Simple AI Projects for the Classroom Central Hallway Canva Magic Media for Projects Central Hallway Don't Just Code It, Hold It: Physical Computing w/ Circuit Playground Central Hallway Fixer to Facilitator: Gemini for Meaningful Writing Revision Central Hallway Gemini for the Win: Reclaim Your Prep Period Central Hallway K-12 Math Makeover: From Worksheet to AI Powered Reasoning Central Hallway Level Up Learning: How I Tricked My Students into Loving Assessment Central Hallway New way to teach vocabulary: Instant Sketchnoting with Gemini AI Central Hallway Tech-Powered Tools for the English Classroom Central Hallway Unleashing Young Voices: The Cougar Talk Experience Central Hallway What can Canva code do for you? Central Hallway Work Smarter, Not Harder: Using ChatGPT to Streamline Your Teaching Central Hallway

2:45pm CDT

Birds of a Feather - General Education Silver 5 Accessibility IRL: The Six Skills You Gotta Know Bronze 2 Beyond Chatbots: Teaching the Real Lessons Behind Fake Content Silver 10 Building the Foundation of Literacy with Apple Silver 9 Device Optional Integration Silver 4 Girls Who Code Bronze 3 Life Hacks: 10+ Ways to Save Time with Technology Silver 12 Building Secure, Reliable AI-Ready Networks for Lean IT Teams Silver 11 Empowering K–12 with Modern AV, Safety, and Classroom Technology Silver 3 Safeguard Systems, Strengthen Budgets: ClassLink for Tech Teams Silver 8 Seconds to Chaos: Aftermath of a Breach and How to Stop the Next One Silver 2 Understanding Bad Behavior in the Digital and the Physical World Bronze 1 Movie Magic & School News Show Silver 6 Smells Like Google Spirit Silver 1 Your AI Treasure Chest: Creating & Sharing Gemini Gems Silver 7

3:45pm CDT

Tech Coordinator Birds of a Feather Silver 2 Book Clubs: GAME ON! Silver 10 Cybersecurity Basics: Crack the Code Bronze 3 Empowering All Learners Silver 9 It’s not the Screen, it’s the Learning: An Introduction to PIC-RAT Silver 8 Mic Drop: The 45-Second App Smackdown Silver 12 Practical Strategies for Inviting Classrooms Bronze 1 Standards + Creative Tasks = Future-Ready Silver 11 Teaching Beyond the Prompt: Authentic Learning with AI Silver 4 You Can Teach An Old Tool New Tricks Silver 5 Engaging students in and out of the classroom w/ Newline Signage Pro" Bronze 2 Stop doing your technology in a silo! Find the right partner..... Silver 3 Don't Be Lost in Translation! Tech Tools for ESL/ELL Silver 7 Genially 101 Silver 6 This Is How We Do It: Padlet Style Silver 1

4:30pm CDT

NETA Reception Lobby

5:30pm CDT

Game Night with Eric Curts! Silver 1