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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.

Denise Pedersen

Barr Middle School

Barr

5:00pm CDT

Check in/Registration Begins Lobby

6:45am CDT

Registration Lobby

8:30am CDT

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 Top 10 Tech Tools for 2026 Silver 12 Gem(ini): Truly Outrageous Silver 1 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

uBEATS 3.0: Reimagining STEM for the TikTok Generation Silver 11 Hipster Google - Tools You Probably Never Heard Of Silver 7

12:00pm CDT

Live Esports Tournament Gold Ballroom Lunch- Included for everyone registered! Gold Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

Ctrl+Alt+Fix: Rebooting Your School’s Tech Strategy and Culture Silver 4 Going Deeper with Google Classroom Silver 7

1:45pm CDT

Pathways to Teaching CS Lobby

2:00pm CDT

I Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do That (30 mins) Silver 6 Canva Magic Media for Projects Central Hallway Fixer to Facilitator: Gemini for Meaningful Writing Revision Central Hallway

2:45pm CDT

Beyond Chatbots: Teaching the Real Lessons Behind Fake Content Silver 10 Life Hacks: 10+ Ways to Save Time with Technology Silver 12

3:45pm CDT

It’s not the Screen, it’s the Learning: An Introduction to PIC-RAT Silver 8

4:30pm CDT

NETA Reception Lobby

5:30pm CDT

Game Night with Eric Curts! Silver 1

7:00am CDT

Registration Lobby

7:15am CDT

Gemini in Classroom Silver 12

8:15am CDT

General Session/Keynote- Laughter in the Lesson Gold Ballroom

9:30am CDT

Break - Visit the Exhibitors in the Gold Ballroom Gold Ballroom

10:15am CDT

Creating Lessons Students Will Love: Techie Tools & Ideas to Engage Silver 7 Google Docs Glow-Up: Designing Dynamic Resources Silver 8

11:15am CDT

Before The Prompt: Foundational Skills for AI-Ready Students Silver 5 Beyond the Basics: Maximizing Google for Education Silver 4 Lights, Camera, Lesson! Creating with Google Vids Silver 12

12:00pm CDT

Lunch- Included for everyone registered! Gold Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

One Lesson, Many Learners: Differentiation with NotebookLM and Gemini Gems Silver 7 The last dance. Tips & tricks after 28 years of being a tech director. Silver 2

2:00pm CDT

Closing Session and Prizes! Gold Ballroom