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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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Novel Ideas: Tech Tools to Help Students Publish... 10:15am - 11:00am

Making game day special for our athletes and fan... 11:15am - 12:00pm

From AI Evaluation to Implementation: Marian Hig... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Birds of a Feather- High Ability... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Understanding Bad Behavior in the Digital and th... 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Practical Strategies for Inviting Classrooms 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Authentic Connection: Building Real Relationship... 10:15am - 11:00am

Inside LPS: A Snapshot of Our Accessibility Jour... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Breaking Barriers with Tech-Driven UDL Solutions 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Birds of a Feather- Media Specia... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Accessibility IRL: The Six Skills You Gotta Know 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Engaging students in and out of the classroom w/... 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Navigating Nebraska’s K–8 Computer Science Requi... 10:15am - 11:00am

Exploring the CYBER.ORG Range 11:15am - 12:00pm

Exploring Elementary Computer Science 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Computer Science at UNHS: Suppor... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Girls Who Code 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Cybersecurity Basics: Crack the Code 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Assistive Technology Playground with the ATP Education Team 8:30am - 4:00pm

Makerspace 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Gemini for the Win: Reclaim Your... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Build-Your-Own Tools: Simple AI... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Using... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Don't Just Code It, Hold It: Phy... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Canva Magic Media for Projects 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Beyond the Textbook: Creating Cu... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

New way to teach vocabulary: Ins... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

AI as a Lab Partner: Real-World... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

A Tech Toolkit for Secondary Mat... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

K-12 Math Makeover: From Workshe... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Tech-Powered Tools for the Engli... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Unleashing Young Voices: The Cou... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Fixer to Facilitator: Gemini for... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Level Up Learning: How I Tricked... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

What can Canva code do for you? 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Keynote George Couros: Embracing Innovation to Help Every Learner Find Success in Their Own Way 30 8:30am -
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Break - Visit the Exhibitors in... 9:45am - 10:15am

Laying the Foundation for Innovation in Education 30 10:15am -
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Live Esports Tournament 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Lunch- Included for everyone registered! 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Registration 6:45am - 5:00pm

Preparing Teachers to Teach CS: Insights from Nebraska's Two- an... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

How Educators can build Learnings Apps: AI Assisted Vibe Coding. 1:45pm - 2:45pm

From Prompts to Practice: Elementary Pre-Service Teachers’ Class... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

AI as Tutor, Tool, and Tension: Undergraduate Engineers Navigati... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Designing Immersive Vocabulary Learning Experiences through Virt... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Pathways to Teaching CS 1:45pm - 2:45pm

From Chalkboards to Tablets: Evaluating Students’ Readiness for... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

CS FUTURES: A Model for Recruiting and Preparing Pre-Service Tea... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

NETA Reception 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Class Intercom Social Media Contest 11:00am - 2:00pm

Gem(ini): Truly Outrageous 10:15am - 11:00am

No Strings Attached with Low-Prep, High-Impact B... 11:15am - 12:00pm

No Pressure: Practical Google AI for Beginners 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Smells Like Google Spirit 2:45pm - 3:30pm

This Is How We Do It: Padlet Style 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Game Night with Eric Curts! 5:30pm - 9:00pm

At the Heart of It All: Library Fun for the Whol... 10:15am - 11:00am

Lights, Camera, Action: Creating a School News S... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Planting the Seeds of Reading: Growing Your Comm... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Beyond Chatbots: Teaching the Real Lessons Behin... 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Book Clubs: GAME ON! 3:45pm - 4:30pm

uBEATS 3.0: Reimagining STEM for the TikTok Gene... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Animating Learning: Stop Motion Projects in Canv... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Building Secure, Reliable AI-Ready Networks for... 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Standards + Creative Tasks = Future-Ready 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Top 10 Tech Tools for 2026 10:15am - 11:00am

AI and the Art of Teaching Writing to Humans 11:15am - 12:00pm

What's New to Google for Education 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Life Hacks: 10+ Ways to Save Time with Technolog... 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Mic Drop: The 45-Second App Smackdown 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Looker Studio getting started with Data Visualiz... 10:15am - 11:00am

Vibe Coding for Tech Coordinators and Everyone E... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Wired for Success: Recabling 29 Buildings for th... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Map It, Don't Wing It: Making Cy... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Seconds to Chaos: Aftermath of a Breach and How... 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Tech Coordinator Birds of a Feather 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Is Your School Secure? A Real-Time Cyber Risk An... 10:15am - 11:00am

AI for Multilingual Transcription, Translation &... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Transform Your Network in One Summer! 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Empowering K–12 with Modern AV, Safety, and Clas... 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Stop doing your technology in a silo! Find the r... 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Prototyping Prosthetics: Reimagining the Element... 10:15am - 11:00am

TIS Birds of a Feather 11:15am - 12:00pm

Ctrl+Alt+Fix: Rebooting Your School’s Tech Strat... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Tiny Robots, Big Curriculum Impa... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Device Optional Integration 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Teaching Beyond the Prompt: Authentic Learning w... 3:45pm - 4:30pm

ESPORTS More than Just Games 10:15am - 11:00am

Cybersecurity Tips for Staff 11:15am - 12:00pm

Ignite Learning with IXL and Spark Studio 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Admin Birds of A Feather 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Birds of a Feather - General Education 2:45pm - 3:30pm

You Can Teach An Old Tool New Tricks 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Chromebook as a Game Board 10:15am - 11:00am

A.I. Image Generating 11:15am - 12:00pm

Social Studies Primary Sources Strategies 1:00pm - 1:45pm

I Didn’t Know Google Slides Coul... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Movie Magic & School News Show 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Genially 101 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Chromebook Accessibility Tools 10:15am - 11:00am

Hipster Google - Tools You Probably Never Heard... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Going Deeper with Google Classroom 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Your AI Treasure Chest: Creating & Sharing Gemin... 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Don't Be Lost in Translation! Tech Tools for ESL... 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Surviving on Coffee, Chrome Tabs, and Cool Class... 10:15am - 11:00am

Digital Storytelling in the Primary Grades 11:15am - 12:00pm

Beyond the Desk: Librarian Lunch, Learn and Sharing 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Collaborating About Careers A P2C Experience 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Safeguard Systems, Strengthen Budgets: ClassLink... 2:45pm - 3:30pm

It’s not the Screen, it’s the Learning: An Intro... 3:45pm - 4:30pm

What’s New in Education from Apple 10:15am - 11:00am

Deployment Streamlined: New Updates for IT Leade... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Apple Intelligence for Education: A New Era of I... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Building the Foundation of Literacy with Apple 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Empowering All Learners 3:45pm - 4:30pm

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Empower Scholars’ Modes of Communication with Go... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Drones in the K-12 classroom 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Proactive MTSS That Moves: Powered by ScootPad 7:15am - 8:00am

Leveraging iPad Functionality to Increase Access... 10:15am - 11:00am

Tap, Type, Transform: Tech-Powered Adventures 11:15am - 12:00pm

Designing for Accessibility 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Byte-Sized CS: Short Computer Science Activities 10:15am - 11:00am

3D Printing in Elementary 11:15am - 12:00pm

Kai Bots. Not a question, it is the ANSWER! 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Assistive Technology Playground with the ATP Education Team 7:15am - 2:00pm

Makerspace 10:00am - 12:00pm

General Session/Keynote- Laughter in the Lesson 8:15am - 9:30am

Break - Visit the Exhibitors in the Gold Ballroo... 9:30am - 10:15am

Lunch- Included for everyone registered! 12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Registration 7:00am - 12:00pm

Greatest H.I.T.S. - High Impact Teaching Strateg... 7:15am - 8:00am

I've Got the Magic in Canva AI 10:15am - 11:00am

Total Request Live: The Ultimate Countdown of Ad... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Smells Like Google Spirit 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Interactive by Design: Blending Tech, Apps and A... 10:15am - 11:00am

Digital Accessibility — By Everyone, For Everyon... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Use a Maker Approach to Engage Students in Liter... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Bringing our Presentations to Life - Make Learni... 10:15am - 11:00am

Are You Ready Player One? The EPIC Rise of Espor... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Play to Learn: Gamifying PD for the Win 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Gemini in Classroom 7:15am - 8:00am

AI: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 10:15am - 11:00am

Lights, Camera, Lesson! Creating with Google Vid... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Vibe Coding 101 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Strong Security, Simple Sign-Ins: Student MFA wi... 7:15am - 8:00am

Traditional Cyber Defenses are Being Bypassed Ev... 10:15am - 11:00am

Compare/Contrast Phishing Training Platforms 11:15am - 12:00pm

The last dance. Tips & tricks after 28 years of... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Automate Your School Handbooks 7:15am - 8:00am

Improving communication and security across your... 10:15am - 11:00am

VR in Education: Building an Immersive Environme... 11:15am - 12:00pm

CETL Certification (Certified Education Technolo... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

AI in Education: What One Educator Uses and Why 10:15am - 11:00am

Beyond the Basics: Maximizing Google for Educati... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Let’s Talk About AI: A Roundtable on Teaching, E... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Virtual Friends, Real Risks: Guiding Youth in th... 10:15am - 11:00am

Before The Prompt: Foundational Skills for AI-Re... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Less Grading, More Growing: How AI Shifted Focus... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Vibe Coding with A.I. 10:15am - 11:00am

Come on Down! Review Game 11:15am - 12:00pm

Brand Your Classroom or School using A.I. 1:00pm - 1:45pm

AI, AI Captain! Be a Captain of Innovation Using... 7:15am - 8:00am

Creating Lessons Students Will Love: Techie Tool... 10:15am - 11:00am

Canva-tastic Classrooms: Ignite Creativity & Eng... 11:15am - 12:00pm

One Lesson, Many Learners: Differentiation with... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Google Docs Glow-Up: Designing Dynamic Resources 10:15am - 11:00am

Real Learning with Artificial Intelligence 11:15am - 12:00pm

Maximize the Impact of Reading and Math Practice 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Apple Intelligence for Education: A New Era of I... 10:15am - 11:00am

Apple: Integrating Creativity in the Classroom 11:15am - 12:00pm

Connect with Apple Education 1:00pm - 1:45pm

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