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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.

Jeff Neuman

St. John Lutheran Church & School

Technology Coordinator & Church Admin

https://wakelet.com/@Instructional_Tech9324

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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

Top 10 Tech Tools for 2026 Silver 12 Gem(ini): Truly Outrageous Silver 1 Laying the Foundation for Innovation in Education Gold Ballroom Surviving on Coffee, Chrome Tabs, and Cool Classroom Tech. Silver 8

11:00am CDT

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

11:15am CDT

Cybersecurity Tips for Staff Silver 5 Hipster Google - Tools You Probably Never Heard Of Silver 7 No Strings Attached with Low-Prep, High-Impact Bellringers Silver 1

12:00pm CDT

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

1:00pm CDT

Animating Learning: Stop Motion Projects in Canva Silver 11 Social Studies Primary Sources Strategies Silver 6

2:00pm CDT

A Tech Toolkit for Secondary Math & CS Central Hallway Build-Your-Own Tools: Simple AI Projects for the Classroom Central Hallway Gemini for the Win: Reclaim Your Prep Period Central Hallway

2:45pm CDT

Movie Magic & School News Show Silver 6 Smells Like Google Spirit Silver 1

3:45pm CDT

Cybersecurity Basics: Crack the Code Bronze 3 Mic Drop: The 45-Second App Smackdown Silver 12 Teaching Beyond the Prompt: Authentic Learning with AI Silver 4 Genially 101 Silver 6

4:30pm CDT

NETA Reception Lobby

5:30pm CDT

Game Night with Eric Curts! Silver 1

7:00am CDT

Registration Lobby

7:15am CDT

AI, AI Captain! Be a Captain of Innovation Using AI at Your Building! Silver 7

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

Traditional Cyber Defenses are Being Bypassed Every Day: How To Defend Accordingly Silver 2 Virtual Friends, Real Risks: Guiding Youth in the Age of AI Silver 5

11:15am CDT

Compare/Contrast Phishing Training Platforms Silver 2 Tap, Type, Transform: Tech-Powered Adventures Bronze 2

12:00pm CDT

Lunch- Included for everyone registered! Gold Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

CETL Certification (Certified Education Technology Leader ) Silver 3 Drones in the K-12 classroom Bronze 1 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 Smells Like Google Spirit Silver 1

2:00pm CDT

Closing Session and Prizes! Gold Ballroom