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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.

MJ

Meredith Johnston

Ralston Public Schools

Meadows/Wildewood Elementary

Omaha, NE

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 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

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

Animating Learning: Stop Motion Projects in Canva Silver 11 Exploring Elementary Computer Science Bronze 3

2:00pm CDT

Birds of a Feather- Media Specialists Bronze 2 I Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do That (30 mins) Silver 6

2:45pm CDT

Girls Who Code Bronze 3 Life Hacks: 10+ Ways to Save Time with Technology Silver 12

3:45pm CDT

Empowering All Learners Silver 9

4:30pm CDT

NETA Reception Lobby

5:30pm CDT

Game Night with Eric Curts! Silver 1

7:00am CDT

Registration Lobby

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

Byte-Sized CS: Short Computer Science Activities Bronze 3 Creating Lessons Students Will Love: Techie Tools & Ideas to Engage Silver 7 Virtual Friends, Real Risks: Guiding Youth in the Age of AI Silver 5

11:15am CDT

Beyond the Basics: Maximizing Google for Education Silver 4 Empower Scholars’ Modes of Communication with Google Tools Bronze 1

12:00pm CDT

Lunch- Included for everyone registered! Gold Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

Use a Maker Approach to Engage Students in Literacy Silver 10

2:00pm CDT

Closing Session and Prizes! Gold Ballroom