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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.

Sarah Feik

Riverside Public School

Teacher-Elementary

Spalding, 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

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 Top 10 Tech Tools for 2026 Silver 12 Chromebook Accessibility Tools Silver 7 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

AI and the Art of Teaching Writing to Humans Silver 12 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

Ignite Learning with IXL and Spark Studio Silver 5 Going Deeper with Google Classroom Silver 7

2:00pm CDT

I Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do That (30 mins) Silver 6 Canva Magic Media for Projects Central Hallway Gemini for the Win: Reclaim Your Prep Period Central Hallway K-12 Math Makeover: From Worksheet to AI Powered Reasoning Central Hallway New way to teach vocabulary: Instant Sketchnoting with Gemini AI Central Hallway Tech-Powered Tools for the English Classroom 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

Life Hacks: 10+ Ways to Save Time with Technology Silver 12 Smells Like Google Spirit Silver 1 Your AI Treasure Chest: Creating & Sharing Gemini Gems Silver 7

3:45pm CDT

Book Clubs: GAME ON! Silver 10 Mic Drop: The 45-Second App Smackdown Silver 12 Standards + Creative Tasks = Future-Ready Silver 11 You Can Teach An Old Tool New Tricks Silver 5 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

7:00am CDT

Registration Lobby

7:15am CDT

Proactive MTSS That Moves: Powered by ScootPad Bronze 2 Gemini in Classroom Silver 12 Greatest H.I.T.S. - High Impact Teaching Strategies Silver 1

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

Bringing our Presentations to Life - Make Learning POP Silver 11 Creating Lessons Students Will Love: Techie Tools & Ideas to Engage Silver 7 Google Docs Glow-Up: Designing Dynamic Resources Silver 8 I've Got the Magic in Canva AI Silver 1 Vibe Coding with A.I. Silver 6

11:15am CDT

Canva-tastic Classrooms: Ignite Creativity & Engagement Silver 7 Come on Down! Review Game Silver 6 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 Maximize the Impact of Reading and Math Practice Silver 8 Brand Your Classroom or School using A.I. Silver 6 Smells Like Google Spirit Silver 1 Vibe Coding 101 Silver 12

2:00pm CDT

Closing Session and Prizes! Gold Ballroom