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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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Wednesday
, April 29
Lobby
5:00pm •
Check in/Registration Begins
Thursday
, April 30
Bronze 1
10:15am •
Novel Ideas: Tech Tools to Help Students Publish Their Stories
11:15am •
Making game day special for our athletes and fans: Using social media, video and audio to create a home field advantage
1:00pm •
From AI Evaluation to Implementation: Marian High School's Brisk Teaching Story
2:00pm •
Birds of a Feather- High Ability Learners
2:45pm •
Understanding Bad Behavior in the Digital and the Physical World
3:45pm •
Practical Strategies for Inviting Classrooms
Bronze 2
10:15am •
Authentic Connection: Building Real Relationships in a Digital World
11:15am •
Inside LPS: A Snapshot of Our Accessibility Journey
1:00pm •
Breaking Barriers with Tech-Driven UDL Solutions
2:00pm •
Birds of a Feather- Media Specialists
2:45pm •
Accessibility IRL: The Six Skills You Gotta Know
3:45pm •
Engaging students in and out of the classroom w/ Newline Signage Pro"
Bronze 3
10:15am •
Navigating Nebraska’s K–8 Computer Science Requirements
11:15am •
Exploring the CYBER.ORG Range
1:00pm •
Exploring Elementary Computer Science
2:00pm •
Computer Science at UNHS: Supporting Technology Education in Nebraska
2:45pm •
Girls Who Code
3:45pm •
Cybersecurity Basics: Crack the Code
Bronze 5
8:30am •
Assistive Technology Playground with the ATP Education Team
Bronze Boardroom
12:00pm •
Makerspace
Central Hallway
2:00pm •
Build-Your-Own Tools: Simple AI Projects for the Classroom
2:00pm •
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Using ChatGPT to Streamline Your Teaching
2:00pm •
K-12 Math Makeover: From Worksheet to AI Powered Reasoning
2:00pm •
Canva Magic Media for Projects
2:00pm •
AI as a Lab Partner: Real-World Data Inquiry in Middle School Science
2:00pm •
Don't Just Code It, Hold It: Physical Computing w/ Circuit Playground
2:00pm •
Beyond the Textbook: Creating Custom Storybooks for Academics & SEL
2:00pm •
Unleashing Young Voices: The Cougar Talk Experience
2:00pm •
New way to teach vocabulary: Instant Sketchnoting with Gemini AI
2:00pm •
Gemini for the Win: Reclaim Your Prep Period
2:00pm •
Level Up Learning: How I Tricked My Students into Loving Assessment
2:00pm •
What can Canva code do for you?
2:00pm •
Fixer to Facilitator: Gemini for Meaningful Writing Revision
2:00pm •
A Tech Toolkit for Secondary Math & CS
2:00pm •
Tech-Powered Tools for the English Classroom
Gold Ballroom
8:30am •
Keynote George Couros: Embracing Innovation to Help Every Learner Find Success in Their Own Way
9:45am •
Break - Visit the Exhibitors in the Gold Ballroom
10:15am •
Laying the Foundation for Innovation in Education
12:00pm •
Lunch- Included for everyone registered!
12:00pm •
Live Esports Tournament
Lobby
6:45am •
Registration
1:45pm •
How Educators can build Learnings Apps: AI Assisted Vibe Coding.
1:45pm •
Designing Immersive Vocabulary Learning Experiences through Virtual Reality: Alice’s VR Wonderland for English Learners
1:45pm •
AI as Tutor, Tool, and Tension: Undergraduate Engineers Navigating Generative AI
1:45pm •
Preparing Teachers to Teach CS: Insights from Nebraska's Two- and Four-Year Colleges
1:45pm •
From Chalkboards to Tablets: Evaluating Students’ Readiness for Technology-Enhanced Curriculum Delivery in Nigerian Classrooms
1:45pm •
Pathways to Teaching CS
1:45pm •
From Prompts to Practice: Elementary Pre-Service Teachers’ Classroom Uses of AI Chatbots
1:45pm •
CS FUTURES: A Model for Recruiting and Preparing Pre-Service Teachers
4:30pm •
NETA Reception
North Pre-function Area (Lobby)
11:00am •
Class Intercom Social Media Contest
Silver 1
10:15am •
Gem(ini): Truly Outrageous
11:15am •
No Strings Attached with Low-Prep, High-Impact Bellringers
1:00pm •
No Pressure: Practical Google AI for Beginners
2:45pm •
Smells Like Google Spirit
3:45pm •
This Is How We Do It: Padlet Style
5:30pm •
Game Night with Eric Curts!
Silver 10
10:15am •
At the Heart of It All: Library Fun for the Whole School
11:15am •
Lights, Camera, Action: Creating a School News Show with Canva
1:00pm •
Planting the Seeds of Reading: Growing Your Community with Beanstack
2:45pm •
Beyond Chatbots: Teaching the Real Lessons Behind Fake Content
3:45pm •
Book Clubs: GAME ON!
Silver 11
11:15am •
uBEATS 3.0: Reimagining STEM for the TikTok Generation
1:00pm •
Animating Learning: Stop Motion Projects in Canva
2:45pm •
Building Secure, Reliable AI-Ready Networks for Lean IT Teams
3:45pm •
Standards + Creative Tasks = Future-Ready
Silver 12
10:15am •
Top 10 Tech Tools for 2026
11:15am •
AI and the Art of Teaching Writing to Humans
1:00pm •
What's New to Google for Education
2:45pm •
Life Hacks: 10+ Ways to Save Time with Technology
3:45pm •
Mic Drop: The 45-Second App Smackdown
Silver 2
10:15am •
Looker Studio getting started with Data Visualization
11:15am •
Vibe Coding for Tech Coordinators and Everyone Else Too!
1:00pm •
Wired for Success: Recabling 29 Buildings for the Digital Age
2:00pm •
Map It, Don't Wing It: Making Cybersecurity Frameworks Work for Schools
2:45pm •
Seconds to Chaos: Aftermath of a Breach and How to Stop the Next One
3:45pm •
Tech Coordinator Birds of a Feather
Silver 3
10:15am •
Is Your School Secure? A Real-Time Cyber Risk Analysis with Tech Director Dave Huryta from Ravenna Public Schools
11:15am •
AI for Multilingual Transcription, Translation & Summarization
1:00pm •
Transform Your Network in One Summer!
2:45pm •
Empowering K–12 with Modern AV, Safety, and Classroom Technology
3:45pm •
Stop doing your technology in a silo! Find the right partner.....
Silver 4
10:15am •
Prototyping Prosthetics: Reimagining the Elementary Engineering Design Process
11:15am •
TIS Birds of a Feather
1:00pm •
Ctrl+Alt+Fix: Rebooting Your School’s Tech Strategy and Culture
2:00pm •
Tiny Robots, Big Curriculum Impact
2:45pm •
Device Optional Integration
3:45pm •
Teaching Beyond the Prompt: Authentic Learning with AI
Silver 5
10:15am •
ESPORTS More than Just Games
11:15am •
Cybersecurity Tips for Staff
1:00pm •
Ignite Learning with IXL and Spark Studio
2:00pm •
Admin Birds of A Feather
2:45pm •
Birds of a Feather - General Education
3:45pm •
You Can Teach An Old Tool New Tricks
Silver 6
10:15am •
Chromebook as a Game Board
11:15am •
A.I. Image Generating
1:00pm •
Social Studies Primary Sources Strategies
2:00pm •
I Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do That (30 mins)
2:45pm •
Movie Magic & School News Show
3:45pm •
Genially 101
Silver 7
10:15am •
Chromebook Accessibility Tools
11:15am •
Hipster Google - Tools You Probably Never Heard Of
1:00pm •
Going Deeper with Google Classroom
2:45pm •
Your AI Treasure Chest: Creating & Sharing Gemini Gems
3:45pm •
Don't Be Lost in Translation! Tech Tools for ESL/ELL
Silver 8
10:15am •
Surviving on Coffee, Chrome Tabs, and Cool Classroom Tech.
11:15am •
Digital Storytelling in the Primary Grades
12:00pm •
Beyond the Desk: Librarian Lunch, Learn and Sharing
1:00pm •
Collaborating About Careers A P2C Experience
2:45pm •
Safeguard Systems, Strengthen Budgets: ClassLink for Tech Teams
3:45pm •
It’s not the Screen, it’s the Learning: An Introduction to PIC-RAT
Silver 9
10:15am •
What’s New in Education from Apple
11:15am •
Deployment Streamlined: New Updates for IT Leaders- Apple Education
1:00pm •
Apple Intelligence for Education: A New Era of Innovation
2:45pm •
Building the Foundation of Literacy with Apple
3:45pm •
Empowering All Learners
Friday
, May 1
Bronze 1
10:15am •
Cybersecurity For K-12: A Guide To Avoid Classroom Disruption
11:15am •
Empower Scholars’ Modes of Communication with Google Tools
1:00pm •
Drones in the K-12 classroom
Bronze 2
7:15am •
Proactive MTSS That Moves: Powered by ScootPad
10:15am •
Leveraging iPad Functionality to Increase Access for Students
11:15am •
Tap, Type, Transform: Tech-Powered Adventures
1:00pm •
Designing for Accessibility
Bronze 3
10:15am •
Byte-Sized CS: Short Computer Science Activities
11:15am •
3D Printing in Elementary
1:00pm •
Kai Bots. Not a question, it is the ANSWER!
Bronze 5
7:15am •
Assistive Technology Playground with the ATP Education Team
Bronze Boardroom
10:00am •
Makerspace
Gold Ballroom
8:15am •
General Session/Keynote- Laughter in the Lesson
9:30am •
Break - Visit the Exhibitors in the Gold Ballroom
12:00pm •
Lunch- Included for everyone registered!
2:00pm •
Closing Session and Prizes!
Lobby
7:00am •
Registration
Silver 1
7:15am •
Greatest H.I.T.S. - High Impact Teaching Strategies
10:15am •
I've Got the Magic in Canva AI
11:15am •
Total Request Live: The Ultimate Countdown of Adobe Express AI Tools
1:00pm •
Smells Like Google Spirit
Silver 10
10:15am •
Interactive by Design: Blending Tech, Apps and AI
11:15am •
Digital Accessibility — By Everyone, For Everyone
1:00pm •
Use a Maker Approach to Engage Students in Literacy
Silver 11
10:15am •
Bringing our Presentations to Life - Make Learning POP
11:15am •
Are You Ready Player One? The EPIC Rise of Esports in Nebraska!
1:00pm •
Play to Learn: Gamifying PD for the Win
Silver 12
7:15am •
Gemini in Classroom
10:15am •
AI: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
11:15am •
Lights, Camera, Lesson! Creating with Google Vids
1:00pm •
Vibe Coding 101
Silver 2
7:15am •
Strong Security, Simple Sign-Ins: Student MFA with Clever
10:15am •
Traditional Cyber Defenses are Being Bypassed Every Day: How To Defend Accordingly
11:15am •
Compare/Contrast Phishing Training Platforms
1:00pm •
The last dance. Tips & tricks after 28 years of being a tech director.
Silver 3
7:15am •
Automate Your School Handbooks
10:15am •
Improving communication and security across your building/district.
11:15am •
VR in Education: Building an Immersive Environment for Students
1:00pm •
CETL Certification (Certified Education Technology Leader )
Silver 4
10:15am •
AI in Education: What One Educator Uses and Why
11:15am •
Beyond the Basics: Maximizing Google for Education
1:00pm •
Let’s Talk About AI: A Roundtable on Teaching, Ethics, and Experience
Silver 5
10:15am •
Virtual Friends, Real Risks: Guiding Youth in the Age of AI
11:15am •
Before The Prompt: Foundational Skills for AI-Ready Students
1:00pm •
Less Grading, More Growing: How AI Shifted Focus to Student Ownership
Silver 6
10:15am •
Vibe Coding with A.I.
11:15am •
Come on Down! Review Game
1:00pm •
Brand Your Classroom or School using A.I.
Silver 7
7:15am •
AI, AI Captain! Be a Captain of Innovation Using AI at Your Building!
10:15am •
Creating Lessons Students Will Love: Techie Tools & Ideas to Engage
11:15am •
Canva-tastic Classrooms: Ignite Creativity & Engagement
1:00pm •
One Lesson, Many Learners: Differentiation with NotebookLM and Gemini Gems
Silver 8
10:15am •
Google Docs Glow-Up: Designing Dynamic Resources
11:15am •
Real Learning with Artificial Intelligence
1:00pm •
Maximize the Impact of Reading and Math Practice
Silver 9
10:15am •
Apple Intelligence for Education: A New Era of Innovation
11:15am •
Apple: Integrating Creativity in the Classroom
1:00pm •
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