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2017 Spring NETA Conference

Welcome to the 2017 NETA Spring Conference, Pearls of Wisdom, Celebrating 30 Years!

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10:15am CDT

Google Classroom in the Primary Grades Ballroom 202Allison Pontious Parenting in 2017 209Brent Catlett • Devin Schoening 30 Pearls of Wisdom - Technology to Use in the Classroom 208Jodi Brown • Kelly Means Accelerate Learning for All Students with Accelerated Reader 360 207Cheryl Ballou Breaking New Ground with Omaha Virtual School 216Wendy Loewenstein, Ed.D. • Thomas Gamble Google is Rocking My World Again! What's New in Google! Ballroom 204Jackie Ediger I Learned WHAT??? Student ePortfolios Powered by Google Sites 206Lorinda Rice • Adam Schwaninger Instructional Leader's “Bag of Tricks” to Promote Teacher Growth Ballroom 203Michaela Brooks • Melissa Herrmann • Jessica Stubbs Level Up Your Class(craft) Game! 214Crystal Ernst Measure Reading with Reading, Not Quiz Scores! Ballroom 201Ike Moore • myON Online Integrity: An Essential Work Skill 211Bob Bednar Robo Teach 213Bonnie Mitchell • Kortney Sayers What's in Your IT Toolbox? 210Lucas Bingham • Jamen Hall

11:15am CDT

Embracing the Social Media Mayhem 211Emily Finley • Emily McAllister • Kellie Milleson Mimio.... Nebraska's Choice for Today's Interactive Solutions! 207Engaging Technologies What Do You Get as a Connected Educator? 209Michelle Boyce 'With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility' 205Rebecca Chambers • Missy Woitaszewski Classroom Instruction That Works & Chromebooks: How Do You Do Both? 206Megan Jorgensen • Stephanie Seuferer • Heather Steiner Gamify Your Professional Learning Now! Badge It! Win It! Ballroom 203Rony Ortega • Kristi Tolliver Leadership is Tougher than Woodpecker Lips 215Mike Lucas Men of Words: A Digital Mentorship with Historical Figures 214Brenda Larabee • Diana Weis Proving Technology ROI to Drive Additional Funding Ballroom 201Harold Reaves • Juanma Rodriguez Sharing Students' Visual Creations with Creatubbles 213Ashley Wagner Using Minecraft in the Classroom 216Wendy Loewenstein, Ed.D. • Thomas Gamble Creating a Robust Infrastructure 210Thomas C. Murray

12:15pm CDT

Make Your Language Arts Class Flipping Awesome 208Crystal Ernst Small School Leadership in the Digital Age 215David Evertson Transform Your Classroom: Engage, Motivate, and Excite Your Students Ballroom 201Sandra Lemke Engaging Students in a 1:1, Primary Classroom 209Dustin Carlson • Allison Pontious Actively Learn Activates Reading Powers! Ballroom 203April Jorgensen • Tish Rezac • Heather Steiner Digital Music Creation 205Jeff Ingraham • Kim Ingraham Get Your Parents Informed! 211Karen Haase Implementing Tech PD Without Worry Ballroom CHeather Callihan • Shelly Mowinkel NETA 2017 Ignite Session 1 Ballroom 202Otis Pierce Squeezing the Most Out of Your Bandwidth 207Robert Ogan We Can Super 3 - You Can Too! 216Jeralynn Moser • Katheryn Sauer YouTube LIVE Video Streaming. Simple, Fast and FREE! Ballroom 204Andrew Carlson • Scott Harrington

1:15pm CDT

Creating Global Connections and Communities for All Classrooms 213Alicia Shoemaker Hands on GIS (Geographic Information Systems) 214Harris Payne • Kyle Tredinnick Being #FutureReady Now! 209Lynn Kleinmeyer • Cynthia Stogdill Cyber Security and IT Common Sense 207Jason Erickson It's a Good Time to be a Tiger (or Bulldog) 215Mark Johnson • Sam Stecher Lenovo: Chromebooks & Laptops for Your K-12 Classroom Ballroom 201Computer Hardware Inc. • Sophie Sheehan NETA 2017 Ignite Session 2 Ballroom 202Otis Pierce Spark Some Student Creativity by Smashing these FREE Adobe Apps Ballroom 203Linda Dickeson The Story Behind Waverly Senior Hunter Radenslaben and @Athlete Nation 211Hunter Radenslaben We Survived the ACT Online 210Allyson Olson • Drew Stansberry • Lance Swanson

2:45pm CDT

Chrome Extensions for Administrators 215Otis Pierce Digital Tools in the CTE Classroom 205Chelsey Greene Extend Your Classroom with Our National Parks 214Ramon Mangual Soundtrap: Creating Consonance and Harmony in Your Classroom Ballroom 201Meredith Allen Ways for Students to Demonstrate Learning Using Multimedia 208Laurie Friedrich • Guy Trainin The One Where We Share Ideas, Have Awesome Conversation & Leave Happy 209Roan Howard • Paloma Mena-Werth A Teacher's Day Made Easier with OneNote and OneNote Class Notebooks 207Kelly Means • Jeff Olander • Amy Vester Breaking the Rows! Engaging Students Through Dynamic Seating 206Nate Balcom G Suite for the Entire School Ballroom 204Mickie Mueller • Aaron Svoboda How My 8th Graders Made a Movie (And Funded Our Makerspace) 213David Dubczak Take a Technology Mentor Wherever You Go! 210Bill Pulte

3:45pm CDT

Digital Breakouts - Will You Escape? Ballroom 202Bonnie Noel Seesaw - The Online Learning Journal 213Nate Balcom What are Nebraska Teachers Doing with GIS in Their Classrooms? 214Harris Payne A 21st Century Learner-Centered Approach to Higher Education 208Lori Entzminger • Hank McCallum Badges - Not Just for Scouts Anymore. Gamifying Your Tech PD. 205Elizabeth Fritton • Kaela Heneger • Jeremy Mahoney • Cortney McElroy Establish, Grow, and Improve a Computer Science Club 206Ramsey Young Go There with Google Ballroom 204Beth Still Instructional Coaching: Personalized Professional Development for Effective Technology Integration 216Caitlin Mentzer K-12 Classroom Technology Forum Ballroom 201Ed Pullen Master PDF Editing and Interactions for Effective Curriculum Resources Ballroom 203Linda Dickeson Principals and Superintendents...Be a Tech Leader! 215Brent Catlett • Corey Dahl Reid's Story... 211Joni Adler • Dr. Mark Adler

10:15am CDT

App-Smashingly Great Instructional Videos 206Andrew Easton Coding in Middle School: Closing the Diversity Gap in Computer Science 208Dawn Prescott Google Expeditions 205Chad Sussex Math in the Cloud: Using Online Tools to Improve Math Instruction 215Tom Ahlschwede No Locks? No Box? No Problem! Go Digital with Breakout EDU Ballroom 202Erin Piening • Adam Sparks Bridging the Gap - Technology for Special Education 209Becky Miller Active Learning Classrooms Ballroom 201Steelcase Education Digital Signage on a Shoe String Budget Using RiseVision 210Noel Erskine GEG Great Plains Demo Slam Ballroom 204Mickie Mueller • Otis Pierce Implementing and Evaluating a K-12 1:1 Initiative: 3 Perspectives 214Matt Lee • Blane McCann • David Williams Let's Duke It Out--Google Apps vs. Microsoft Office 213Jacqui Garrison • Ramona Schoenrock MDM, School Manager, Curriculum and Assessment? LEARNING 207Brad Caldwell What's Your UX? Ballroom 203David Evertson

11:15am CDT

The Writing Process Gone Googly 216Crystal Hurt Tools and Websites to Teach Computer Science 205Ramsey Young Teacher Education and Twitter 209Angie Fedon Wassenmiller 1:1 11 Years Later: Our Journey and What We've Learned Along the Way 214John Hadenfeldt • Stacie Loeffelholz • Kim Steffen 99 Accounts and 1 Password 210Andy Boell • Ron Cone Challenges and Badges to Engage Teacher Learners 208Patrick Donovan Low Cost Virtual Reality & Cell Phone Apps to Use in Your Classroom Ballroom 203Tess McKinney Managing the Paper Load in the Online Classroom 213Robert Brooke • Lauren Funk • Jan Knispel On the #GoOpen Journey Ballroom 202Josh Allen Smashingly Good Apps for Student Designed Digital Portfolios 206Craig Badura • Tim Elge Swivl....Quick and Easy Video for the Classroom. 207Engaging Technologies Transform Your Library in a Virtual World 211Molly Aschoff • Beth Kabes What's NEW with NWEA MAP® Ballroom 201Jenna Gifford Coding for Primary Ballroom B (Table 20)Mark Dowling • Megan Rogers Coding in Middle School Ballroom B (Table 1)Thomas Gamble • Devin Jamshidi Coding of Robots and Drones, Oh My! Ballroom B (Table 21)Emily Salie If You Build It, They Will Come! Ballroom B (Table 3)Tracy Bye • Carol Nickerson Implementing iPads in the Early Elementary Ballroom B (Table 18)Kaily Kennel Two Teachers, One Vlog: One Minute Tech Tips Ballroom B (Table 14)Shelly Mowinkel • Adam Sparks

12:15pm CDT

'We Code Because We Can' Using Bricklayer with High-Ability Learners 205Beth Fitzgerald • Michelle Friend • Kate Sherwin • Victor Winter I Can do It by Myself! 214Janet Carriker Being a Connected Educator 209Brent Catlett • Devin Schoening ARTech 211Brenna Barney • Christina Kloeckner Becoming More Modern in Education 210Matthew Moore Breakout of Your Box with Breakout EDU! Ballroom CDustin Carlson • Andrew Easton • Allison Pontious Gamification in Education: It's a Game Changer! Ballroom 203James Dalrymple Google Classroom 213Bonnie Mitchell • Kortney Sayers Osmo, Plickers, and Tech, Oh My! 215Spencere Vogt Standards Referenced Grading and Reporting Made Easy! Ballroom 201Sherry Reed The Power of STAR Data - District Interim Assessments 207Cheryl Ballou 'BlendEd Learning' Mixing It up in English, History, and Math Ballroom B (Table 18)Nicole Hilderbrand • Lauren Rabourn • Becky Schueth BlendEd - A Small PK-12 School's First Year Ballroom B (Table 19)Lauren Heyden • Jeralynn Moser • Katheryn Sauer BlendED in Action! Ballroom B (Table 16)Jason Daffer • Mark Shaw Co-teaching with the Station Rotation Model Ballroom B (Table 7)Kathy Liebenguth • Rachel Schutte Everything You Need to Implement Blend Ed. Ballroom B (Table 22)Eileen Barks Get to Know Minecraft: Education Edition Ballroom B (Table 2)Greg DeYoung Integrating Technology in the Classroom Ballroom B (Table 3)Katie Nissen • Danell Simons • Thomas Winegardner Kid Power 4 Kids Ballroom B (Table 4)Becky Miller Let's Go Explore the World with Google Expeditions Ballroom B (Table 6)Lisa Bohaty • Charissa Widman Seesaw Me! (Digital Online Portfolios) Ballroom B (Table 1)Annette Coon • Jerilyn Lampert • Sydney Omo Show What You Know - Hyperdoc Style Ballroom B (Table 20)Kim Watson The Google Alphabet: Useful Add-ons, Apps, and Extensions from A-Z Ballroom B (Table 11)Mark Radcliff • Kim Theobald • Jenny Wagner Use Plickers to Assess Quicker Ballroom B (Table 5)Jennifer Harlow • Kelly Kraus • Krystal Luebbe

1:15pm CDT

Girl Power- Closing the Gender Gap in STEAM Ballroom 202Nikia Hunt • Leah Kenney Hot Topics Discussion Around the NETA Campfire 209Stephen Sautter Become a Teacher YouTuber! 206Rick Meyer Chromebook Corner: Changing Course on Teacher PD 214Rachel Haider • Zach Mapes Epson: Nebraska’s #1 Choice for Interactive, Classroom and Large Venue Projectors Ballroom 201Computer Hardware Inc. • Veronica Montoya How Mighty is Your Student's Network? 205Molly Aschoff Ignite Your School Library! 211Matt Flynn • Beth Kabes • Cynthia Stogdill Implementing Chromebooks During 2nd Grade Guided Reading Stations 208Megan McElfresh • Katey Stukenhotz Internet of Things: Are You Ready? 215Bob Goeman The Art of Creating Assignments in Google Classroom Ballroom 204Mickie Mueller 5 Question Challenge - Omaha Version Ballroom B (Table 11)Mary Blair • Jennifer Hardy Animation Station Ballroom B (Table 18)Tim Elge Breakout EDU...DIY Edition Ballroom B (Table 6)Sarah Castillo Coding Robots - A High School & Elementary Collaboration Ballroom B (Table 23)Derek Babb Instructional Technology-Supported Vocabulary Learning Ballroom B (Table 16)Guy Trainin • Aiqing Yu It's a Surprise Party! Ballroom B (Table 22)Kelly Means • Amy Vester No Scantron, No Problem!! Ballroom B (Table 10)Chase Rasby Novel Ideas to Review Novels! Ballroom B (Table 1)Jamie Kernes Send Your Students on a GooseChase! Ballroom B (Table 7)Sara Lincoln • Matt Nicholas Teaching Curriculum in the 21st Century Through Video Creation Ballroom B (Table 9)Kelly Benne • Sara Horstman The Avian Education, Conservation, & Ecology Project Ballroom B (Table 4)Paul Timm Using Technology in Upper Elementary Science, Social Studies & Reading Ballroom B (Table 19)Bob Floth

2:15pm CDT

Designing Inclusive and Welcoming Courses in IT 205Scott Burns Turn It Up: Amplify Student Learning Through the 5Cs 213Melissa Cleaver • Eileen Heller HackBusters - 'I ain't Afraid of no Hacks!' 209David Evertson 'Hello, Centura Help Desk. How Can I Help You?' 210Steve Horn • Stacie Loeffelholz Cultivating a Culture of Connected Readers 211Lynn Kleinmeyer Gamification: We All Win 215Nikia Hunt • Crystal Hurt Guided Math + 1:1 iPads = Student Success! 208Michelle Klamm How Google Makes Me Better Ballroom 204Brent Catlett Keyboarding Online – Real Skills. Prevent Hunting and Pecking! 207Keyboarding Online NebraskaCloud: Single Sign-On, Applications and Data Ballroom 201Scott Isaacson Teaching Curriculum in the 21st Century Through Video Creation Ballroom 202Kelly Benne • Sara Horstman