HI-TEC Schedule At A Glance

HI-TEC PRECONFERENCE SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE

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Sunday, July 22
4:00-7:00 PM	Registration

Monday, July 23
7:00am	Registration
8:00-8:30am	Continental Breakfast
8:30am-Noon	MS Office & Evaluation- Based Assessment	Bridging the Gap Between Educators and Employers	Extending Virtualization to the Classroom	Technological Entrepreneurship Across the STEM Spectrum	The Art of Critical Thinking
10:00-10:30am	Refreshment Break
Noon-1:00pm	Lunch
1:00-4:30pm		Bioscience Careers at the Interface	The Cloud and Mobile Computing	Entrepreneurship in Technician Education	Teaching Basic Digital Logic with FPGAs
2:30-3:00PM	Refreshment Break

Tuesday, July 24
7:00am-6:00pm	Registration
8:00-8:30am	Continental Breakfast
8:30am-Noon	Develop 21st-Century Skills Through IT Problem-Solving	Do Engineering! Engage Students Through Exciting Hands-On Labs	Lights, Camera, Action! Leveraging Online Video to Bring Your Information to the World	Shaping High-Quality Integrated Education in Nebraska	What's in Your Genes? Build and Interpret a DNA Microarray
10:00-10:30am	Refreshment Break
11:45am-5:00pm	TOUR: Denver Museum of Nature & Science (Bus loads at 11:30. Includes lunch at the museum.)
11:45am-5:00pm	TOUR: National Renewable Energy Lab (Bus loads at 11:30. Includes lunch on the bus.)
Noon-1:00PM	Lunch on OWN

HI-TEC MAIN CONFERENCE SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE

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Wednesday, July 25
7:00am-5:00pm	Registration
8:00-8:30am	Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00am	Opening and Keynote Presentation: Donald McCoy: IBM Corporation (retired)
10:00-10:30am	Refreshment Break/View Exhibits
10:00am-6:00pm	Technology Showcase Open
10:30-11:15am	Change Image of Manufacturing	STEM Academy- Elem + Middle School	Value-Based Evaluation	Cloud Skills: Citrix Academic Network	Partnerships that Work	Materials Tech Ed: Use MatEd Website	Underrepresented Populations: MPICT Toolkit
11:30am-12:15pm	Bridge the Gap Between Industry/Educ	Student Problems with Math	Q R You? Market STEM Programs	Embraer: Engineering Education	Microchips 2020	Web-Based Virtual Labs for Biomfg	Grow Cohort Colleges into Network of Leaders
12:15-1:30pm	Awards Luncheon
1:45-2:30pm	Manufacturing Careers are Meaningful	College/Career Readiness in STEM	Evaluating Technical Ed Models	EMC Academic Alliance: Virtual Labs	NSF: Funding Opportunities for Undergrad STEM	PBL to Teach Photonics
2:30-3:00pm	Refreshment Break/View Exhibits
3:00-4:30pm	Guitar: Active Learning for Distributive Mfg.	Nano for Photovolatic Cells	STEM PBL in the Classroom	Game-Based Learning: Hacking/Ethics	NSF: Proposal Writing	Interfacing the TI MEMS DLP Projector	ATE Resource Dissemination
4:30-6:00pm	Technology Showcase Reception / Poster Sessions / Art Displays

Thursday, July 26
8:00am-1:00pm	Registration Open
8:00-8:30am	Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:00am-Noon	Technology Showcase Open
8:30-9:45am	Tech Ed: PBL STEM Challenge	Introduce Nano in Your Program	Women in Energy	Elements for ATE Bridge Program	NSF Forum: Skills Prep for Technical Professionals	Tech Program Impacts Economic Development
9:45-10:15am	Refreshment Break/View Exhibits
10:15-11am	Integrate Math, Science + Career Ed	Physics of Green Energy	Principles for Collecting Information	AT&T Technicians: Building Wireless Networks	NSF: Best Practices for ATE Projects	Tech Entrepreneur. Across STEM Spectrum	Space Technology Principles & Apps
11:15am-Noon	Nano Ed Resources for Community Colleges	Chemistry + Engineering + Literacy	Good Times for ICT in Bad Times	Ending Manufacturing Processes With a Bang	Partnerships to Meet Industry Needs (Auto)	Social Media in Safe Setting
Noon-1:30pm	Keynote Luncheon: Ben Robinson
1:30-2:15pm	Build Enrollment in Tech. Online Programs	Wind Technology Curriculum	Teaching Nano in High School	Help Vulnerable Organizations: Hackers/Security	Welding Professional Develoment	Transfer of Community College Engineering Students
2:15-2:30pm	Refreshment Break
2:30-3:15pm	Vacuum Training Equipment	Developing Technical Programs in Arkansas	Embed General Education in CTE	Develop Interactive STEM Curriculum	Infuse Soft Skills in Technical Course Using PBL	Teach IPv6