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Submitted by: Lynnettee Fetters,
Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School

February 21-24, 2010

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Conference Program

Throughout Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, you have the opportunity to attend concurrent sessions, which offer a variety of topics in the world of technology. These hour-long sessions are jam-packed with information to take back to your LEA. Act 48 credits are also available for each of these sessions.

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Keynote Speakers:

Monday’s Opening Keynote: Sir Ken Robinson
Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
What does it take to achieve personal success and feel like you are in your element? World-renowned innovator Sir Ken Robinson argues that it is not only natural talent that drives personal success, but rather a delicate interplay among talent, passion, attitude and opportunity that brings people to achieve their highest levels of success and lead lives of meaning and purpose. Based on his newly released and highly acclaimed book The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, Robinson takes audiences on a compelling tour of what can happen in all our lives when passion and talent meet. He draws on the personal stories of high achievers in many fields, including Sir Paul McCartney, Arianna Huffington, Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons), Meg Ryan and renowned physicist Richard Feynman. With a wry sense of humor, Sir Ken helps audiences understand:
  • What it takes to find “The Element” in our own lives
  • Why age and occupation are no barrier
  • How to enhance creativity and innovation in both personal and professional settings
  • How focusing on “The Element” is an essential strategy in transforming education, business and communities to meet the challenges of living and succeeding in the twenty-first century
Tuesday’s Opening Keynote: Chris Lehmann
Building School 2.0: Creating the Schools We Need
What is School 2.0? What are the pedagogical ideas that form it? Examine ideas of constructivist pedagogy and the use of 21st Century tools to create schools that are engaging, caring, and relevant places of learning for everyone involved. The history of the formation of the Science Leadership Academy will form the backdrop for this conversation.
 
Wednesday’s Closing Speaker: Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, PA Secretary of Education
 
 

Agenda (Tentative):

Sunday, February 21, 2010

7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. General Registration
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Full-Day Preconference Session
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Half-Day Preconference Session
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Half-Day Preconference Session
2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Exhibitor Registration
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Vendor Presentations/Hospitalities
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. General Registration
8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Welcome Reception/Casino Night (Badge Required)

Monday, February 22, 2010

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. General Registration
7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Exhibitor Registration
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. General Session - Keynote Speaker
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions A
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions A (Hotel Hershey)
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions B
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions B (Hotel Hershey)
12:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Exhibits Open
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Keystone Poster Sessions
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Dedicated Exhibit Time
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions C
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions C (Hotel Hershey)
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions D
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions D (Hotel Hershey)
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Exhibitor Reception
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Buffet Dinner (Ticketed Event Separate Fee)
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Vendor Presentations
8:15 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Birds of a Feather Sessions

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. General Registration
7:30 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. Exhibitor Registration
8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. General Session - Keynote Speaker
9:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. Exhibits Open
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions E
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions E (Hotel Hershey)
9:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Student Showcase (Session 1)
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions F
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions F (Hotel Hershey)
11:45 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. Dedicated Exhibit Time
12:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Student Showcase (Session 2)
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions G
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions G (Hotel Hershey)
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions H
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions H (Hotel Hershey)
4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions I
6:15 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Conference Banquet (Ticketed Event Included with Full Conference Registration)
7:45 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Entertainment: Burning House

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. General Registration
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions J
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions K
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions L
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Closing General Session

Conference Strands (learning tracks):

Adaptive Technology/Special Populations/Accessibility
Emerging Technologies/Trends
Infrastructure/Security/Management
Instructional Strategies/Successful Practices
Learning Environments/Distance Learning/Course management
Media Centers
Mobile/Wireless Technologies
Performing/Creative Arts
Policy/Planning/Funding
Professional Development/Teacher Preparation
Standards/NCLB
Technology & Ethics
Technology Directions: Issues, Innovations, Research
Technology Leadership