Schedule
| Sunday, February 10 | ||
| 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Attendee Registration | Attendee Registration |
| 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Exhibitor Registration | Exhibitor Registration |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Sunday Concurrent Sessions - Hotel | |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Sunday Concurrent Sessions - Lodge | |
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Vendor Hospitalities/Presentations | |
| 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Attendee Registration | Attendee Registration |
| 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM | Welcome Reception (Badge Required) | Chocolate Ballroom |
| Monday, February 11 | ||
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Attendee Registration | Attendee Registration |
| 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM | Exhibitor Registration | Exhibitor Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Keynote: Go Forth and Be Bold: Educating For The Future
Wisdom informs innovation; the latter simply cannot exist without the former. In the push for schools of the future, we need to take an honest look at the strategies and practices of our past. Which need to accompany us on the path forward, and which need to go the way of the floppy disk? The world’s best educators operate in the space where wisdom and innovation coalesce, rather than compete for time. The elite skills of our predecessors need a place in classrooms of the future. Weston Kieschnick will share his findings after spending more than 15 years coaching some of the most talented educators from all 50 states and more than 30 countries around the world. He will explore how these masters of pedagogy and technology try early, fail often, and pursue excellence with joy to create bold, blended learning experiences that work. |
Chocolate Ballroom |
| 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Exhibits Open | Exhibitor Areas |
| 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM | Concurrent Session - A Lodge | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Concurrent Session - A Hotel | |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Augment Your Reality: Augmented Reality Inside and Outside Of The Classroom
One of the fastest growing technology practices, Augmented Reality takes places, locations and materials and adds a dimension of content and learning that has never been experienced before. Augmented Reality is not just being used in the classroom, but the boardroom, billboard, magazine, city and much much more. We will also show you how easy it is to create your own Augmented Reality. |
Castilian |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Concurrent Session - B Lodge | |
| 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM | Concurrent Session - B Hotel | |
| 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Dedicated Exhibit Time | Exhibitor Areas |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent Session - C Lodge | |
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | Concurrent Session - C Hotel | |
| 2:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
Virtual Reality
This class will take you bottom to top (hope you enjoyed the pun) of Virtual Reality. We will discuss what it is, why it works and what you need to get going on both exploring and creating your VR. We will also explore the different types of VR and VR headsets available. We will then take a "heads" on look at some of the most impactful VR applications available and finish with an overview on how VR is making real world impacts well. |
Castilian |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | Concurrent Session - D Lodge | |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Concurrent Session - D Hotel | |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Exhibitor Reception | Exhibitor Areas |
| 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Member Organization Events (PASBO, PAECT, PAIMS, PDE) | |
| 8:45 PM - 10:30 PM | Night Owl: Show and Tell Session | Confection Hall Lobby |
| Tuesday, February 12 | ||
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Attendee Registration | Attendee Registration |
| 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM | Exhibitor Registration | Exhibitor Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM |
Keynote: We Teach The Future
We live in a unique moment of time where the relevance of what we teach is easily called into question. The dramatic leaps forward that the digital world is causing makes the job of educators increasingly difficult. As photographer Steve Uzell tells us, if “you don’t really know where you are going… then every road is the wrong road, and any road will get you there.” Educators have to know what outcome they are trying to get and what skills they need to cultivate to get that outcome. In this insightful keynote, Alice Keeler will share her thoughts around the skills and outcomes educators should be paying attention to and what paths we can take to get there. She will also help us understand how to get out of the way at the right time so other meaningful learning can occur. |
Chocolate Ballroom |
| 9:15 AM - 2:15 PM | Exhibits Open | Exhibitor Areas |
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Concurrent Session - E Lodge | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Concurrent Session - E Hotel | |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | PA Invention Convention | Castilian |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Concurrent Session - F Lodge | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Concurrent Session - F Hotel | |
| 11:45 AM - 2:15 PM | Dedicated Exhibit Time | Exhibitor Areas |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | PA Invention Convention - Award Ceremony | Castilian |
| 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent Session - G Lodge | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent Session - G Hotel | |
| 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Concurrent Session - H Lodge | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | Concurrent Session - H Hotel | |
| 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM | Concurrent Session - I Lodge | |
| 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ChocolateFest
This event offers an awesome experience for everyone! First we’ll board the bus and venture over to Chocolate World for an evening of great music with an encore performance by the Flying Ivories Dueling Pianos. There will be several food stations and beverages to choose from plus friends and fun. Oh yeah...and chocolate EVERYWHERE! You’ll be able to ride through the Chocolate World factory tour and see first-hand how Hershey’s delicious confections are made. Then enjoy your food and entertainment. A few lucky folks might even win a chance to raid the shelves of Chocolate World, filling their bags with all kinds of tasty treats during the Chocolate Chase. (Ticket Required) |
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| Wednesday, February 13 | ||
| 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Attendee Registration | Attendee Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Concurrent Session - J Lodge | |
| 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM | Concurrent Session - K Lodge | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Concurrent Session - L Lodge | |
| 11:45 AM - 2:00 PM |
Keynote: Improbable to Unstoppable
Fredi Lajvardi shares with audiences nationwide a first-hand account of the story that brought renewed national focus to S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education and inspired the critically acclaimed documentary Underwater Dreams, as well as the major motion picture, Spare Parts, starring comedic legend George Lopez. With humor and passion, Lajvardi reveals the simple secrets to his national champion robotics team’s unprecedented success, and imparts to audiences the same wisdom, spirit of inventiveness, and determination that transformed an improbable group of disadvantaged Hispanic teenagers into an unstoppable national powerhouse. His heartfelt presentation captures the imagination, maximizes potential, and sparks the creativity in all of us. |
Chocolate Ballroom |
