Conference Schedule

BTC Theater - Welcome to the Conference

Join us for the kickoff to our 61st Annual Conference! Take some time to participate in our Techno Bowl, and learn about our Skimmer Car (Air Racer) Tech Challenge!

Room 219 - Engineering with Paper: How to Make Amazing Project with Simple Supplies

Godwyn Morris - Dazzling Discoveries/ Skill Mill NYC
Access to supplies is often a barrier to learning yet amazing projects can be made with just paper, tape and scissors.  You will learn to confidently guide students through innovative, creative, curriculum-based STEAM projects. This workshop will get you cutting, folding, connecting and building in a matter of minutes, and be ready to implement new activities with students immediately.

This session is repeated on Friday at 9am

Room 206 - Integrative STEM Education: ITEEA Engineering byDesign™ PreK-12 Curricula

Tracy Young - Little Falls Elementary School & Chris Snell - Little Falls High School
This session highlights the ITEEA PreK-12 solution for Integrative STEM - Engineering byDesign™ (EbD)™  offers curricula designed to be equitable, and achievable by all enabling all students to be technologically and engineering literate. This is based on the STEL, NGSS, CCSS Math/ELA, and the NAE's Grand Challenges for Engineering. It highlights a sequence of learning offered to all PreK-12.

This presentation is repeated on Friday at 10:15am

Room 207 - How to become a NYSED-approved CTE Program

Brittany Kitterman, Kelsey Roman - NYSED
This presentation on the NYSED CTE program approval process provides guidance on the components that are required to obtain CTE program approval. The presentation is designed to inform first-time applicants of the advantages and responsibilities of delivering a NYSED-approved CTE program.

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Room 219 - Want to compete in Tech Wars? Start your own within your region!

Robert Tufte, DTE - NYSTEEA Past President & Matt VanKoughnett - NYSTEEA Vice President/Pine Valley CSD
This presentation will introduce the attendees to Tech Wars, provide relevant information and support to groups or individual Technology & Engineering educators to develop a local Tech Wars event with the eventual goal of having statewide competitions.

Repeated on Friday at 1:15pm

Room 206 - Technology Management is the Perfect Degree for Your Students

Richard Bush & Christopher Stein - SUNY Oswego
The Technology Management degree at SUNY Oswego is the perfect course of study for young people who don't want to be engineers or educators but are passionate about the field of technology. Come learn about how we are trying to get more students into this amazing program and how you can help us!  

Room 207 - Drone Technology Discussion

Matt Starke - Liverpool High School
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) or Drone Tech is an emerging technology that is seeing applications in a range of fields. This session will give an overview of what the Drone Tech program looks like at the Liverpool High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) department. Time will be given for participants to ask questions and share ideas. Website: https://linktr.ee/starkeind 

Repeated on Thursday at 2:30pm

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Room 206 - Using 3D Printing (and your students) to Organize Your Lab 

Nate Smith - Elmira High School
3D printers have become a staple of the Tech Ed classroom... and the students love them! But what else can we do with them? In this presentation, you will see how I took an idea presented a few years ago and turned it into a class project that teaches the concepts of the Design Process, Measuring & Tolerances, CAD and Design for Manufacturing, all while having my students organize my tools for me. 

Room 219 - New York State Education Department Technology Education Update

Kelsey Roman, Brittany Kitterman, Mindy Iannotti, and Karyn Watt 
This session will explore current Commissioner’s Regulations, how to leverage technology education to meet diploma requirements, and the resources available from the Office of Career and Technical Education and the CTE Technical Assistance Center. 

Room 207 - Drone Technology Discussion

Matt Starke - Liverpool High School
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) or Drone Tech is an emerging technology that is seeing applications in a range of fields. This session will give an overview of what the Drone Tech program looks like at the Liverpool High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) department. Time will be given for participants to ask questions and share ideas. Website: https://linktr.ee/starkeind 

Repeated on Thursday at 1:15pm

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Meeting Rooms 1,2,3 - Regional Roundtables

Meet with other teachers from your region and discuss facilities, curriculum, professional development, and the unique opportunities and challenges of your part of New York State.