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2009 Agenda

 

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Last updated July 22, 2009

Monday, July 27

8:00am - 9:00pm
BPA Board of Directors Meeting
12:00pm - 5:00pm
TBTEA Board of Directors Meeting
12:00pm - 5:00pm
MET Board of Directors Meeting
5:00pm - 10:00pm
FBLA Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday, July 28

7:30am - 5:00pm

Registration Open

8:00am - 8:00pm
FBLA Board of Directors Meeting
8:30am - 4:30pm

New Teacher Orientation

pre-registration required

9:00am - 4:00pm

Word and Excel 2003 Certification Workshop

pre-registration required

9:00am - 4:00pm

Any Office 2007 Exam or IC3 Exam

pre-registration required

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Tour of Minute Maid Park

pre-registration required

6:00pm - 10:00pm

DECA Board Meeting

Wednesday, July 29

7:30am - 5:00pm

Registration Open

7:30am - 8:30am
Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 5:00pm

Exhibit Showcase

8:30am - 10:00am

Opening General Session with Dr. Monte Selby

10:00am - 10:30am
Break in Exhibit Area
10:30am - 5:30pm

Any Office 2003 Exam or IC3 Exam

pre-registration required

10:45am - 4:45pm

Office Education Work-Based Learning Endorsement Workshop

pre-registration required

10:45am - 11:30am
Breakout Sessions
  No Teacher Left Behind - Keeping Up With and Captivating Generation Next in the Classroom
  The Electronic Instructional Delivery Method (repeats)
  Marketing and Selling to Win Grant Funding: Bet You Never Thought of That! (repeats)
  Best Practice Strategies for CTE Teachers attending ARD Meetings
  Thinking Outside the Book: Fun Lessons for BCIS and Desktop Publishing
  Why You Should be Involved with Financial Education (repeats)
  Photoshop Now, Don't Teach - Inspire
  Public Relations Projects for DECA Chapters
  The Sweet, Sweet Smell of Success
  Successful Synergy in BIMM with Project-Based Lessons and Real Life Applications
11:45am - 12:30pm
Breakout Sessions
  Industry Perspective: B2B Marketing
  Fiese System to Power Presenting
  The Electronic Instructional Delivery Method
  Marketing and Selling to Win Grant Funding: Bet You Never Thought of That!
  Getting the Most from your Advisory Board
  Paperless Web-Based Keyboarding - A Solid Foundation for a Computer World
  Why You Should be Involved with Financial Education
The Value of a Professional Network with One's Fellow Educators
  Cloud Computing with Microsoft OfficeLive (repeats)
  How to Create a Job Fair Sponsored by your CTSO
  Successfully Engage BCIS Students with Relevant Project-Based Lessons
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lunch on your own
2:00pm - 5:00pm
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Breakout Sessions
  Industry Perspective: Marketing in the "Real World": What They Didn't Teach You in School
  FBLA Update
  Industry Perspective: Use of Branding in Travel & Tourism Marketing
  Maximizing Student Performance at DECA ICDC
  Business Simulations That Can Energize Your Students - Let's Play GoVenture!
Cloud Computing with Microsoft OfficeLive
AchieveTexas: Best Practices for Local Implementation of Career Clusters
  Business and Marketing Education: Projects for the 21st Century (repeats)
  Using Photo Story 3 to Create Digital Videos for any Subject
  What's New in Office 2007 (repeats)
 

Schools That Give Back to the Neighborhood: A Multi-Generational Community Outreach

  Best 10 Week End-of-Year Project Ever for BCIS
3:00pm - 3:45pm
Breakout Sessions
 

State Advocacy Update for CTE

  How the Advanced Technical Credit (ATC) Program Supports the New TEKS
  Scavenger Hunts for your Marketing Classroom
  Student Nutrition Laws Affecting Your School Store/Fundraising?
  Do You Need Free Software for your Classes (repeats)
  Selection and Use of Case Studies in Sports Marketing Classes
  Avoiding Obstacles on the Road: How to Travel with Students
  Business and Marketing Education: Projects for the 21st Century
  What's New in Office 2007
  Statewide CTE Teacher Certification
  Virtual Business: Retailing 3.0
  Sponge 2009 - Just in Time
4:00pm - 4:45pm
Breakout Sessions
  The Big Muscles Approach to Integrating Academic TEKS in the CTE Classroom
  Social Media: Incorporating the Concepts into the Learning Environment
  Marketing CTE Classes to Parents and Students
  Do You Need Free Software for your Classes
  WeSeed: A Revolutionary and Fun Way to Teach About Investing
  Playing Games to Learn
  Getting Counselor Buy In For Your Marketing or Business Program
  Be a Parli Pro!
  Become a Certiport Testing Center Free
  From BCIS to BIMM: Applied Educational Systems ITCenter21 Curriculum
  Powerful Powerpoint Projects
6:00pm - 8:00pm

MET Social at the Wild West Country Western Dance Club (offsite)

6:00pm - 9:00pm
DECA Board Meeting

Thursday, July 30

7:30am - 5:00pm

Registration Open

7:30am - 8:30am
Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 12:00pm

Exhibit Showcase

8:30am - 12:00pm

ATC Training, Part II

pre-registration required

8:30am - 9:30am

Keynote Session with Michael Bettersworth

9:30am - 10:00am

Break in Exhibit Area

10:00am - 10:45am
Breakout Sessions
  Preparing the Millennial Generation for the Conceptual Age Economy (repeats)
  Industry Perspective: Present and Future of Marketing in Texas
  IMPROV-ing the Power of Educators
  Web Resources Energize Your Curriculum
  Digital Media Tools for Bilingual and ELLs (repeats)
  Best Collection of Project Based Ideas for BCIS/BIMM Ever
  Business Professionals of America Update
  Hot New Technologies of 2009
  Learn to Podcast
  What's New in Office 2007
  DECA Written Events: How to Win
11:00am - 11:45am
Breakout Sessions
  Preparing the Millennial Generation for the Conceptual Age Economy
  Industry Perspective: Take Juan and Call Me in the Morning (repeats)
  Financial Literacy for Teens
  Industry Perspective: When Talent Isn't Enough: Gaining a Competitive Edge During a Time of Change
  Divide and Conquer DECA Written Events
  Digital Media Tools for Bilingual and ELLs
  Best 10 Week End-of-Year Project Ever for BCIS
  Teacher Mini-Grants for Improving Student Achievement: A Practioner's Model
  Ready or Not: First Days of School Guide
  Lights, Cameras, Action! How to use Moviemaker in your Classroom
  Fundraising: Money to Go
  New Certifications: It's About You and Your Students
12:00pm - 2:00pm

TBTEA Business Luncheon

ticket required

12:00pm - 2:00pm

MET Business Luncheon

ticket required

2:15pm - 3:00pm
Breakout Sessions
  Business, Marketing and the MySpace Generation
  Industry Perspective: Take Juan and Call Me in the Morning
  Brand Management Education: Career Preparation - Classroom vs. Boardroom
  DECA Update
  High School 101: 21st Century Skills and High School Transition
  Google Docs: Communicate, Collaborate, Create
  MoneySKILL: Linking High School Students with Personal Finance Skills (repeats)
  How to Put Together a Marketing Class for Online Delivery
  Bringing Life Back to Accounting and Business Courses
  All "Hands On" Teck
  Ready or Not: First Days of School Guide
  Strategies for Managing Retirement Income
  Web Mastering from the Ground Up
2:30pm - 8:30pm

Excel 2007 Certification Workshop

pre-registration required

3:15pm - 4:00pm
Breakout Sessions
  The Business of Trade: Creating Wealth
  The Project Driven Fashion Marketing and Entrepreneurship Classroom
  Alleviate the Agony of Assessments: Test Banks, Online Rubrics and Cross-Curricular Support
  Industry Perspective: Marketing in Tough Times: Getting Back to the Basics
  Wikified Schools: Wikis for School Improvement
  MoneySKILL: Linking High School Students with Personal Finance Skills
  Develop Synergy between Core Curriculum and Technology
  Business Professionals of America 101
  Take a Tour of Atomsville
  GIMP - Free Photoshop Alternative for Teaching Graphics
  Curriculum and Lesson Planning: A Quick Approach that Works
5:30pm - 8:00pm

MET Board of Directors Meeting

6:00pm - 10:45pm

Kemah Boardwalk Excursion

pre-registration required

Friday, July 31

8:00am - 12:00pm

Registration Open

8:00am - 9:00am
Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 10:00am

Closing General Session with Jan Hargrave

Conference Closing Remarks and Cash Prize Drawings

10:15am - 11:15am
BPA & DECA Area Meetings
12:30pm - 6:30pm

Word 2007 Certification Workshop

pre-registration required