2011 Annual Convention Sessions
ACTE has uploaded documents from presentations at the 2011 Annual Convention. Thank you for your interest!
Re-live the 2011 ACTE Annual Convention!
SchoolTube.com, ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Ladue High School teamed up to provide multimedia news coverage of the 2011 ACTE Annual Convention. Check out the work of this talented team of high school students on their Convention page and video channel.
You can also get your fellow attendees’ perspectives with the ACTE Convention Blog. Bloggers Mitchell Shron, Wendy Chalmers and Lee Smith insightfully and humorously review speakers, sessions and products and share their takeaways with you.
- A Changing World: Helping Students Prepare for Life in a Scary World That We Know Little About—Chris Droessler
- A True School-to-work Partnership: The Ameren Skilled Craft Education Program—Jeff Chandler, Verle Clines, Gary Weisenborn, Becky Werner, Chris Marchioro
- Empowering CTE Teachers—Greg DiGiovanni, Becky Sharp
- Engineer's Notebooks—Todd Kelley, Kevin Kaluf
- Enhance Your Personal Finance Course With Online Games, Videos and Web 2.0 Technologies—Nicole Wanago
- Evidence-based Decisions Creating a Certification Exam Using Numerical Methods—Tom Hovatter
- From a Program of Study to a Personal Plan of Study—Bragg Stanley
- Health Science Academy: From Brainstorming to Building—Vikki Parsel, Leah Prewett
- Instructional Strategies to Improve Achievement and Retention for Non-traditional and Special Populations Students in CTE—Dolores Grayson
- Integrating Epidemiology Into the Health Science Curriculum—Bradley Smith
- Media Literacy: Why Every Student Wants to Be a Pediatrician—Liz Reckker
- Preparing Health Science Students to Be Global Citizens: Teaching Cultural Awareness Through Interactive, Student-centered Virtual Exchange—Karen Having
- Pre-testing for Industry Certifications—Teresa Maher
- Project-based + Hybrid Learning = Ready for Postsecondary Education—Cheryl Simmers, Nancy Study
- Successful Academic Integration and Rigorous Expectations—Jill Ranucci
- The Birth of an Integrated STEM Program: Hillsborough County’s Approach to the Creation of a 6-12 Maritime Program—Jakub Prokop
- This Little Piggy Went to Market—Carolyn Gorton, Denise Jordan-Sansone
- Tools of Change Preparing Students for Non-traditional Careers—Ross Arnold
- Work-based Learning—Elaine Adams
- Work-based Learning Written Internship Project
- The World of Marketing
- Economics
- Business and Society
- Skills for Marketing
- Selling
- Promotion
- Distribution
- Pricing
- Marketing Information Management
- Product and Service Management
- Entrepreneurship and Finance
- Employability and Career Development
Watch Ray McNulty's presentation from the Friday General Session.
Watch Mike Rowe accept his ACTE Image Award!
- Exhibitor Workshop: Integrating Computer Forensics Into a Computer Maintenance and Networking Course—Mike Gonder, Lex-La-Ray Technical Center, Lexington, Missouri
- A Model Program to Integrate Effective Reading Strategies Into CTE Instruction—Chester Wichowski
- Academic/School Integration Through DECA's Written Events—Darren Joines
- Advisory Boards 101—Rebecca Privett
- Biotechnology and Green Technology Initiatives in CTE Programs at a Comprehensive High School Are Critical for Postsecondary Success—Robert Marraccino, John Tuminaro, Daniel Solomon, Gerard D'Ambrosio
- Business Career Pathways Optimized With Entrepreneurial Preparation—Horace Robertson
- Community Colleges Greening the Curriculum—Mitch Walker, Candy Center
- Creating a Student-Centered, Cooperative Learning Environment—Mark Johnson, Stephanie Davis
- CTE for College and Career Readiness—Tim Ott
- Curriculum Development: Updating CTE Programs to 21st-century Needs—Jay Boleach
- Effectively Communicating the Value of CTE—Ashley Parker, Erin Uy, Dave Bunting
- Getting and Using Current Career Data (Labor Market Information) to Help students Prepare for Careers That Will Actually Be in Demand When They Graduate—Chris Droessler
- Google App Inventor—Stephen Hustedde
- Hot Topic! Workplace Readiness—Skills for a Lifetime—Steve Beutler
- How Virtual Professional Learning Communities Help Build Effective CTE Practices in Pennsylvania—Hans Meeder
- Lee’s Summit West Student/Parent Career Night—Tawni Boman, Jani O'Neill
- Marketing New Vision of CTE—Erin Uy
- Meeting the Challenge of Designing CTE Courses for the 21st Century—Gene Bottoms, Leslie Carson
- Microsoft in Education Immersive Learning—Create Interactive Learning Experiences With Kinect for Xbox 360—Adrian Dede
- Microsoft IT Academy and Microsoft Office Specialist Certification—Curt Miller, Carol Short
- Mission Possible: Assessing Student Mastery of Standards via a Statewide Performance-based Competition Using Real-world Problems and Business and Industry Professionals as Judges—Barbara White
- Multimedia Journalism: 21st-century Core Standard or Expensive Fluff?—Dave Cornelius
- Techniques to Show Alignment to National Education Standards and How to Use Them—Nancy Null
- The Common Career Technical Core Initiative—Dean Folkers
- The Process of Integrating Core Academics and CTE Programs—Meghan Hollibaugh Baker, Domenic DiDonato, Michael Zanfagna, William Harris
- Using Technology in CTE to Enhance Teaching and to Connect the Tech-savvy Student of Today—Bruce Bird, Brian Sides
- Voices From the Past: Messages for a STEM Future—Todd Kelley
Watch Eric Chester's presentation from the Closing General Session.
Watch Lauren Mullins's presentation from the Closing General Session.