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STEM Teachers/Industry Trainers Conference
Friday, March 27 (10am – 4pm) – Saturday, March 28 (8am – 4pm)
at Nissan Training Center – Canton, MS

“Virtual Reality in Education and Industry”

Announcing our 5th annual STEM Teacher’s/Industry Trainer’s Conference. The dates will be March 27th – 28th. The location will be Nissan Training Center – Canton.

The conference will be limited to 125 teachers and 25 students. We will start Friday at 10 am and end Saturday at 4pm.  Check-in Friday 9am-10am, Saturday 7:30am-8am.  Lunch is provided both days by Nissan and Mississippi Robotics.

Our Keynote Speaker will be Vince Jordan, President/CEO of Lobaki.  Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are quickly being adopted by industry, health care professionals and educators as the means to improve workforce training.  Come and experience it for yourself and learn firsthand what this revolutionary technology is all about.

The early Conference fee for all attendees will be $45 (Students $25).  If you know you are coming then please register and make your payment within a week.

Sessions:  Nine speaker sessions are planned. Topics include Employable skills, What is VR and Augmented Reality?, Can VR be used for traditional teaching?, VR Headsets or full stations? VR in industry?  Panel Discussion on “VR in Mississippi”, and much more.

Conference Flyer (pdf)
Conference Agenda (pdf) (coming soon)

We will continue our development of the Employable Skills Set for K-12. Employable Skills are industry recommended skills we need to teach our students. These skills can be threaded into any STEM-related curriculum. All attendees will receive a Student Employable Skills Checklist so you can start assessing your students in these areas.

1.3 Professional Development CEU’s for Teachers are offered. Attend 5 or more sessions and complete the evaluations. $25 to be paid to MSState for certification.

Signup now and make payment either on-line or mail-in check by March 14th, 2020.

Register each individual separate. Make payment before March 14, 2020 to confirm your registration.

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