I.D.E.A. Conference  
Turner Hall Location
 

We would like to welcome you to the 2007, 50th annual IDEA Fall Conference to be held November 8th and 9th! If you wish to join us, a mail-in/fax-in registration form is HERE.The same form is also available as an MS-DOC file HERE. If you are a prospective sponsor, you will want to check out our vendor's package rates HERE.
Turner Hall
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Illinois State University - Turner Hall
Park on west side and obtain parking permit at registration
 
General Sessions Turner Hall Rm 128 Presenter From
8:00-9:00 Registration Dr. Tina Ye IDEA Financial Director
9:00-9:15 Welcome/Intro./Agenda Dr. Ryan Brown
Dr. Kevin Devine
I.S.U.
9:15-9:45 FAQ Project Lead the Way Brenda Pacey Project Lead the Way
9:45-10:15 Afternoon Preview J.C. Malitzke, Bill Christian &
Derek McPherson
Moraine Valley C.C., Thornton H.S. &
Johston Contractors
10:15-10:30 Break Break Break
10:30-11:30 New Features in AutoCAD 2008 J.C. Malitzke Moraine Valley C.C.
11:30-12:30 Lunch on your own. Lunch on your own. Lunch on your own.
Concurrent Sessions Room Presentation Presenter(s)
12:45-2:15 TBA What Should We Be Teaching
in Our Inventor Classrooms
J.C. Malitzke
Moraine Valley C.C.
12:45-2:15 Engineering Activities Project Lead the Way Bill Christian
Thornton H.S.
2:30-4:00 TBA Surface Modeling in AutoCAD 2008 J.C. Malitzke
Moraine Valley C.C.
2:30-4:00 TBA SketchUp II Derek McPherson
Johnston Contractors
       
8:00-9:00 IDEA Members Reception at TBA


Heartland C.C.
Friday, November 9th, 2007
Heartland Community College
 
Session Room 1 Room 2 Room 3
1.
8:30-9:30
Ken Swanson
UGS Corp.
TBD
Bill Kolton
Elgin C.C.
Sketching Assignments at ECC
Tom Duden
SDS/2
Career Dev. for Steel Ind.
9:30-10:00 Vendor's Display Showcase
2.
10:00-11:00
Dr. Ed Livingston
I.S.U.
The Power of Blocks & Details
John Heitman
JBH Tech.
TBD
Kevin Burkett
TechEd Skills, Inc.
Microscribe 3-D Creation
11:00-11:30 Vendor's Display Shwocase
3.
11:30-12:30
Dr. Robert Hotes
IEOS-S.I.U.
IL Secondary Drafting Curric.
John Davey
S.I.U.
TBD
Bruce Harding
Purdue U.
TBD
12:45-1:45 Buffet Luncheon Curriculum Exchange Doorprizes
1:45-2:30 Annual Business Meeting

Here is a copy of the ISBE 2001 form for Conferece Approval required 60 days before the planned activity submitted by the IDEA officers the last week of August. It is in Adobe (PDF) file format F-77-19. PLEASE! - Check this link to make sure the form is current HERE.
 
Here is a copy of the ISBE 2001 form for Conference Evaluation for submission to the LPDC at the conclusion of the planned activity by individual IDEA members in the last week of November. It is in Adobe (PDF) file format F-77-21. PLEASE! - Check this link to make sure the form is current HERE.
 
A suggested press release is provided here for you to fill out and send to local newspapers after you have attended the conference. The press release is in Microsoft's Rich Text Format (RTF) HERE.


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