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| 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. |
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| Thursday, November 8th, 2007 Illinois State University - Turner Hall Park on west side and obtain parking permit at registration |
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| General Sessions | Turner Hall Rm 128 | Presenter | From |
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| 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 |


| Friday, November 9th, 2007 Heartland Community College |
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| Session | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 |
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| 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. |