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Thank you to everyone that submitted a presentation through the call for presenters. The deadline passed on April 18. For those that submitted sessions, we will let you know by May 2 if you have been selected to speak.
Question? Contact CE at bsc.training@bismarckstate.edu
Meet Our 2025 Keynote Speakers!
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Scott Bricker
Scott Bricker is an accomplished tech director, speaker, presenter, facilitator, and educator who has dedicated his life to reimagining education. Currently in his 25th year in education, Scott regularly speaks at conferences around the country on assessment practices, data-driven learning & teaching, brain research & neuroscience in education, leadership, building future-ready schools, and a variety of ed tech practices and processes. |
| He has been a Featured Speaker & Thought Leader on multiple occasions since 2015 at TCEA, FETC, IDEACon, NCCE, & IST. He is the Founder & CEO of AweFull Learning, a company aimed at partnering with schools and districts to create innovative approaches to learning & teaching so that all students can find a love for being curious and finding the awe and wonder in learning and life. |
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Nikki Navta
Code.org
After 20+ years working on the product development side of educational textbook publishing, in 2009, Nikki founded Zulama, a company that brought computer science education to teenagers through video game design. After a successful exit selling that company to Carnegie Learning, Nikki developed and scaled the sales strategy at Cognitive ToyBox, a game-based early childhood assessment solution.
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| She is currently the Senior Manager of Outreach and Adoption at Code.org, an education innovation nonprofit dedicated to the vision that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science as part of their core K-12 education. |
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Tim Needles
Tim Needles is an artist, educator, performer, and author of STEAM Power: Infusing Art Into Your STEM Curriculum. He is a TEDx Talk speaker, a technology integration specialist, and teaches art, film, and emerging media at Smithtown School District and Five Towns College. His work has been featured on NPR, in the New York Times, Columbus Museum of Art, Norman Rockwell Museum, Alexandria Museum of Art, Katonah Museum of Art, and Cape Cod Museum of Art. |
| He’s the recipient of ISTE’s Technology in Action Award and Creativity Award, NAEA’s Eastern Region Art Educator Award & ArtEdTech Outstanding Teaching Award, and The Rauschenberg Power of Art Award. He’s also a board member of NYSCATE and NYSATA, a National Geographic Certified Teacher, Kami Hero, Formative Champion, PBS Digital Innovator, a NASA Solar System Ambassador, an ISTE Community leader, NAEA ArtEdTech interest Group chair, a teacher leader for the National Connected Arts Network PLN, and an Adobe Creative Educator. |