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Welcome to the third Southern Educational Robotics Conference at Auburn University! We are excited about the sessions and speakers and we cannot wait to see all of you!

The Southern Educational Robotics Conference will take place in the new Academic Classes and Laboratory Complex (ACLC). Please see the Campus Map for recommended parking and directions to the building.

8:30am CDT

Welcome & Robotics in Industry 002

9:45am CDT

Bringing Algorithms to Life with Drones 186Timothy Johnson Computer Science in the PreK Classroom 226BDr. Charisse Snell Getting Started with VEXcode VR 102Jason Mckenna Makey-Makey: Empowering Kids to Design, Create, and Innovate 202Shelley Patterson Setting up Tournament Manager -Laptops/Raspberry Pi 108Matthew Buckley • Bryan Kennedy [SESSION Cancelled]: Please visit PowerUpEDU Booth for information about Marty the Robot [Who is Marty the Robot?] 226ASpring Charles

11:30am CDT

What's New in Alabama Robotics (Lunch Session) 002

1:00pm CDT

Building Computational Thinking skills with Turing Tumble and Spintronics 186Alyssa Boswell Hosting a League for your District 102Christine Strickland HOW TO: FUNdraise with 3D Printing Camp 226AHeather Spradlin • Mary Waterhouse Improving Student Outcomes: College and Career Readiness through Robotics 202David Ewing Making the REC Foundation Work For You. 108Leslie Cruse • Shelli Brasher

2:00pm CDT

Exhibitor Showcase

3:00pm CDT

Cross-Curricular Applications of Robotics 202David Ewing Discover the History and Future of Computer Science 102Angela Clark Getting Started with VEXcode VR Switch 108Jason Mckenna PowerUpEDU STEM/Robotics Smackdown 186Shoney Brice Using VEX Go in the Classroom 226ABruce Zutter

8:30am CDT

Coding Made Easy for Beginners 226AKaren Thorn How to start a Competition Robotics Team 108Heather Spradlin • Mary Waterhouse Robotics Grant Opportunities in Alabama 102Leslie Cruse • Mary Lou Ewald What's so "Educational" about Robotics? 202David Ewing

9:15am CDT

Exhibitor Showcase

10:30am CDT

Computer Science Through the Lens of Literacy 102Valerie Curtis Industry Certifications 226AShelli Brasher • Leslie Cruse Starting From Scratch 186Catherine Kenny Things I Wish I'd Known as a First Year Coach 108Jacque Middleton Ugh! Coding... How to flip your robotics approach and turn students into coders! 202David Ewing

11:30am CDT

Lunch

1:15pm CDT

Coding Playground: Activities That Build Computational Thinking 226BAngela Clark Coding Starts Early with VEX 123 102Audra Selkowitz Getting Started with VEX EXP 202Jason Mckenna ROVs in the classroom to the competition: Using underwater robots to build STEM skills in students 186Rachel Mcdonald Using Beebots and Blue Bots in the K-2 Classroom 226ACarol Foster [SESSION Cancelled: Please visit PowerUpEDU to learn more about WOZED: Robotics] 108Spring Charles

3:00pm CDT

[CLOSING SESSION HAS MOVED TO rm. 102] Closing Session & Door Prizes 102