Best Practices and Innovations in CTE Conference 2024

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The Best Practices & Innovations in CTE Conference is co-hosted by NCLA and the Administration Division of ACTE and is specifically focused on the professional development for administrators of both secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs and institutions. The conference will be held Oct. 9-11 at the  Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Oregon.

Keynote Speaker

Apple Education
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh computer in 1984. Since then Apple has designed products and programs that help unleash the creative potential in every individual, no matter how they learn and what they love to do. Apple Education is dedicated to helping schools around the world expand what’s possible for learning, create new opportunities for teaching, and establish dynamic environments that inspire both.

Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0 is shaping the future workforce. Employees can review designs remotely with augmented reality, monitor industrial equipment with machine learning, or simplify routines with on‑device intelligence and Siri. Join the Apple team as we explore these innovative technologies. The impact that Industry 4.0 is having on preparing students for the workforce. How these technologies are requiring new skills, digital fluencies, and advanced work flows workers.

Here’s what you’ll experience:

  • Explore augmented reality apps that create lifelike experiences that redefine how employees work.
  • Discover powerful tools like Reality Composer to create interactive augmented reality experiences.
  • Learn more about automation through the basics of Shortcuts to automate a wide variety of common tasks.
  • Engage with built in apps that leverage powerful on-device machine learning.

You’ll leave the session inspired to redesign your Career and Technical Education programs to prepare students for Industry 4.0.