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Thursday, October 8, 2009 (changed from Oct. 13): General Meeting: 4-6:00pm at the Elizabeth Training Facility at 320 N. Elizabeth St. in the 4th Floor Commons- Free parking is available on the SE corner of Ada and Fulton Sts., approximately one block south of ETF (or else street parking).
We welcome Arshele Stevens to our opening meeting. Arshele is the new CPS Chief Information Officer, and she succeeded Robert Runcie, who became CPS Asst. CEO. If you want your viewpoint and needs to be heard, this is your opportunity to confer directly with OTS decision-makers. We will communicate as partners for our common success and coordination of school services. In addition, SMART Technologies will highlight their "seed program" promotion, where schools have a free preview period of six months for their award-winnng interactive whiteboards with a $500 installation fee each.
TIME |
EVENT |
HOST |
| 4:00-4:15 | Welcome and ICE Breaker | Hassie Johnson |
| 4:15-4:30 | ICE Governing Board and ICE-CAP Updates | Tajuana Patterson |
| 4:30-5:00 | SMART Technologies Seed Program | SMART Technologies |
| 5:00-5:50 | Presentation/Dialogue | Arshele Stevens and Team |
| 5:50-6:00 | Salute Tech 2009 Teams | Hassie Johnson |
| Announcements and Closing |
We will provide two CPDU's for attendance. Refreshments will be served. ICE-CAP invites your chapter participation and leadership. Please spread the word! All are welcome!
Thursday and Friday, November 19 - 20:
16th Annual Illinois Education and Technology Conference www.il-edtech.org
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 3000 South Dirksen, Springfield, Illinois
Topic: LEGO Education: Robotics
AGENDA:
***MEETING CANCELLED*** |
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TIME |
EVENT |
HOST |
| 4:00-4:15 | Welcome | Hassie Johnson |
| 4:15-5:45 | Presentation on LEGO Education: Robotics | TBA |
| 5:45-6:00 | Salute Tech 2009 Teams | Hassie Johnson |
| Announcements and Closing | ||
We will provide two CPDU's for attendance. Refreshments will be served. ICE-CAP invites your chapter participation and leadership. Please spread the word! All are welcome!
Saturday, January 30, 2010 from 8:30am to 1:30pm:
NICE Mini-Conference 2010: Teachers Teaching Teachers
at Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire IL
Tuesday, February 9: General Meeting: 4-6pm at Whitney Young High School at 211 S. Laflin St., Room 281 in Fine Arts Bldg.
Directions: Whitney Young is located at Jackson and Laflin, just north of the Eisenhower Expressway and 1 block east of Ashland. Jackson Blvd. is an eastbound one-way street; Laflin is a two-way street. The CTA Blue line Racine Station has an exit on Loomis that is across the street from Whitney Young.
Parking: Off-street parking lot at the southeast corner of Jackson and Laflin. The entrance to the lot is off Laflin.
Meeting Room: Room 281 in the Fine Arts Building, 773-534-7500 Ext 23779. Enter Whitney Young at the administrative office, 211 South Laflin. Turn right and walk to the end of the corridor. Turn left and take the stairs to the second floor. On the second floor, you will see a lunch room with blue chairs. Turn left and walk toward the windows. Take the bridge over Jackson Blvd. and walk straight. Room 281 is the second to last room on the corridor. CLICK HERE FOR MAP.
Topic: More New Uses for Excel by Joan Kane. Joan, an ICE-CAP Board member, is a business teacher at Whitney Young and is a long-time user of Excel. In addition, learn about key Whitney Young technology initiatives!
We will provide two CPDU's for attendance. Refreshments will be served. ICE-CAP invites your chapter participation and leadership. Please spread the word! All are welcome!
Tuesday, February 23 - Friday, February 26:
ICE's
ICE Conference: "A Learning Odyssey"
Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois.
Mailers are sent to all members and to all schools.
This is ICE's premiere annual conference held 21 years in a row, formerly called "ICE Breaker" and held in Addison at Indian Trail Junior High.
Note: February 23 and 24 are pre-conference all-day workshops.
Thursday, April 15: General Meeting: 4-6pm at Tarkington School of Excellence, 3330 W. 71st St.,
Chicago, Computer Lab Room 302 (The lab phone is:
773-535-4700 x158) hosted by Tajuana Patterson, Technology Specialist and ICE-CAP Board member
Topic: Web 2.0 Wikis & Blogs presented by Russ Revzan, an ICE-CAP member and Technology Resource Advisor for CUIP in the Schools
Russ' full presentation is on Prezi at http://prezi.com/w6c3gfxf2ya1 including all tools and links.
The Chicago Public Schools/University of Chicago Internet Project (CUIP) is a collaborative partnership between the University of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), and 26 CPS schools in the Woodlawn, Hyde Park / South Kenwood, and North Kenwood / Oakland neighborhoods of Chicago. Their primary goal is to enhance teaching and learning in the CUIP schools through the use of the Internet and other computer technologies.
We will provide two CPDU's for attendance. Refreshments will be served. A Techco toolkit worth $160 will be raffled off. ICE-CAP invites your chapter participation and leadership. Please spread the word! All are welcome!
May 6: TECH 2010 at the State Capitol building in Springfield. (School applications are due in January, 2010– check website):
www.iceberg.org/tech_2010
TECH 2010 is a not-for-profit initiative supported by a broad range of education and business organizations. Selected school teams will demonstrate a school project to legislators, business leaders and the general public in the State Capitol Building Rotunda. Its purpose is:
1) to raise awareness of the critical role technology plays in preparing students to succeed in today's world; and
2) to demonstrate the need for increased funding for classroom technology.
Wednesday, June 9: General Meeting: 4-6pm at TBA
Topic: TBA
We will provide two CPDU's for attendance. Extra refreshments will be served to celebrate our final meeting! A Techco toolkit worth $160 will be raffled off. ICE-CAP invites your chapter participation and leadership. Please spread the word! All are welcome!
June 27 - June 30, 2010:
The 31th Annual ISTE Conference (formerly NECC) center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010
ISTE 2009 Theme: Celebrating 30 Years of Ed. Tech. Vision
Location: Denver, Colorado's Colorado Convention Center
