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Tuesday, September 30, 2008: 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 are very grateful to welcome back Robert Runcie for our 6th opening meeting, which equals the years he has been CPS Chief Information Officer. 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.
Please RSVP to our Evite which includes the current guest list.
TIME |
EVENT |
HOST |
| 4:00-4:15 | Welcome | Charlie Gunn |
Chapter Update and Committee Sign-Up:
|
Shaz Rasul | |
| 4:15-5:50 | Presentation/Dialogue | Robert Runcie and Team |
| 5:50-6:00 | Announcements | Joan Kane |
| Raffle and Closing | Hassie Johnson |
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!
Friday, October 17: TechCon 2008 at Holiday Inn Select of Naperville
The Illinois Association of School Business Officials, Illinois Computing Educators, and Illinois Chief Technology Officers are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Technology and Financial Issues for the 21st Century Conference. Wesley Fryer will be the keynote speaker.
Topic: Joan Kane will present a session on New Uses for Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets and data manipulation. Learn about using Excel for high interest games, hyperlink books, interactive quizzes and pivot tables. If you know the basics of Excel, this is your chance to "gooo deep" with the product! In this session, participants will discover how spreadsheet functions and formulas, conditional formatting, and data validation make it easy to develop activities that are fun as well as educational.
Click the following links to download the files used in the presentation.
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!
AGENDA:
TIME |
EVENT |
HOST |
| 4:00-4:15 | Refreshments and Welcome | Hassie Johnson |
Chapter Update and Committee Sign-Up:
|
Shaz Rasul | |
| 4:15-5:30 | Presentation on Microsoft Excel and Q. & A. | Joan Kane |
| 5:30-5:35 | Overview of Whitney Young Tech. Initiatives | Joan Kane |
| 5:40-5:55 | Issues, Comments, and Announcements | All |
| 5:55-6:00 | Closing | Hassie Johnson |
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 20 - 21:
15th Annual Illinois Education and Technology Conference www.il-edtech.org
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 3000 South Dirksen, Springfield, Illinois
December: Happy Holidays!
Thursday, January 22, 2009: General Meeting: 4-6pm at Medill Professional Development Center (1326 W. 14th Place) with free and safe parking in adjoining lot (enter 14th Place).
Topic: Google Apps and Tools overview and demo by certified Google trainer (pending confirmation).
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 24 - Friday, February 27:
ICE's
ICE Conference: "Connecting to the World of Tomorrow"
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 20 years in a row, formerly called "ICE Breaker" and held in Addison at Indian Trail Junior High.
Note: February 24 and 25 are pre-conference all-day workshops.
Wednesday, March 18: General Meeting: 4-6pm at National-Louis University, at 122 S. Michigan (between Monroe and Adams) in Computer Lab (parking available in Grant Park and Millennium Park garages or take public transporation).
Topic: NLU's Technology in Education program led by Dr. Craig Cunningham will update us on "Online Virtual Reality Environments for Teachers" highlighting Multi-User Virtual Reality Environments (MUVEs such as Second Life) (pending confirmation).
We will provide two CPDU's for attendance. Light refreshments will be served. ICE-CAP invites your chapter participation and leadership. Please spread the word! All are welcome!
Thurday, April 23: TECH 2009 at the State Capitol building in Springfield.
www.springfieldtech2000.org
TECH 2009 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.
Friday, April 24: Technology & Learning magazine's annual Tech Forum Midwest Conference
Now in its eighth season, this one-day event provides K-12 decision makers with thought-provoking content on the hottest topics of the day in education technology. Inquire about their early bird discount and ICE member discount!
Saturday, April 25: Workshop: 9-12 Basics session and 12:30-3:30 Beyond Basics session
Topic: TBA (suggestions welcome)– $5 per session or $10 for non-members.
Wednesday, May TBA:
TECH 2009 at the State Capitol building in Springfield. (School applications are due in January, 2009– check website) www.springfieldtech2000.org
Tuesday, May 19: General Meeting: 4-6pm
We will provide two CPDU's for attendance. Extra tasty refreshments will be served to celebrate our final meeting! ICE-CAP invites your chapter participation and leadership. Please spread the word! All are welcome!
June TBA, 2009:
The 30th Annual National Educational Computing Conference www.iste.org/necc
NECC 2009 Theme: TBA
