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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), Lab 202, with free and safe parking in adjoining lot (enter 14th Place).
Topic: John Sonnenbery, Midwest Account Executive from Absolute Software, will be our featured speaker.
John has worked over thirty years in education as a teacher, district administrator, and most recently as Director for eLearning for the Illinois State Board of Education. Now with Absolute Software, the benefits of Computrace are being used by schools throughout the Midwest to empower students and teachers with laptop technology to improve accountability for all technology initiatives.
Part 1 – An Ethnographic Study of Digital Bigotry; an analysis of the HAVEs and NOTS: A discussion on why schools help to perpetuate the digital divide. The discuss centers on the new minority the NOTs and how the schools, by trying to help the NOTs are actually supporting the HAVEs. Learn how to recognize the symptoms and act appropriately.
Part 2 – The one-to-one solution: The real solution is for every student to have a computer device. With 24 years of working with the one to one concept, there are great examples of how to prepare and effectively implement 21st Century technology learning. There are also many stories of how to fail.
Part 3 – The new reality: Other concepts are emerging and will change education in the next few years. These are gaining support and should begin to become part of your expectations. Individualized learning, virtual learning hybrids, one room schools, and 24/7 learning technology support are all part of the future.
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 4036 (parking available in Grant Park and Millennium Park garages or take public transporation).
Topic: Drs. Craig A. Cunningham and Randall Hansen from NLU’s Technology in Education Program, and Rob Bowe, technology coordinator in the National College of Education, will help us sort out, utilize and prioritize Web 2.0 communication tools for educators such as 'online virtual reality environments' (MUVEs such as Second Life), 'social networking sites' (such as Facebook), wikis (such as Wikispaces), forums/conferences (such as First Class), and blogs (such as Blogger). In addition, Craig and Randall will orient us on their State of Illinois Type 10 Technology Specialist certification program and other class selections.
• Type 10 Technology Specialist Content Standards (pdf)
• IL State Board of Ed (ISBE) Certification Requirements
ADDED 3/18/09: Randall Hansen's Web 2.0 Website List used for his presentation.
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!
Saturday, April 4 from 10am to 2pm at Roberto Clemente Community Academy, 1147 N. Western Ave., and hosted by Gian Luca Ferme, Network Administrator. Use non-meter street parking around school.
Topic: TechExchange CPS Techco Forum, including training information, as outlined in the TechExchange Proposal
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!
Thurday, April 30: TECH 2009 at the State Capitol building in Springfield. (School applications were due in January, 2009– check website):
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.
Tuesday, May 19: 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: President Hassie Johnson is devoting time to a planning meeting for 2009-2010 plus highlight current best practices. Come and share your input (for great output)! Includes raffle prizes!
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 28 - July 1, 2009:
The 30th Annual National Educational Computing Conference www.iste.org/necc
NECC 2009 Theme: Celebrating 30 Years of Ed. Tech. Vision
Location: Washington, D. C.'s Walter E. Washington Convention Center
