March 18, 2003:
4-6 pm ~ General Meeting at Northeastern IL's Chicago Teacher Center on the 4th floor at 770 N. Halsted Ave.
Program: Classroom Today presented by Chris Sakelaris of Classroom Connect
Classroom Today is web-based curriculum products and professional development programs for K-12 education free to all CPS teachers through the Illinois State Board of Education's state-wide 2003 subscription.
Through this subscription, Classroom Connect is pleased to provide Internet Online Instructional and Teaching Content Resources and Tools through the Illinois State Board of Education to assist the teachers of Illinois in reaching their goals to fully integrate technology into teaching and learning. We believe that educators need inspiration, tools, and support to effectively incorporate technology into their teaching. This subscription provides educators with access to Classroom Today, an online learning resource to use with students, and Connected University courses, for online professional development. Please contact your local district technology coordinator for activation information or activate your own administrative subscription before attending this workshop, if possible. Learn how to access this great classroom resource.
Note: CPDU's will be given!
Questions?? Contact Eileen Gallagher at egallagher@enc.k12.il.us
R.S.V.P. If you plan to attend: d.corzine@att.net

April:

May 20:
4-6 pm ~ General Meeting at Northeastern IL's Chicago Teacher Center on the 4th floor at 770 N. Halsted Ave.
Program: Learn about eCUIP, pronounced 'equip'. "eCUIP" is shorthand for the Digital Library Project of the Chicago Public Schools / University of Chicago Internet Project. CUIP is a collaborative partnership among the University of Chicago and the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Department of Learning Technologies.
The Digital Library Project aims to bridge the so-called "digital divide" in the Chicago Public School System by creating a high-quality digital library of materials to supplement classroom instruction as well as support individual student inquiry. The high level goals of this Digital Library Project are to:
1. Make available a digital library of teacher-selected K-12 materials to all participating schools,
2. Encourage resource-based learning, and
3. Facilitate the integration of technology into the classroom by providing an immediately useful application
Note: CPDU's will be given. Also, there will be Officer elections for the 2003-2004 school year.

June: NECC 2003, June 29 - July 2: Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle Washington. Go to: www.neccsite.org

July:

August:

September:

October 21: General Meeting: 4-6pm at Whitney Young Magnet High School at the Main Library in the Academic Building at Jackson (300 South) and Laflin (1500 West)
We are excited to welcome Robert Runcie, CPS Chief Information Officer, as our guest speaker! In addition, we welcome and thank Sharnell Jackson, ICE President and Chief of eLearning Department, who invited our guest speaker!
Mr. Runcie's presentation will outline current CPS initiatives and projects that affect all schools, including a review of the future replacement Student Information System (including attendance), E-Rate plans, new strategic sourcing, Project CLEAR continuation, and the restructured eLearning Department, which replaces the former Dept. of Instructional Technology (DoIT). Mr. Runcie will also allow for questions and answers after his presentation. In addition, he will stay after the meeting to meet and greet us and address individual concerns.

Agenda:
4:00 Sign-In and Refreshments
4:15 Tour of Whitney Young Technology Highlights
4:35 Welcome, Announcements, and Recognition of Special Attendees
4:50 Introduction of our Guest Speaker Mr. Robert Runcie by Mrs. Sharnell Jackson
4:55 Presentation by Mr. Robert Runcie
5:25 Questions and Answers with Mr. Robert Runcie
5:55 Closing and Thank You's
6:00 Conversation and Refreshments

Please pass on this notice to others! All are welcome! We plan on a large turn-out! Whitney Young has plenty of parking in their lot on Laflin between Jackson and Van Buren. Enter on Van Buren (one-way west) or Laflin. Note: Jackson is one-way east. Look for signs on the Academic Building doors to find your way to the Main Library.

November:

December 9: General Meeting: 4-6pm at the Dept. of Libraries and Info. Services
Medill Professional Development Center
1326 W. 14th Place (Loomis and 14th Place)
2nd Floor, Room 218
Enter parking lot from 14th Place (west side of building)
Please enter Medill from the 14th Place center doors. There is a security desk inside. The security staff can direct you to the Professional Library, which is up two floors on the west end of the hall. (Note: You start at the basement level).

Program:

We will learn about a related department to the Office of Technology Services. The Department of Libraries and Information Services is directed by Kathy Ryan and has existed since 1996. They have many resources for eLearning, in particular, their on-line library databases. Their website is: www.cps.k12.il.us/AboutCPS/Departments/Libraries We thank the Department for their partnership and support in hosting this meeting!

Highlights:

• Become familiar with the lastest services of the Dept. of Libraries and Info. Services. The Department has a vital role in information technology and media literacy.
• Paul Whitsitt, Regional Librarian and Dept. Website Coordinator, will showcase the Dept.'s fully revised and updated 2003-04 website.
• Dept. Staff will demonstrate CPS-sponsored library databases, such as ProQuest (merged with Big Chalk and eLibrary) and FirstSearch, and provide all sign-on/password info. for school and remote access for both staff and students. In addition, they will provide recommendations for other free reference databases.
• Maria Rodriquez, CPS Professional Library Head Librarian, will provide a tour of the CPS Professional Library with special emphasis on A/V resources.
• Pending their last minute schedules: A visit from Sharnell Jackson, ICE President and Chief of the Office of eLearning, who had to miss the October meeting due to travel out-of-state. Also, a greeting from Kathy Ryan, Director of the Dept. of Libraries and Info. Services.
• One CPDU (maybe two) will be offered through ICE as the provider.

Agenda:
4:00 Sign-In, Refreshments, and Conversation
4:15 Welcome and Recognition of Special Attendees
4:20 Overview of Department's mission and services with a guided tour of the Department's fully revised website.
4:40 Demonstation of CPS-sponsored and other recommended free library databases.
5:20 Tour of the Professional Library with an emphasis on A/V resources
5:30 Thank You's and Announcements
5:40 Open Topic Sharing and General Concerns
5:55 Closing

If you are not already an ICE member, we hope you will join ICE and choose ICE-CAP as your chapter. (If you need membership info, please refer to: www.iceberg.org/membership_app.pdf) The current ICE-CAP Board also welcomes your leadership in planning future meetings and activities. There are open officer and committee chair positions. Please inquire about these positions.

January 27, 2004: General Meeting: 4-6pm. Irving Elementary School
749 S. Oakley Blvd. on the NE corner of Polk (800 S.) and Oakley (2300 W.) Click here for a map and directions
There is an enclosed parking lot on the east side of Irving with plenty of parking space.

Program:

• Stan Page, Chicago Regional Sales Manager, and Jennifer Rodriguez, Chicago Regional Systems Engineer, with Apple Computer will kick-off Apple's new purchasing contract with CPS, which goes into effect February 2. This exciting new contract, approved October 22, 2003 by the Board of Education, allows Apple to deal directly with schools. This contract will include asset tagging, hard drive imaging with CPS-licensed software, discounted education pricing, and access to custom Apple webpages for ordering and support. Hand-outs will be provided with new contract details. Apple has been a leader in educational computing since the late 1970's and is now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Mac. Macintosh computers comprise over 25% of instructional computers in CPS. This meeting will help direct technology plans and strategies for 2004 regarding Apple's state-of-the-art education initiatives, product trends and partnerships, and extensive website resources. If you are only a Wintel user, then find out how Macs and Wintel computers can co-exist or else how your PC computers compare with Macs.
• Mary Beth Cunat, Manager of Instructional Technology for the Office of Standards-Based Instruction, will provide an up-close tour of their on-line resources, such as the SBCI website and its lesson planning wizard, lesson planning templates, and sample of Standards-Based gradebooks. In addition, she will tell you about ISBE resources and other lesson development tools, such as MarcoPolo. Mary Beth has extensive experience working with school-level issues and concerns. She will also tell us about her Office's "Phase II" plans to expand the SBCI website starting in February. Her presentation will last about 25 minutes and include hand-outs.
• Ash Hossain, Senior Network Engineer and Chief Macintosh Resource for the Office of Technolgy Services, will also introduce himself and describe his position and support services.
• Two CPDUs will be offered through ICE as the provider.

Agenda:
4:00 Sign-In, Refreshments, and Conversation
4:10 Welcome and Recognition of Special Attendees and School Tech. Leaders
4:15 Tour/Highlights of Irving School technology
4:25 Stan Page and Jennifer Rodriguez will highlight Apple current education product initiatives and support. Time will be dedicated to general product questions and answers
5:15 Mary Beth Cunat, IT Manager, will provide overview of Standards-Based Instruction Planning web resources.
5:40 Introduction of Ash Hossain, OTS Macintosh Engineer, Thank You's and Announcements
5:45 Open Topic Sharing and General Concerns
5:55 Closing

February 24 - 27: IL-TCE 2004: Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois. Mailers are sent to all members and to all schools. Go to: www.il-tce.org

March 16: General Meeting: 4-6pm. Disney Magnet School Hosted by Bradley Fisher, Tech. Coord.
4140 North Marine Dr.; (773) 534-5840 Click here for a map
Disney has plenty of parking- enter driveway on Marine Drive south of building and park in garage.
Marine Drive runs adjacent to Lake Shore Drive.

Program:

• Craig Cunningham, Director of the Web Institute for Teachers since its founding in 1997, will provide an overview of WIT 2004 and distribute registration information. (The funding status of WIT 2004 is still in negotiation.) Craig is also a research associate for technology and teacher education at the Center for School Improvement and is closely linked with the CPS/UofChicago Internet Project (CUIP). He currently teaches at DePaul University. Craig co-authored the book Curriculum Webs (2002) which carefully outlines how to transform curriculum into dynamic websites. Craig has a Ph. D. in Philosophy and weaves together his observations and insights on effective instructional technology within the context of Chicago schools and the urban setting.
• Atomic Learning offers “atoms of learning” — over 5000 short tutorial movies that answer common questions educators have covering over 40 of the most common software applications. It is a personal, on-demand, just-in-time software trainer, available 24/7. Their client base consists of more than 2,000 schools and universities worldwide. It is used for self-directed staff development, as a supplement to stand-up training, as course curriculum for students, and as on online resource textbook. All ICE members receive a free yearly subscription. Click here to see their index of video tutorials.
• Two CPDUs will be offered through ICE as the provider.

Agenda:
4:00 Sign-In, Refreshments, and Conversation
4:10 Welcome and Recognition of Special Attendees and School Tech. Leaders
4:15 Dr. Craig Cunningham presentation
5:00 Tour/Highlights of Disney Magnet Technology
5:15 Overview of Atomic Learning, an on-line software training and support website
5:35 Open Topic Sharing and General Concerns
5:50 Closing and Refreshments

If you are not already an ICE member, we hope you will join ICE and choose ICE-CAP as your chapter. (If you need membership info, please refer to: www.iceberg.org/membership_app.pdf) If you attend IL-TCE, mentioned below in February, ICE membership is included in the registration fee. The current ICE-CAP Board also welcomes your leadership in planning future meetings and activities. There are open officer and committee chair positions starting now or for 2004-05 school year. Please inquire about these positions.

April:

May 18: General Meeting: 4-6pm. University of Chicago Lab School
1362 East 59th Street, Chicago; 773-702-9450 Click here for a map and directions
in the University High Building, Rooms 103-104

Program:

• Lucy Gray, Middle School Computer Science Teacher, will host this meeting to introduce the Lab School's technology program, which spans from nursery school through high school. The Lab School is a private school serving the University of Chicago community. The University of Chicago Lab School, as the name states, utilizes the innovative instructional methodologies and resources of the University.
• Curt Lieneck, Director of Information Technology, will give us a tour of the facilities as well as a short overview of how Lab school teachers are implementing technology in their classrooms.
• Marty Billingsley, WIT mentor (plus co-author of Curriculum Webs) and Computer Science Department Chair, also will give a short talk on Lab's computer science program.
• Participants in their Laptop Challenge Grant will discuss how they are using technology to build a digital time capsule.
• Two CPDUs will be offered through ICE as the provider.

Agenda:
4:00 Sign-In, Refreshments, and Conversation
4:10 Welcome and Brief Introductions
4:15 Curt Lieneck overview and facilities tour
5:00 Marty Billingsley talk on computer science program
5:15 Laptop Challenge Grant program
5:30 Questions plus Open Topic Sharing and Concerns
5:55 Closing and Refreshments

The current ICE-CAP Board also welcomes your leadership in planning future meetings and activities. There are open officer and committee chair positions starting now or for 2004-05 school year. Please inquire about these positions.

June 21-23, 2004:
The 25th Annual National Educational Computing Conference
NECC 2004: JAMMIN' & JAZZIN' WITH TECHNOLOGY
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
www.iste.org/necc