Happy New Year!
Now that the holidays are behind
us and we look ahead to new challenges and experiences in 2009, it is a great
time to remind you that registration for ICE Conference 2009 is already in full
swing. Pre-Conference booklets that contain information about workshops,
featured speakers, and special events were mailed to all ICE members and school
officials at the beginning of December. If you did not receive a copy in the
mail, you can visit the ICE Conference 2009 web page and download a copy of the
booklet in PDF format or just click the link below to download the file.
Download Ice_2009
I encourage you to register now
if you want to be sure of getting a seat in one of the many full-day and
half-day workshops that are being offered this year.
Conference Details
Name: ICE Conference 2009: “Connecting
to the World of Tomorrow”
Dates: February 24-27, 2009
Location: Pheasant Run Resort and
Conference Center
Web Site: Click here to view the site.
Online Registration Form: Click here to access the form.
Personal Learning Network Plaza
One of the new activity
areas at the conference is the PLN Plaza, a place to expand your own personal
learning network. Scott Meech is one of the organizers of this space and he has
shared the following description:
Are you a blogger? Do you use Twitter, Plurk, Ning, Facebook,
MySpace, Listservs, or any other of the many social networking resources that
are available to teachers and students today?
Even if you are not actively
using these resources and are just curious to learn more about them, please plan
to stop by the new "Personal Learning Network Plaza". Take a seat and
open up a dialogue with your fellow ICE members. You will have a chance to
learn more about "social networking" and meet others who are as passionate
about education as you are.
The PLN Plaza is a great
opportunity to meet people in person, face-to-face. For many, the best part of a conference is
the opportunity for conversations that go beyond the sessions. It is always fun to meet people you have
never spoken to in person before but with whom you have interacted online. Perhaps
you will meet someone who is already in your network. You might even meet someone who can become a
part of your existing or new network.
Just as we are looking for
ICE members to visit the new PLN Plaza at the conference, we are also seeking people
who blog to commit to a 10 minute “meet and greet” session and talk about their
blogs and their blogging experience.
There will be two Promethean Boards on display Wednesday evening and all
day during the conference on Thursday and Friday. The boards will display Twitter accounts,
Summize.com, and Plurk. Additionally,
our bloggers will have their blogs on display during their “meet and greet” sessions.
Look for more information on the ICE web site in the weeks ahead.
Regardless of your
motivation, the new "Personal Learning Network Plaza" is a great
place for open discussion and to interact with many other ICE members!
We have posted a link to a form to sign up to be at the PLN Plaza to talk about how you are leveraging your own PLN!
http://tinyurl.com/8lk9xe
Thanks everyone for your participation and support!
Posted by: Scott Meech | January 12, 2009 at 08:20 PM
Feel free to add your name on the Spreadsheet here...
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=puPRoHGDB9NZXbrrLIM9iJg
Posted by: Scott Meech | January 26, 2009 at 07:47 PM
This is a great space! Thanks for putting it together!
Posted by: Bonnie Thurber | February 24, 2009 at 08:40 PM