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Newsletter Articles

Our first newsletter deadline will be August 30, 2009.  The topic for this newsletter is on Internet Safety.  If you have any information/articles that you would like to share on this topic, please submit them to Nancy at nlicko@gmail.com or Julie at juliecox@riroe.k12.il.us before August 30th. 

If you have any other upcoming news, or you were at a training this summer that you would like to share information with everybody about, please submit an article or event information for the newsletter as well. 

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July weekend and the rest of the summer.

2009 - 2010 Meeting Dates

Thursday, September, 10, 2009 - Topic will be on Internet Safety.  Join us from 4 - 6 PM at ROE Moline

Thursday, November 5, 2009 - Topic will be on Sharing and Caring and how to apply to Tech 2010.  How to be a Poster Presenter for ICE Conference.  Join us from 4 - 6 PM at ROE Moline

Saturday, January 23, 2010 - RICE Mini Conference wil be held at the ROE Moline from 8:30 AM - Noon.  More information coming

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - Topic will be on Productivity Tools and we will have sharing from those that attended the ICE 2010 Conference.  Join us from 4 - 6 PM at ROE Moline.

RICE Newsletter

If you haven't read the RICE newsletter be sure to go to  click here to read it. Summer 2009 news

February Meeting at Glenview

Pat Versluis, Glenview Math Teacher, shared his PowerPoint Presentation on the 3 year E2T2 grant with funds in annual cycles that Glenview Middle School received in 2006.  Equipment they received with this grant included: SMARTboards, Projectors, Scanners, Printers, Document Cameras, Clickers, Wireless Slates, Webcams, HDV camcorders, Digital Cameras.  Staff Development included: Intel Training, Interactive Whiteboard Training, Digital camera and video trainign, PBS Teacherline courses, and Technology Conferences as well as lesson study.  With this grant they are required to provide evaluative data to ISTE.  For more information visit their website at www.emsd37.org

Next RICE meeting will be held at the ROE in Moline on April 1, 2009 from 4:00 -5:30 PM.  Illinois Members will share resources from the ICE Conference.  Election of officers will also take place at this meeting.

Conference Week

Stop by the ICE Booth in the Exhibition Hall between 10:00 and 11:00 on Thursday morning.  Nancy Licko, RICE President, will be manning the Booth for an ICE Meet and Greet time.  Nancy will be discussing how she is using the Moodle course management system in her high school classroom. 

If you miss Nancy at this time she will also be at the Poster Session #3 from 2:45 - 4:15 PM in the Marsalis Ballroom between the Tower area bar and the Atrium pool.  Come watch the presentations and say "Hi!" 

Happy New Year

Welcome back!  Here's hoping that everyone had a great holiday season and has made it back safely to their classrooms, refreshed, and ready to go! 

Just a few reminders of upcoming events, etc. for February:

• RICE meeting changed to February 4, 2009 at Glenview Middle School, please let Nancy know you are coming
• ICE Conference, if you haven't registered yet, you can still go to http://www.iceberg.org/form.php?fid=efc8ad5aeeb37b5ebf1d5a0113044296 and register, hurry, classes are filling up fast
• We are still looking for newsletter articles for the Spring newsletter, if you have something please submit it to Nancy or Julie by January 23, 2009

Happy Holidays

Just a quick note to wish everybody a safe and Happy Holiday season.  We will be meeting at Glenview Middle School, East Moline at 4:30 PM on February 4, 2009 instead of the 5th.  Please make a note of this date change.  Pat Versluis will present on the Technology Grant that Glenview received. 

Online registration Open for ICE Conference

ICE has just announced the online registration opening for the ICE Conference 2009.  Go to http://www.iceberg.org/form.php?fid=efc8ad5aeeb37b5ebf1d5a0113044296 to go directly to the form. The booklet will be coming soon as well, here is the link to the PDF version of the pre-conference booklet http://www.iceberg.org/site/files/ice_2009.pdf

Newsletter Articles

Hope everyone is having a great year.  Don't forget about the upcoming Winter issue of the Newsletters.  If you have an article or information that you would like to share with the RICE members, please send it to Nancy or Julie before the 22nd of October.  You can email it or send an attachment to an email nlicko@gmail.com or juliecox@riroe.k12.il.us   The next RICE meeting is Nov 5, Nancy and Rick are going to demonstrate Web 2.0.  If you have already used Web 2.0 please take a few minutes and send us an article on how you used it in your classroom. 

Did you miss the meeting?

Thursday night was a fun night.  We started the meeting with a business meeting, and then KC Tonn from ECS Communication in Bettendorf, IA, shared some information packets with us.  ECS Communications will lease technology equipment such as projectors, screens, and much more.  They also service and sell equipment as well.  Always nice to know there is someone local when your equipment goes on the fritz in the middle of that presentation. 

Dixie then joined us and we had a fun night sharing new information on how to use Adobe Photoshop CS.  Everyone seemed to have a good time, and we had two new people join us. 

If you missed the night but wanted to learn about Photoshop let me know and we can share the PDF copy of Dixie's handout with you.  You can then download the Free trial version of Adobe Photoshop CS and try it out at your leisure. 

We ended the night with pizza and door prizes, and Dixie hung around to answer questions.