By: Nancy Licko, RICE President
Each new school year brings challenges and opportunities for students and education professionals. Rock Island Area Computing Educators (RICE), a chapter of Illinois Computing Educators (ICE), was established to provide opportunities for anyone in the education community to explore using technology to enhance and expand student learning opportunities. The purpose of RICE is to encourage the development and use of computers and technology in all facets of the educational process; assist in the professional growth of its members and other interested parties through the use of technology and computers; distribute information state wide about computing and technology; and build a support network among its' members. As a chapter of ICE, RICE receives lists of ICE members who chose RICE as their chapter or who were assigned to RICE based on geography.
Each year the RICE Board meets in the summer to plan meetings for the next school year. We are really excited this year!! This summer we decided to replace our January evening meeting with a Saturday morning mini-conference on January 23, 2010. Our goal is to develop an annual technology mini-conference for those of us in the northwestern part of the state. For this to succeed, we need one important element—YOU! If you enjoy the ICE conference in St. Charles, help us develop a smaller version in the Western part of the state. Let’s provide a more convenient and less expensive option that can focus on our needs and interests.
So how about it? Look for the registration information in this newsletter. Contact the Rock Island County Regional Office of Education in Moline to register for the mini-conference. Let’s meet face to face and have some fun, win door prizes, network and learn something new. Help your RICE Chapter membership build a resource for all the members in Northwestern Illinois.
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