ICE Conference 2010 is still months away, but the ICE
Conference planning committee is already hard at work with a goal of making our
upcoming conference the biggest and best ever. One of the first tasks of the members
of the conference program sub-committee each year is to select the individuals
who will be the featured keynote speakers on Thursday and Friday. These
nationally known speakers are often in high demand, and so our committee
members always act quickly in order to secure the services of individuals who
will deliver an interesting and engaging message to our members.
We are extremely pleased that one of our keynote speakers at
ICE Conference 2010 will be Dr. Robert Marzano, a nationally recognized authority
on instructional design and research that reflects best practices for enhancing
student achievement. Dr. Marzano is a leading researcher in education and is
the author of more than 30 books and 150 articles on topics such as
instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition,
effective leadership, and school intervention. His books include Designing & Teaching Learning
Goals & Objectives, District
Leadership That Works, Designing
& Assessing Educational Objectives, Making Standards Useful in the Classroom, and
The Art and Science of
Teaching. Click this link for more information about the Marzano
Research Laboratory.
Dr. Marzano will do the keynote presentation on Friday,
February 26, and then do spotlight presentations later in the day so that
interested ICE members can learn more about his research and his professional
development programs. We are excited that he will be able to join us at our
conference next February, and we hope that you will make plans to attend.
For a number of years, I've worked on the conference committee for the Illinois Computing Educators Conference as one of the people in charge of spotlight and keynote speakers. It's really been an exciting task to help find interesting, provocative speakers and bring them here to Illinois. I love my work on this committee and am continually impressed by the behind the scenes efforts of my conference colleagues. They seem to have hit their stride in terms of finding routines and procedures that make the whole event fall into place. It's really been a learning experience, and I encourage you to get involved with your local ISTE affiliate and do the same.
Posted by: Adt Alarm | July 30, 2012 at 02:19 PM