The deadline to apply to participate in TECH 2008 at the State Capitol Building is Monday, January 14th! If you haven’t already submitted an application, and would like to, please do so by Monday. Applications are being accepted online at http://www.springfieldtech2000.org LOCATION: State Capitol Building, Springfield, IL WHO SHOULD APPLY: Teams of four (1 teacher [...]
Hey everyone… Who is going to IL-TCE 2008 “Learning without Boundaries” Feb. 26-29, 2008? This is the biggest Tech Education event in Illinois. Workshops begin February 26th and 27th and the main events take place February 28th and 29th. Organizers of the event want to encourage you all to register asap as they will cancel [...]
Hey everyone… Most of us who read this blog are focused on improving technology use in Illinoois. Here is an amazing opportunity to really make a difference. Let’s stop shouting from the mountaintops… Let’s get some face time with the people who are making some very important decisions about education in Illinois. DATE OF TECH [...]
Are you presenting at ITEC? Let us know …. Here are the people that we have heard from who are Discovery Educators and will be presenting this week: Bette Nelson: Thursday at 3:25 in the Sangamon Room. Her presentation is on Meeting Illinois Science Standards in 4th Grade. Lauri VanDerVoorn: Friday morning – Her presentation [...]
Many educators push for more inclusion of technology such as Steve Dembo (click here for his blog entry on students taking technology underground because schools won’t let them use it). There are others who would like education to take a step back to rethink how we are using it (New York School repeals laptop program). [...]
IL-TCE 2008 “Learning without Boundaries” Feb 26-29, 2008 is now accepting proposals submissions for full day workshops, half day workshops, general and poster sessions. The new form is available off the new ICE website at: http://www.iceberg.org http://www.iceberg.org/page.php?pid=17 Information about past confernences is available at: http://www.il-tce.org/
Please plan to join us at the DEN Reception that will be held in the Central Atrium of the Pheasant Run Resort on March 2, beginning at 4:45 p.m. This event will start at the end of the first day of general sessions at the IL-TCE Technology Conference and the main purpose is to honor [...]
The deadline for submissions to the Classroom Video Contest 2006 sponsored by the Illinois Computing Educators organization is coming up in the next few days. Just a reminder that if you and your students have created an original video that you would like to enter into the competition, all entry materials must be postmarked no [...]
The 12th annual Illinois Education & Technology Conference was held at the Crowne Plaza Convention Center in Springfield on November 17 and 18, and I was pleased to see many Illinois DEN members at our presentation and at the Discovery booth in the Exhibit Hall. I was joined by Chris Ryan and Joanne Hayes, the [...]
From February 28-March 3, The Illinois Computing Educators organization will be hosting the annual IL-TCE Technology Conference in St. Charles. The theme of the conference will be “Igniting Student Achievement” and will feature full day training workshops, keynote speakers, and a wide variety of general sessions and demonstrations. The deadlines for workshop and session proposals [...]
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