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ICE Conference DEN Events

DE & Comcast Networking Social - Thursday, February 26 at 6:30PM. Held at Preservation Hall A inside Pheasant Run Resort. This event will include a presentation followed by heavy appetizers and cocktails. Please invite your key contacts. All DEN members and STARs have been invited.

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DE Concurrent Sessions - Steve Dembo and Mike Bryant have 3 sessions over the two days. We also have 14 STAR Educators presenting over the two days. Our sessions are being promoted at the DE and Comcast booths as well as part of a flyer, developed with Comcast, stuffed in the registration bags. Comcast is offering a $500 gift card drawing to those that attend at least three of our (Comcast and DE) sessions.

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ICE Conference “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!