ICE Conference 2012:
Innovate - Collaborate - Educate
Pheasant Run Resort & Conference Center
St. Charles, Illinois
February 28 - March 2, 2012

For your reference, we present this archive of the ICE 2012 website - including all linked documents and information from that event.  

ICE Conference 2012 General Information Sheet - just the basics; all the facts fit to print!

ICE Conference Survival Guide - have a great experience; where to stay, eat and play.

Informational email for all registrants - if you deleted it by mistake, it's here!

PDF Program Guide - here's your sneak peek!

PDF Exhibitor Guide - check out all the great vendors who will be at ICE this year!

ICE Conference 2012 Registration

You can check out an overview of the conference schedule below:

ICE 2012 took place for four days from February 28 - March 2, 2012.  The format for each day included:

Tuesday, February 28: Full-Day Workshops ($150) and Administrator Academy sessions ($175) are offered from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM at Pheasant Run Resort and the ACT Center across the street. Registation for these workshops includes lunch.  Pre-registration is required for all Workshops and Administrator Academy sessions.

Wednesday, February 29:  It's "Build Your Own Conference" day!   Choose from the following BYOC options:

Option 1: One Full-Day Workshop ($150) or Administrator Academy ($175) from 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Option 2: One Half-Day Workshop from 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM, followed by one Featured Presentation plus a special "Cool Tools" session in the afternoon ($150)

Option 3: Two Featured Presentations in the morning followed by two Featured Presentations plus a special "Cool Tools" session in the afternoon ($150)

NOTE: Lunch is included in all registration options for Wednesday.  All registered conference attendees are invited to attend the free Conference Kick-Off Reception in the Exhibit Hall on Wednesday evening from 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM.

Thursday, March 1 and Friday, March 2 (General Conference $110): General Conference days offer a variety of 45-minute sessions.  Keynote presentations will be held from 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM with concurrent breakout/spotlight/poster sessions following. Sessions will cover topics in the various conference strands. General Conference sessions do not include lunch nor require individual registration, but attendees must be registered for the General Conference on each day that they plan to attend general sessions. A special luncheon keynote presentation will be available for an additional charge of $50, on Thursday, March 1.  Pre-registration for the luncheon keynote is required and will close Feb. 2, or when seats are filled.

Thursday, March 1 and Friday, March 2 (Workshops $150): Half-Day Workshops are offered from 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM.  These Workshops do not include lunch. Pre-registration for these workshops is required. Registration to the keynote presentation before the workshops and to General Conference sessions following the workshops is included with a Thursday or Friday Half-Day Workshop registration. People registering for Half-Day Workshops on Thursday are ineligible to register to attend the Thursday luncheon keynote due to time overlap.

ICE Conference 2012:
Innovate - Collaborate - Educate
February 28- March 2, 2012

Exhibitor Information

Invitation to Exhibit

General Exhibit Information

Terms and Conditions of Exhibiting

Advertising in Conference Publications

Application for Booth Space

Sectioned Floor Plan

Link to submit a proposal to present a session

Exhibitor Letter from Pheasant Run

Exhibitor Kit from Pheasant Run

Lead Retrieval Information

App Information for the Conference

Discount Rate for Pheasant Run Hotel

ICE Conference 2012
Featured Conference Speakers

Thursday Keynote Speaker Peter Reynolds
	Peter Reynolds is a NY Times best-selling author and illustrator, a renowned public speaker, and the founder of FableVision, an award-winning educational multimedia company co-located at the Boston Children's Museum. Peter inspires kids and “grown up kids” with his messages about authentic learning, creativity, and self-expression. His books The Dot, Ish, and The North Star are popular in classrooms around the world. The Dot, Peter’s signature book, encourages readers to be brave and “make their mark!”
Thursday Luncheon Keynote Speaker Karen Cator This special event is a Paid Session - SOLD OUT!  No seats are available.
	Karen Cator is the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. Prior to joining the department, Cator directed Apple's leadership and advocacy efforts in education. In this role, she focused on the intersection of education policy and research, emerging technologies, and the reality faced by teachers, students and administrators. Cator holds a Masters in school administration from the University of Oregon and Bachelors in early childhood education from Springfield College. She is the past chair of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and has served on the several boards including the Software & Information Industry Association.
Friday Keynote Speaker William Rankin
	Dr. William Rankin is an associate professor of English and Director of Educational Innovation at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. He helped design the initiative that became ACU Connected, ACU’s pioneering one-to-one that gave every student an iPhone or iPod touch as a platform for exploring next-wave mobile learning. As project lead, Rankin was named Campus Technology’s Innovator of the Year for mobile learning in 2008. In 2009, he was named an Apple Distinguished Educator and in 2010, he was named to Apple's ADE Board of Directors. Rankin has also contributed to stories featured on US National Public Radio, the BBC, the CBC and NBC Nightly News.
Wednesday Featured Speakers
	Steve Dembo A former kindergarten teacher and school Director of Technology, Discovery Education’s Director of Social Media Strategy and Online Community, Steve Dembo, is a pioneer in the field of educational social networking. Among the first educators to realize the power of blogging, podcasting, Twitter, and other Web 2.0 technologies to connect educators to one another and create professional learning communities, Steve is also a dynamic speaker on the capabilities of social networking, the power of educational technologies and Web 2.0 tools, and the ability of digital content to empower teachers to improve student achievement.
	Kevin Honeycutt Kevin grew up in poverty and his family moved a lot. As he witnessed education around the country he collected powerful experiences that still influence his conversations and his work with educators. He spent 13 years teaching art K-12 in public school and spent 17 summers leading creative, adventure camps for kids. For the past three years Kevin has hosted a creative learning site called ArtSnacks (http://artsnacks.org) where he shares 150+ ten minute drawing videos. Kevin is currently serving his eighth year as a Technology Integration Specialist at ESSDACK, an educational service center based in Hutchinson, Kansas
	Joe Morelock As Director of Technology and Innovation for the Canby School District, Joe Morelock serves nearly 5,000 K-12 students. In his 18 years in education, his positions have included high school Spanish teacher, school librarian and assessment coordinator. Joe is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and has developed and delivered mobile content and training on the use of the iPod and iPad in the United States and for Argentina’s Ministry of Education. Joe is currently implementing a variety of iPod Touch and iPad initiatives in Canby.
Thursday and Friday Spotlight Speakers
	Barbara Barreda Barbara has been involved in the integration of technology across the curriculum since the early 1990’s as a classroom teacher and as a K-8 administrator in California. As an administrator she has initiated 1:1 programs, developed teacher training, coordinated numerous global projects and runs a technology conference at her school site. Her innovative ideas have been featured online, in magazines and as case studies. She is a Google Certified Teacher, a Discovery Star educator, and believes that a good administrator needs to lead by example.
	Adam Bellow Adam is the founder of eduTecher, a free web resource for teachers, students, and parents that finds and explains how to use free Webtools in the classroom. He also currently works as the Director of Educational Technology for The College Board Schools. Recently named Outstanding Young Educator of the Year by ISTE, Adam has presented at conferences across the country and all around the world speaking about the merit of free web based tools. You can check out Adam's site at eduTecher.net or download the free mobile applications.
	Kathy Cassidy Kathy is a first grade teacher who creatively incorporates technology into her daily classroom activities to give her students an authentic audience for their work and a portal to the world. She uses a wide variety of tools to enhance her students’ learning including blogs, Skype, wikis and video. Her students begin blogging the first week of school, creating their own personal online portfolios that showcase what they learn over the school year. Kathy can be found online at http://www.kathycassidy.com
	Michelle Luhtala Michelle is Department Chair of New Canaan High School (CT) Library, which won the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2010 National School Library Program of the Year Award. Ms. Luhtala facilitates an online professional learning community for school librarians called Using Emerging Technology to Improve Your Library Program at edWeb.net. Michelle is a contributing author for two forthcoming book projects for Libraries Unlimited. Michelle is an advocate for free-range media and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies in K-12 education. She blogs at Bibliotech.me.
	Katie Morrow Katie Morrow is currently serving as middle school teacher and technology integration specialist for O'Neill Public Schools.  In this role she has been fortunate to lead the school in a 1:1 laptop initiative called "24/7 Learning."  Katie has worked extensively on the development, implementation, and sharing of Challenge Based Learning.  She has been honored as NETA's "Technology Educator of the Year" and is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Teacher, and SMART Exemplary Educator. She is passionate about her role in helping educators both near and far Teach42Morrow.
	Jon Orech Jon Orech taught English and coached football for 24 years before becoming the instructional technology coordinator at Downers Grove South High School in Illinois. He also is an instructor for Aurora University.  His presentations and workshops include a wide variety of topics including digital storytelling, online collaboration, visual literacy, and creating for authentic audience and purpose. Instead of “integrating technology,” he promotes changing classroom structures.  Away from school, he savors the "Four F's": Family, Football, Fishing, and Food.
	Kim Zimmer Kim Zimmer has been working in educational technology for eight years. She currently works as a technology facilitator at Avoca West Elementary School in Glenview, Illinois. She is a proponent of student-directed learning, project-based learning, student blogging and 1:1 laptop environments in the elementary classroom. Kim is a Google Certified Teacher, has attended the Google Geo Teacher!s Academy and contributes to the Google EduCast on http://EdReach.us. Her curriculum and reflections are available at http:// avoca37.org/zimmerk.

Workshop Information

Download a copy of our pre-conference booklet containing full
descriptions of all workshops and featured sessions requiring pre-registration.

Workshop registration for ICE Conference 2012 is closed. For those people who have already registered for one or more workshops or Administrator Academy sessions, you may view or download the room assignments for each of the four conference days by clicking the link below. The locations on the charts refer to facilities used for workshops at Pheasant Run as well as the Hilton Garden Inn and the Advanced Center for Training directly across North Avenue.  The Hilton Garden Inn and ACT Center are connected via an indoor walkway.  ICE Shuttle Buses are available about every fifteen minutes to transport attendees between the two locations.  Maps for the ACT Center and all locations in Pheasant Run are available in the conference program book; the three rooms in the Hilton Garden Inn are all adjacent to the lobby and easy to locate.

Breakout Session Information

ICE Conference 2012:
Innovate - Collaborate - Educate
February 28- March 2, 2012

Here they are - our general conference offerings!  The complete list with times, locations, presenters and session descriptions for all general breakout sessions, keynote and spotlight sessions, corporate partner sessions and poster sessions.

Thursday, March 1, 2012 - Session Schedule

Friday, March 2, 2012 - Session Schedule

Announcing the ICE Conference 2012 App!

Media Roundtable

Pointing Toward the Positive by Dan Rezac

For ICE this year, we've asked all of the major news outlets in Chicago to join ICE for a roundtable discussion entitled: The Media and Education: Pointing Toward the Positive. On Thursday morning, March 1, Larry Yellen from FOX Chicago, Dorothy Tucker of CBS, Rob Elgas of NBC-5, and Leah Hope from ABC-7, will join me on stage to talk about the current state of education in the news. We’re going to highlight some of the stories that are currently playing in the headlines, deconstruct them, and talk about how those headlines get made. What feeds the education news machine? We’ll then open up our discussion and take questions we’ve harvested from online sources, as well as from the audience.

"Social Networking"

Face-2-Face at ICE 2012!

Don't miss out on some incredible opportunities for social networking and FUN that are on deck for the ICE conference this year! Plan ahead, stay the night and enjoy the merriment! On Wednesday and Thursday nights, February 29 and March 1, Pheasant Run is the place to be!

Wednesday, Feb 29 

• Join us for our fabulous Kick-Off Reception in the Exhibit Hall from 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.   Don't miss your chance to explore the exhibit hall before the masses arrive on Thursday! Apps, music and networking will abound at this free event!

• Following the ICE Kick Off, Discovery Education will be hosting a free social event complete with games, prizes, food, drinks and excitement as only the DEN can provide! All conference attendees (DEN and non DEN members) are invited! This event will take place in the New Orleans Ballroom on Bourbon Street from 5:00-7:00 p.m.   Read more and RSVP online for this great event!
  

• Chill out or heat up at the official ICE Celebration 2012!  This fabulous party will bring together all ICE attendees, volunteers, board members and fun people for socializing, dancing, a cash bat and the awesome music stylings of D J Skittles (brought back by popular demand.) If dancing is not your cup of tea, there will be plenty of tables for networking with colleagues old and new.  Come and party with us!  Please go to http://tinyurl.com/icedjrequest to ge your playlist favorites on the music menu for the evening!  Beam yourself up to the New Orleans Ballroom at 7:00 p.m., and we'll get this party started!

Who (or what) is the MYSTERY MASCOT??

Find out on at the Wednesday Kick-Off or Thursday & Friday!

Best places to spot him/her/it?

Hint: try the ICE Booth or the PLN Plaza...

Volunteer Information

Volunteers play an important role in the ICE Conference, and we invite you to consider joining us and volunteering your time and services at one of the many locations around the conference facility. It’s a chance to have fun and work with a great group of people, and it is also an opportunity to earn a $75 reimbursement toward your paid Thursday and/or Friday “General Conference” fees. Volunteers play an important role in the ICE Conference, and we invite you to consider joining us and volunteering your time and services at one of the many locations around the conference facility. It’s a chance to have fun and work with a great group of people, and it is also an opportunity to earn a $75 reimbursement of your paid General Conference fees.

Here are the details of the program:

Volunteers indicate their desire to work a 2-3 hour shift at the conference by completing an online volunteer form at the following address: http://tinyurl.com/ICE2012volunteer

Volunteers register for the Thursday and/or Friday General Conference days online at http://www.iceberg.org and pay the full $110 fee for each conference day they plan to attend.

Volunteers will be notified by a member of the planning committee in the days before the conference so that they know their specific schedule and assigned duties.

Volunteers will check-in at the volunteer table when they arrive at Pheasant Run to receive a special T-shirt and conference information.

After the conference, if all volunteer obligations have been met, volunteers will receive $75 back for each General Conference day (Thursday and/or Friday) on which they worked.

Special note: We welcome and need volunteers for all workshop and General Conference days, but due to potential scheduling conflicts, only those people who register for a General Conference day on Thursday and/or Friday and pay the registration fee of $110 per day are eligible to receive the $75 volunteer reimbursement. Volunteer reimbursement cannot be applied to any Workshop ($150) registration. A one-year membership to ICE is given to all people who pay for a General Conference day on Thursday, March 1, or Friday, March 2.

ICE 2012 Conference Ning/Wiki

In conjunction with the conference information posted here on our web site, we also maintain a social networking site that we encourage you to use before, during, and after each annual ICE Conference.

ICE Conference Ning: This site currently has nearly 1200 members and many more will join as the date of the conference draws closer. This Ning site is a great place to learn more about featured speakers, share ideas with other ICE members, and access a wide variety of photos and multimedia resources.

ICE Conference Wiki: Our Conference Wiki has proven to be an important feature of the conference for attendees in past years and has been updated for 2012.  You can retrieve resources posted by presenters and more!