ICE Conference 2016 theme "Welcome to the FUTURE"
ICE Conference 2016 Areas of Focus
- Digital Age Teaching and Learning
- Future Ready Leadership
- Make it!
- Personalized Learning
- Professional Learning
- Technology Infrastructure
ICE Conference 2016 Keynote Speakers
Adam Bellow is one of today’s leading speakers on educational technology and infusing technology to aid school
reformation. He is the founder of eduTecher, eduClipper, WeLearnedIt, and eduGames. Adam launched the popular
“Change the World” student-focused charity campaigns. Bellow was recognized twice by ISTE as an emerging leader
in 2010 and in 2011 as the Outstanding Young Educator of the year. He has given memorable talks at conferences
such as ISTE, #140edu, and TEDxNYED. Bellow is currently serving as CEO of eduClipper, the edtech startup that he
founded in 2012. eduClipper is a free web tool focused on helping students and teachers find, share, and build valid
learning experiences.
Thomas C. Murray serves as the state and district digital learning director for the Alliance for Excellent Education
located in Washington, DC. He has testified before the United States Congress and works alongside that body and
the US Senate, the US Department of Education and state departments of education, corporations, and school
districts throughout the country to implement digital learning while helping to lead Future Ready Schools and Digital Learning Day. Murray was recently named the “Education Policy Person of the Year” by the Academy of Arts and Sciences at the 2015 Bammy Awards. In 2015, Murray co-authored and released Leading Professional Learning;
Tools to Connect and Empower Teachers (Corwin, 2015).
ICE & IETL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT TO BE HELD AT ICE CONFERENCE 2016
What if IT is possible? What is the IT that will push your district’s student learning to the next level? By attending the Leadership Summit, a special event jointly sponsored by ICE and IETL, your district leaders will have the opportunity to explore this question.
Our Leadership Summit day will focus on 21st century leadership, digital transformation, and innovative ways to use social media to promote the positive things happening every day in our schools. Leaders will walk away with action steps that aren’t tied to increases in budgets. Our agenda will include:
- 21st Century Leadership
- Digital Transformation
- Cultivating a Learning Organization
- Learning Spaces
- Innovation
- Telling Your Story
District leaders will register for this special event through the ICE Conference registration system, which will open in early December. Lunch is included, and Leadership Summit participants will receive VIP passes to the Conference Opening in the Expo Hall that will follow immediately after the Leadership Summit.
Summit facilitation and keynote by Carl Hooker
The 2016 Illinois Computing Educators Conference (ICE Conference 2016) will take place at the Pheasant Run Resort and Conference Center on February 23-26, 2016.
