About ICE
Indiana Computer Educators (ICE) is a non-profit professional group whose mission
is assisting educators to enhance learning through the use of technology. David
Flowers of the Fort Wayne Community School Corporation founded this organization
in 1980. In 1980, ICE was a user group of forty-three people that had an interest in computers, met two or three times each year, and publlished
a newsletter. The first ICE Conference included six hardware vendors.
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ISTE News by Julie Bohnenkamp |
Indiana Computer Educators is one of approximately 70 Organizational Affiliates (OAs) of The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).
Based in Eugene, Oregon, ISTE is the largest teacher-based non-profit organization in educational technology. Most ISTE members reside in the United States and Canada and the rest throughout the world. ISTE's national and international regional affiliates comprise an estimated membership of more than 85,000.
The International Society for Technology in Education is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit educational association dedicated to the improvement of education through the use of computer-based technology. ISTE is the largest professional organization of it's kind.
ISTE is the administrative sponsor of the National Education Computing Conference (NECC). NECC provides a forum for exchanging ideas about using computers at all grade levels and in all types of education. NECC 2009, Celebrating 30 Years of Ed Tech Vision,will be held in Washington, D.C.,
June 28 - July 1, 2009.
ISTE supports its members by offering books, courseware, professional development services, government and legislative representation, a monthly newsletter, periodicals (including Leading and Learning With Technology), Organization Affiliates, Special Interest Groups, and other benefits.
The cost for Standard Membership for an Affiliate Member for one year, which includes a year's subscription to Learning & Leading with Technology and your choice of Special Interest Groups (SIGs), is $69. You can add research journals for an additional fee. The ona-year All-Inclusive Membership for an Affiliate Member, which includes ALL periodicals, Webinar archives, and your choice of Special Interest Groups, is $165. For more information or to obtain an ISTE catalog, call 1-800-336-5191, check the Web site, or send an e-mail. |
General Information
Today, ICE has more than 2,500 members who are K-12 educators, administrators, or higher
education professionals. The ICE conference is Indiana's premier educational technology
conference for K-12 teachers, administrators, and school technology leaders and
is the fifth largest conference of its kind in the nation. The conference has grown
in attendance from 16 people at the first conference in 1980, to approximately 1300 people
at the ICE 2008 conference including participants and exhibitors.
The 2008 ICE conference was held in Indianapolis at the Indiana Convention Center
January 23-25, 2008. The keynote speaker was David Pogue. David, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correcspondent for CBS News. With 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 30 titles. David and his wife, Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children. His Web site is www.davidpogue.com. David presented two spotlight sessions in addition to his keynote address which brought rave reviews for all who attended. His book signing in the Exhibit Hall afterwards was a rousing success. For more information about the 2008 conference, check the Past Conference Highlights section of the Web site.
Planning for ICE 2009, scheduled for January 27-29, 2009,
began even before the 2008 conference ended. Planning for the 2010 ICE conference
has also already begun. This conference is planned by the ICE Conference Committee that consists of more than 40 volunteers who meet every two months to make this
huge, annual event possible. In addition to the annual conference, ICE publishes
a monthly electronic newsletter, InTouch, containing interesting
articles, Web resources, and Indiana Department of Education updates. InTouch, is e-mailed to current members .
The ICE Newsletter
The ICE newsletter, InTouch, contains interesting
articles, Web resources, and Indiana Department of Education updates. InTouch is e-mailed to current members.
ICE Board
There are fifteen ICE Board members who meet six times each year. This Board is
made up of technology coordinators, educators, a higher education member and two
ex-offico members. Those ex-offico members include a representative from the Indiana
Department of Education and the ICE administrative assistant who coordinates all
communication between the Board, Conference Committee, and membership. This Board
sets the direction of the organization and plans all the events for the year.
Special Interest Group
The ICE SIG group, Hoosier Educational Computer Coordinators (HECC), focuses on issues of importance to leaders in technology coordination/administration. This group of 150 technology leaders sponsors an annual conference each year on topics pertinent to its constituency and has a listserv for members. Join the HECC listserv . HECC sponsors a strand of concurrent sessions at the ICE conference.