ICE-CAP Workshop - "The New Essential: Professional Learning Networks That Support You!"
Wed, June 6, 2012
Hirsch High School (Library)
7740 S. Ingleside
Chicago, Illinois
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Two (2) CPDUs
Description: Summer is a great time to take a little time for you! It's also an ideal time to connect with other great teachers. There is a large network of professionals out there ready to help you with the information you need to support your professional practices. Get on the cutting edge with the most current information and save time by targeting just what you need to know. Attend this meeting to learn about professional learning tools that you can leverage to craft your very own customized professional learning network (PLN).
Check back later for more detailed information on session topics and presenters. Topics will include how to use Google Reader for RSS syndication, Social Bookmarking with Diigo, Twitter for Teachers, Reading Socially, & Tips for Getting Started with PLNs.
Agenda:
3:30-4:00
Welcome & Refreshments | News about upcoming CPS iPad Academy - CPS iPad Planning Team | CPS Social Media - Alex Soble, CPS Social Media Manager
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm
Blogging Socially: Using Blogs to Develop Your Professional Learning Network by KC Boyd, Librarian - Phillips High School
Getting Started with a Professional Learning Network by Nicole Zumpano, Lead Technology Teacher at May Elementary School
4:45 pm - 5:25 pm
Twitter for You & Your Students by Kim Darche, Tech Coordinator - Tarkington Elementary School & Katie Bordner, Spanish Teacher - North Lawndale College Prep High School
Manage Your Blog Subscriptions with Google Reader by Lisa Perez, CPS Instructional Tools & Technology
5:25-5:30 - Closing & CPDUs
Contact Lisa Perez, ICE-CAP President-Elect, at leperez333@gmail.com with questions.
ICE-CAP Workshop - "Making Mobile Devices Work in Your Classroom!"
Wed, March 14, 2012
Namaste Charter School (Library)
3737 S. Paulina
Chicago, Illinois
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Street parking or at the Chicago Indoor Sports Lot at Paulina & Pershing
[Note: Due to student dismissal, the building cannot be entered from 3:45 - 4:15]
Two CPDUs available
Sessions:
Xbox KINECT: Get Your Educational Game On!
Presented by: Diane Papageorge (Marsh Elementary) & Mary Beth Corbin (Byrne Elementary)
Attend this session to learn about the CPS KINECT program and how you can integrate educational gaming at your school with the Xbox KINECT console and motion sensor.
An iPad Primer: Bringing iPads into Your Classroom
Presented by: Margaret Murphy, Manager of the CPS iPad Program, CPS Ed Tech
Learn about all the nuts & bolts of bringing iPads into your classroom from Margaret Murphy, the manager of the iPad program for Chicago Public Schools.
Taking a Look at the Nook: Learn How to Make Nook eReaders a Part of Your Classroom
Presented by Dena Pavlovic, Assistant Store Mgr at Barnes & Noble | State & Elm
CPS schools are beginning to use Nooks to provide low-cost eReaders for their students. Learn about the Barnes & Noble managed care program from Dena Pavlovic, assistant store manager for the State & Elm store, and our support for the high school library VITAL grant Nook Book Club.
iPads at Burley Elementary: A HUGE Success Story!
Presented by: Carolyn Skibba, Burley Technology Coordinator & a CPS Tech Talk "Ones To Watch!" winner
Learn about how you can successfully implement iPads in your school to impact teaching and learning from Carolyn Skibba, the award-winning and highly successful technology coordinator at Burley Elementary School.
Contact Lisa Perez (leperez1@cps.edu) with questions.
ICE-CAP Meeting
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
Whitney Young High School, Rm 279
211 South Laflin St
4pm - 6pm
Click here to register.
Topic: "Integrating Technology with the Common Core State Standards in Mind". There will be a raffle.
Directions: Park by the Arts Building and enter the door facing Van Buren (and the Eisenhower Expressway). Come to Room 279 in the Arts Building. There is an elevator on the west side of the building.
ICE-CAP Meeting
Wed, Sept 28, 2011
Ryerson Elementary School
Presentations:
Web 2.0 Goes to High School
presented by Joan Kane
Joan's presentation
Blooms Taxonomy in a Web 2.0 World
presented by Nicole Zumpano
http://prezi.com/rfx2trkoosdr/blooms-taxonomy-in-a-web-20-world-2011
Get Going with Google Sites for Teachers
presented by Lisa Perez
http://www.slideshare.net/leperez1/get-going-with-google-sites-for-teachers
Using Wonderful Wikis to Wake Up Your Classroom
presented by Fran Feeley, Maria Magdalena Cortez-Tafolla, Deborah Guidara, and Janice Wellborn
http://feeleyice2011.wikispaces.com
CPS Professional Library wiki
http://cpsproflib.wikispaces.com/uplift
CPDUs: Download this evaluation form, complete it, and email it to Paulette Grissett at paulette.grissett@gmail.com to receive your Evidence of Completion.