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#ICE18 Conference

Welcome to #ICE18!
For full conference details, please visit conference.iceberg.org and be sure to follow #ICE18 on Twitter. Here are a few links to check out as you plan for #ICE18:

New Venue! Join us at Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Overview
Opening sessions each day will include a panel of speakers. Check out our Featured Speaker lineup for each day here: #ICE18 Lineup.
Exhibit Hall Opening Celebration Monday, Feb. 26 from 3:30 - 5:00
eSports Showcase - Monday, Feb. 26 from 5:00 - 6:00
Opening Keynote Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. - Chris Ulmer from Special Books by Special Kids. FREE event for community!
ICE/IETL Leadership Summit and Admin Academy w/ Thomas C. Murray & Eric Sheninger - Tuesday, Feb. 27
Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 4:00, our closing keynote will be Joseph South, ISTE Chief Learning Officer. We will be celebrating w/ ISTE Board members, our Making IT Happen Award winners, Educators of the Year...and be sharing about ISTE 2018 coming to Chicago in June! (Don’t miss the chance for some ISTE 2018 registrations!)
Be sure to visit with our 170+ Exhibitors in the newly redesigned Exhibit Hall during our Dedicated Exhibit Hall times Tuesday, Feb. 27 1:15-2:10 and Wednesday, Feb. 28 11:15-12:15.
Don’t miss the newly added activities offered throughout each day! Exhibit Hall Theater, Playful Learning Space, TECH Playground and ICE Expert Lounge where you can Fuel UP. Meet UP. Tech UP!
Getting hungry? Check out the Food Options available onsite.
As a reminder, Workshop sessions listed in Sched are pre-paid and require separate registration.

Enjoy this resource to plan your time at #ICE18 and be sure to REGISTER for the conference at conference.iceberg.org. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Conference Resources Now Available! Check out the resource site, courtesy of ICE partner, Symbaloo. Site will be updated as new resources are submittted by presenters. (iceconference.symbaloo.com)

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7:00am CST

Registration Adventure Threshold Food Options TBA

7:30am CST

Exhibit Hall Open Exhibit Hall

8:00am CST

Welcome / Opening Session / Featured Speaker Panel Schaumburg East/WestSarah Thomas • Mawi Asgedom • Steve Dembo • Leslie Fisher • Rushton Hurley • Kristin Ziemke

9:30am CST

Helping Students Explore Their Passions Using iPad Utopia ThresholdLindsey Sinde Unlocking Student Creativity with Keynote Utopia ThresholdNancy Gadzala An Alternative to GAFE: Microsoft Office365 for Education Schaumburg DColleen Kaplan • Jeff Gerdeman Become Future Ready! Start Coding Today! Schaumburg EDavid Lockhart Collaborative Coaching: Growing Capacity and Communication Across Schools Schaumburg BJanice Mattheis • Sarah Petrin Cross Grade Level Collaboration: Taking Tech Buddies to a Whole New Level Schaumburg FJennifer Eggert • Amy Fonk • Dina Guido + 2 students Designing New Pathways for Professional Learning and Growth in Your District EuphoriaCindy Crannell • Annmarie Clasky Esports: IHSA and the IlliniCloud helping schools compete on the virtual fields InnovationJim Peterson • Vanna Pianfetti Four Fun, Powerful, and Quick Activities for Starting Class Utopia ARushton Hurley Future Ready, What's Next? The continuing journey of a Future Ready District Nirvana A (Future Ready/Leadership)Phil Hintz • Dr. John Hutton Gadgets Utopia DLeslie Fisher Hosting a School Maker Faire Utopia CCorrie Ball Learning Mascots: Awakening The Incredible Learner Within Utopia BCarrie Baughcum (she/her/hers) • Dana Ladenburger Not Your Grandma’s Book Club Schaumburg CTraci Johnson Ready Set - Growth Mindset Exploration TheaterJennifer Carlson Supporting All Learners: Google Chrome Accessibilty Schaumburg AKate Sassatelli Teaching Math with Google Apps (Double Session) Nirvana BAlice Keeler Using Innovative Technology to Engage Students in the Algebra Classroom ICE BoothJanet Meyers • Lisa Sampson • Kate Mellone Young learners can Build, Code, and Problem Solve in the STEM Classroom with LEGO WeDo 2.0 Nirvana C (Modern Learning Environment)Stephen Meehan • Colleen Cannon-Ruffo G Suite Health Check - Open your mouth and say Google Schaumburg GMelissa Benson Digital Gaming (Esports) by UGC at the Playful Learning Space Playful Learning SpaceZack Gilbert ICE Expert Lounge (moved to PLN Plaza) ICE BoothHall Davidson • Mila Thomas Fuller • Randy Hansen Tabletop Gaming at the Playful Learning Space Playful Learning SpaceZack Gilbert Redefining the Paperless Classroom with OneNote Schaumburg HJill Alexander • Adam Rummelhart 1:1 Implementation in the High School Classroom Schaumburg Threshold DBen Kelly Blended Robotic Coding for All Schaumburg Threshold EKirsten Innes • Craig Keer Engaging students and teachers in Computer Science K - 5 Schaumburg Threshold ASteven Shadel Exploring Electric Circuits using Makey Makeys, Snap Circuits, and a Z-Space Schaumburg Threshold BAthena Cocallas Coaching Teachers: Leveraging Technology for Fostering Higher Order Thinking Skills ConnectionSean Crevier • Amanda Carroll Get Your Google On! InspirationNashwa Mekky Maker Space - The New Playground EpiphanyKathie Bieritz • Kevin Weniger Making Virtual Reality (VR) a Reality in Your Classroom ImaginationAndrea Trudeau • Maria Galanis Mapping Your Way to Coding: Computational Thinking and Early Coding SerenityTamara Kaldor • KirstinMcGinnis • Jenna Herdzina • Erin Stanfill On the Fly: Assessing and guiding Instruction ProsperityTrevor Fritz • Heather Chambers SAMR Tools in the 1:1 Environment KnowledgeMatthew Tombs • Kathryn Newton Connect with Apple Utopia ThresholdShannon Osheroff ICE / IETL Leadership Summit: Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow's Schools, Today (also offered as AA#1694) Schaumburg East/WestThomas C. Murray • Eric Sheninger

10:00am CST

How Mimir is Helping Schools Scale To Meet Computer Science Demand Exhibit Hall Teaching TheaterPrahasith Veluvolu

10:30am CST

Evaluating the Best Chromebooks of 2018 and Taking a Look at Re-certified Windows Devices Exhibit Hall Teaching TheaterIllinois Learning Technology Purchase Program ICE Expert Lounge (moved to PLN Plaza) ICE BoothHall Davidson • Steve Dembo • Leslie Fisher

10:45am CST

Access Abilities: Designing for All Learners Utopia ThresholdShannon Osheroff Sketch Walk: Observational Drawings Utopia ThresholdMatt Fuller • Charlene Chausis Are We Preparing Students for THEIR Future, Or OUR Past? Nirvana C (Modern Learning Environment)Eric Patnoudes Are You Ready Player One? Join the Playful Learning Movement InnovationJim Peterson Augmented Reality Apps in the Classroom Schaumburg FMichael Kosko Build Confidence in Your Staff and in Your Community through Video Stories Nirvana A (Future Ready/Leadership)Hank Thiele Computer Science for All: Integrating CS in your classroom Schaumburg CJen Gilbert Creating Student Techsperts Schaumburg DErin Buteau • Kim Knigge Innovative Learning with Technology and Passion EuphoriaSheila Ruh Keeping it Together with Google Keep Utopia BAliaa Ibrahim • Mina Marien Leveling Up the Classroom ICE BoothChristopher Johnson Lights! Camera! Action! Creating a School Film Program...on a budget! Exploration TheaterSteven Angelos Making After Year One: Sustaining Your Makerspace Utopia CLinda Diekman • Bonny Skutch Maverick Leadership Utopia DMike Lawrence • Mark Dohn • Amber Heffner Propelling Language Growth- Tech Tools for EL’s Schaumburg AJasmine Myalil • Amy Harder • Amy Welzenbach Teaching Math with Google Apps (Double Session) Nirvana BAlice Keeler The power of EdCampifing your Institute Days! Schaumburg BJohn Hummel • Joy DeFors • Theresa Strong • Sheri Sulima Using Digital Tools to Enhance Reader's and Writer's Workshop Schaumburg EStacy Ginocchio Writer's Workshop (For Grown-Ups) Utopia ASarah Thomas Google Secrets - You Don't Know What You Don't Know! Schaumburg GSteve Wick Digital Gaming (Esports) by UGC at the Playful Learning Space Playful Learning SpaceZack Gilbert Tabletop Gaming at the Playful Learning Space Playful Learning SpaceZack Gilbert Deliver Relevant Professional Development Schaumburg HHoonuit Grow your PLN in 60-minutes or less! Schaumburg Threshold DMegan Hacholski • Michael Abramczyk Our Journey to Innovation! Schaumburg Threshold CJoanna Carroll Team Helping Hand Schaumburg Threshold BDayna Perkins • Christopher Forman • Sandy Prather • Kathryn Rose Tech Buddies in the Elementary Classrooms Schaumburg Threshold ADanielle Faubert • Lisa Lazarus Using Google Calendar and Sites to Maximize Student Organization and Productivity Schaumburg Threshold ELauren Rivera • Erin Whalen

11:00am CST

Connecting Standards Based Grading to Student Management Systems Exhibit Hall Teaching TheaterCommon Goal Systems, Inc.

11:30am CST

Data Leaders and Teams: Product + Process + Culture = Success Exhibit Hall Teaching TheaterLinkIt! ICE Expert Lounge (moved to PLN Plaza) ICE BoothMassac Unit #1 eSports Team

12:00pm CST

Conceptional Teaching in a One-to-One School Utopia ThresholdChristie Jones • Carlie Erickson • Jodi Long What's New for iPad in Education Utopia ThresholdShannon Osheroff Building Relationships and Trust as an Innovative Teaching and Learning Coach Schaumburg BSteve Braband Choosing the Path of Positive Change: Becoming 'Future Ready' Nirvana A (Future Ready/Leadership)Traci Johnson • Joe Sornberger Collaborating With Your Librarian: Go Beyond the Bookshelf! EuphoriaLiz Delzell • Suzanne Weider Designing Engaging Graphic Organizers for ANY Content Area Schaumburg EKelly Mollenhauer • Colleen Seick Drowning in Tech? Here’s Your Lifeboat Exploration TheaterMeredith Rice Engagement, Collaboration, and Discovery: STEM in the Early Childhood Classroom ICE BoothKat Armstrong From Fantasy to Reality: Engaging and Motivating Students with Nearpod Schaumburg FBrett Jacquay Get Your Genius On - Genius Hour Tech Tools For Project Based Learning Utopia BSean Crevier Google for Education: The Chromebook Advantage and Introduction to Jamboard Nirvana C (Modern Learning Environment)Britton Picciolini • Anne Nash Hello My Name is ____ and I am a Failure! Embracing the Fail in Technology & Life Utopia CAlicia Duell Level Up: Next Generation Learning InnovationJim Peterson • Vanna Pianfetti Office 365 Apps Sampler Platter Schaumburg DColleen Kaplan Read the World NOW: The evolution of literacy in a digital culture Utopia AKristin Ziemke Student Created Blockbusters using Touchcast Schaumburg CRamona Towner Tools You Can Use Tomorrow Nirvana BLeslie Fisher Using Best Practice Strategies to Design a Personalized Digital Citizenship Program Utopia Dcheryl parmenter Utilizing Technology to Enhance the Learning of ELLs & involving parents in the learning process Schaumburg AJennifer LaRocque Get Your Badge On...Join the Google Certified Family! Schaumburg GJill Schwartzers • Vicky O'Boyle Digital Gaming (Esports) by UGC at the Playful Learning Space Playful Learning SpaceZack Gilbert Tabletop Gaming at the Playful Learning Space Playful Learning SpaceZack Gilbert Creative Ideas for Video Projects, feat. WeVideo Schaumburg HJennifer Leban 3DNA Schaumburg Threshold ELauren Ochs • Lori Clark • Rhonda Ehrecke • Christopher Forman • Jackie Svetich Coding For All Students: Adapting STEM for Learners for Special Needs Schaumburg Threshold ACindy Crannell • Christine Buekema • AJ Peters Gamify Your Classroom: A Beginner's Guide Schaumburg Threshold BStefanie Crawford The Wallet Killer Gadget Extravaganza Schaumburg Threshold CDavid Lockhart Why Should We Code in Elementary Classrooms? Schaumburg Threshold DBeth Austin • Phil Hintz

12:30pm CST

ICE Expert Lounge (moved to PLN Plaza) ICE BoothMassac Unit #1 eSports Team

1:15pm CST

Dedicated Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall

2:30pm CST

Bringing Hands-on Coding into Your School or District Exhibit Hall Teaching TheaterGeorge Kalemkeridis Cultivating Critical Thinkers with Learn To Code Utopia ThresholdBob Brown Meeting the Needs of All Learners: Innovative Teaching Practices Utopia ThresholdAshley Maro • Kris Conway • Dan Prorok Photo Walk: Portraits and People Utopia ThresholdShannon Osheroff Citizen Science: Real Research in Your Classroom Exploration TheaterElizabeth Shutters Collective Learning: Leveraging the Minds of Many to Modernize Education Nirvana C (Modern Learning Environment)Kristin Ziemke Creative Communicator EuphoriaEric Hansen Digital Feedback for Student Success Utopia CAliaa Ibrahim • Jin Kyung Hwang Digital Video and Sharing School Successes Utopia ARushton Hurley Engage students through EDpuzzle! Utopia BHeather Spaulding • Kristen Beckwith Hands on the Wheel: Using Formative Assessment Tech Tools to Drive Writing Instruction Schaumburg CJill Brown • Lisa Ward Hidden Google Gems: Finding the Undiscovered Treasures Schaumburg DSteve Wick How Mindset Empowers Technology Nirvana BMawi Asgedom Inquiry Based Strategies to Support Personalized Learning Schaumburg FLaura Nylen It's More Than Just a Game Schaumburg BJacob Bullard • Ethan Short • Brock Frazier Keeping Student Data Safe and Secure InnovationJim Peterson • Jason Radford Teaching Without Words: Building Deeper Conceptual Understanding of Math by Removing Language Schaumburg AAnkur Bhatia The Admin Tool Box Nirvana A (Future Ready/Leadership)Lindsy Stumpenhorst • Matthew Mayer Their Digital Footprint ICE BoothMark Hess Unlock Innovative Thinking with Questioning Strategies Utopia DKim Darche Graphing in Sheets 101 Schaumburg GMichael Kosko Digital Gaming (Esports) by UGC at the Playful Learning Space Playful Learning SpaceZack Gilbert ICE Expert Lounge (moved to PLN Plaza) ICE BoothBrad Spirrison Tabletop Gaming at the Playful Learning Space Playful Learning SpaceZack Gilbert Build Your #GlobalEd Toolkit: Take ACTION with Technology Schaumburg HJennifer Williams Cybersecurity Threats facing K-12 and How to Effectively Protect your Network and Students Schaumburg ELori Sorenson Getting Your Parents to GAFE Schaumburg Threshold DAmanda Grudzien Google + Symbaloo = The Swiss Army Knife of Ed Tech Schaumburg Threshold EDavid Lockhart Hyper What? Schaumburg Threshold CJenny Ersler It's Not Magic, It's Mojo! How ClassDojo can transform your classroom! Schaumburg Threshold ALauren Holzhauser Seen Enough Glorified Projectors? Schaumburg Threshold BCathy Grochowski Become Immersed in Breakout EDU EpiphanyMaria Galanis • Billy Spicer Coaching Teachers: Leveraging Technology for Fostering Higher Order Thinking Skills ConnectionSean Crevier • Amanda Carroll Coding Across the Curriculum ImaginationJennifer Sidlow • Eileen Jones • Janet Meyers iCreate: Technology Integration with Chromebooks in K-2 Classrooms ProsperityMegan Sutter • Marguerite Parker • Kristin Thorsen Personalizing Project Based Learning: Leveraging Technologies for Student Agency and Authenticity KnowledgeAnne Krolicki

3:00pm CST

AI Comes to the Classroom: Preparing Students for Autonomous and Personalized Learning Exhibit Hall Teaching TheaterRobin Gonzales

3:30pm CST

A day in the life of a FileWave admin's IT responsibilities and tasks. Exhibit Hall Teaching TheaterJerry Case

3:45pm CST

Apple Products in Competency Education Utopia ThresholdKevin Konsler • Lisa Balata • Eric Lasky Turn Your Videos into Movie Magic with iMovie Utopia ThresholdJoe Brennan 'Can You Hear Me Now?'- Ensuring student voice through accessibility and engaged learning practices Schaumburg AMiriam Cutler • Mary Flessas Are We Out of Our Minds? Implementing Brain-Based Strategies in Modern Learning Spaces Nirvana C (Modern Learning Environment)Robert Dillon Badges and Blogs and Bragging (Oh, my!) EuphoriaChristopher Frye • Christine Borst • Tim O'Shea • Desi Vuillaume Building Interactive Lessons with the iPads Schaumburg CAshley Holland Creating Self-Directed Learners Using BrainPOP Schaumburg EVicky Stella • Mike Jones Designing With Passion: The Intersection of PBL, Design, and Moonshots Utopia ASarah Thomas Double Vision: Improve the Focus of Your Instruction Exploration TheaterCollin Voigt • Derrick Swistak Everything You Wanted to Know about 3D Printing (but were afraid to ask) Nirvana BSteve Dembo Powerful Tech Tools for Formative Assessment in K-2! Utopia BAnnie Forest • Gissel Escobedo • Kayla Kaczmarek SCRATCHing the Surface of Coding Schaumburg FMichael Abramczyk • Megan Hacholski STEM Hour with Seesaw Utopia DChristopher Forman • Collette Oprondek Students Record Interviews to Document & Archive History Schaumburg DKate Rogers • Tracy Culcasi • Social Studies Teacher Switching from iPads to Chromebooks: Lessons Learned Utopia CMeredith Rice • Sheri Styczen Taking Down the Walls of the Classroom Schaumburg BTrevor Fritz Tweet Me in the Middle ICE BoothKristin Richey • Peter Richey What Should Come First, Training or Professional Development Nirvana A (Future Ready/Leadership)Eric Patnoudes Where do Tech Geeks get help? InnovationChris Wherley Gamification with G Suite Schaumburg GMichael Kosko Digital Gaming (Esports) by UGC at the Playful Learning Space Playful Learning SpaceZack Gilbert Tabletop Gaming at the Playful Learning Space Playful Learning SpaceZack Gilbert Big Questions + Technology = Bigger Possibilities Schaumburg HJason Janczak

4:00pm CST

What’s With the Buzz Around Read & Write and EquatIO? Exhibit Hall Teaching TheaterDebbie Shaw