General Information

Name Badge/Program Materials

Your conference name badge is the printed card included in this mailing. Your name badge is your ticket to enter the conference. BE SURE TO BRING YOUR NAME BADGE WITH YOU TO THE CONFERENCE. If you are attending the conference on Thursday, March 1, or Friday, March 2, bring your badge to the Mega Center lobby where you will pick up a name badge holder and a conference tote bag containing the General Conference program book and other materials. If you misplace or forget to bring your name badge with you, plan to stand in line at the On-Site Registration desk. Your name badge must be worn at all times during conference events.

Corporate Partners
Thank you to the ICE Corporate Partners for 2012: Platinum Plus: Comcast CDW-G Platinum: SMART Technologies AVer Information, Inc. Gold: Graphtech Bronze: American Intercontinental University Camcor, Inc. Cisco Epson Vintage Tech Recyclers Please take time to visit their booths and presentations!

Registration Desk Hours

Conference registration will be located in the lobby area outside of the Exhibit Hall in the Mega Center or in Salon VI as noted below. Tuesday, Feb. 28: 7:30 am 9:00 am (mega Center Lobby) Wednesday, Feb. 29: 7:30 am Noon (Salon VI) and 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm (mega Center Lobby) Thursday, march 1: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm (Salon VI) Friday, march 2: 7:15 am - 9:30 am (Salon VI)

Schedule of Events - NEW Conference App!

If you would like to plan your schedule for the Thursday and Friday General Conference days before you come to the conference, please visit the conference website to view the program schedule at http://www.iceberg.org or check out our App! Yes, ICE has taken the plunge, and we know that ICE members will LOVE our Conference App, EventLink. A native app is available for iPhone/iPad and Android, and a hybrid web-based version for BlackBerry. The app provides many useful (and just plain fun) features for use during the conference and beyond. App users will be able to:
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Wednesday Night General Conference Kick-Off Reception

All registered conference attendees are invited to our FREE Kick-Off reception on Wednesday, Feb. 29, from 3:00-5:30 PM in the Mega Center Exhibit Hall. You may bring an unregistered guest with you by paying $10 for that person at the door.

Thursday Night ICE Celebration 2012

Join us for the official ICE Celebration 2012! Everyone is invited for socializing, dancing, a cash bar and the awesome music stylings of D.J Skittles. Please go to http://tinyurl.com/icedjrequest to get your playlist favorites on the music menu for the evening! The fun starts at 7:00 PM in Salon IV.

Review sessions and add them to their schedules Stay in-the-know with show alerts Follow or join in on the Twitter Feed Link with friends and share event photos Locate exhibitors and download exhibitor-provided PDF content

Full-Day/Half-Day Workshops and Featured Presentations

You must be pre-registered to attend all full-day and half-day workshops. On-site registration for workshops and workshop selection changes will not be available. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided where Tuesday and Wednesday workshops and featured presentations are held. The Tuesday and Wednesday workshops and featured presentations will begin at 8:30 AM. Your name badge will serve as your lunch ticket those days. Thursday and Friday half-day workshops begin at 10 AM, after the morning Keynote presentation. Lunch is not provided but will be available for purchase for all Thursday and Friday registrants.

You may download the App now - of course its FREE - and play a bit to get familiar with its features. You can scan the QR code above, search Illinois Computing Educators in the Apple and Android App stores, or go to http://m.core-apps.com/ice-il2012.

CPDU Credit
Tuesday and Wednesday Full-Day Workshop presenters will distribute CPDU documentation in workshop sessions. Six CPDU credits will be provided for Full-Day Workshop attendees. Wednesday Half-Day and Featured Presentation registrants will pick up CPDU forms at the closing Cool Tools session and drop off completed forms in the Mega Center Lobby between 3:30-4:30 PM . Six CPDU credits will be provided for Wednesday attendees. Thursday and Friday conference registrants should complete the tear-off CPDU pages in the conference program book. The Thursday CPDU form will need to be completed and dropped off between 3:00 PM -5:00 PM in the Mega Center lobby. Seven CPDU credits will be provided for Thursday attendance. The Friday form will need to be completed and dropped off between 2:00 PM-3:30 PM in the Mega Center lobby. Six CPDU credits will be provided for Friday attendees. Once you turn in your completed form, you will be handed an Evidence of Completion form mandated by ISBE. Partial CPDU credit for part-time attendance at the conference will not be available. Note: Forms must be submitted on the day you are requesting CPDU credit.
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Meals for General Conference Days Thurs., 3/1 and Fri., 3/2
Complimentary continental breakfast will be available in the Atrium from 7:30-9:00 AM. Lunch will be available for purchase in the Exhibit Hall from 11:00 AM-1:30 PM and the Atrium from 11:30 AM-1:30 PM.

Shuttle Bus Service

Shuttle bus service will be available for conference attendees who need to travel between the Pheasant Run Mega Center, Pheasant Run Gallery Hall and the ACT Center/Hilton Hotel/remote parking lot across North Avenue. Schedules will be posted at each of these bus stop locations. Shuttles will complete this route every 15 minutes or less. Shuttles will begin running on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30 AM and on Thursday and Friday at 7:00 AM. The last shuttle will run 30 minutes after the final activity each day.

For some great conference tips, be sure to download the ICE Conference 2012 Survival Guide at http://www.iceberg.org.

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Exhibit Hall / Barcode on Name Badge
Exhibitors will fill over 180 booths with the latest in educational technology products and services. All exhibitors and information about their products and booth locations will be listed in the conference Exhibitor Guide (online only), and in the Conference App available in the iTunes App Store and the Android App store. There will be a pdf posted online that folks who want a paper copy may print. Exhibit hours are: Wednesday, Feb. 29 Thursday, March 1 Friday, March 2 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM 9:30 AM - 2:15 PM

Closing Session
ICE Conference 2012 will conclude with a General Conference closing session on Friday, March 2, at 3:30PM in Salons II-IV. We will hold the annual ICE meeting at this time and members will have the opportunity to vote for candidates for the 2012-2013 ICE Executive Board. We will also announce the winners of the grand prize raffle drawings at this meeting! You must be present to win these prizes, so plan to be there!

Back Channeling and Video Streaming Policies

ICE is making an effort to keep our conference policies on backchanneling and streaming simple, yet clear: Video and audio recording-including streaming-of sessions for commercial use is strictly prohibited. Recordings for noncommercial use may be made only with permission of the presenter. Any permitted recording should respect the presenters rights and not be disruptive. ICE volunteers will coordinate back-channel chats for selected keynotes and spotlight sessions and information on where to find these back-channels will be made available as the conference dates get closer and plans are finalized. Since conference volunteers plan to webcast the Keynote presentations on Thursday and Friday, we cannot permit individuals to use such tools as uStream at ICE Conference 2012 due to copyright policies and bandwidth issues.

When you look at your name badge, you will notice that a bar code has been added to the printed badges again this year. Some of the exhibitors may be using a lead retrieval system, and if you agree to allow an exhibitor to scan your badge, please be aware that you are providing that exhibitor with your name, address, school information, e-mail address, and phone number. This system was put in place to make it easier for our members to establish contacts with exhibitors, but if you dont want to share this information, the decision is in your hands...just dont let exhibitors scan your name badge.

Thursday/Friday General Conference Presenter Check-In

General Conference presenters (those providing 45-minute presentations) must check in at the Presenter Check-In desk in the Mega Center lobby between 7:30AM and 10:00AM each day you are presenting. (Presenters for the full-day and half-day workshop presentations will be sent additional check-in information by email.)

Questions
If you have any questions or concerns regarding ICE Conference 2012, please visit us on the web www.iceberg.org call 800-311-3871 or e-mail info@iceberg.org Well see you at Pheasant Run!

Presenter Handouts
Presenters will be uploading any conference handouts they may have to the Conference Wiki found at: http://icewiki.info. Please visit the wiki to access copies of the handout(s) during and after the conference.

PLN Plaza, Virtual Worlds Playground, and UDL Playground

The Personal Learning Network (PLN) Plaza will be located on Bourbon Street near the New Orleans Ballroom. The Virtual Worlds Playground and UDL (Universal Design for Learning) Playground will be set up in the Marsalis Rooms along with the Poster Session presentations.

For some great conference tips, be sure to download the ICE Conference 2012 Survival Guide at http://www.iceberg.org.