Thing+12

=Thing 12- Illinois Computing Educators= With all of the opportunities to connect virtually for you professional learning, it's important to make face to face connections as well. In the Chicago area, we are fortunate to have multiple chapters of Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) offer face to face professional learning opportunities throughout the year.

Discovery
Peruse the ICE website to get a sense of the resources available to you as an educator in Illinois. ICE members get to choose which chapter they want to join when they become members of ICE. You can choose based on your work location or home location. Most ICE chapter events take place after school, so depending on where you live in relation to school, people choose differently. The largest chapters of ICE are NICE (Northern Illinois Computing Educators) and ICECap (Chicago teachers).

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Task 1
Peruse the ICE website- iceberg.org. Visit past events and shared resources from the ICE conference.

Task 2
View the NICE Illinois [|dotstorming board] (by the way, this is a great resource for brainstorming and then voting on ideas-[| dotstorming.com]) Cast your vote for future NICE meeting topics or suggest a new topic.

Blog Post
If you have attended ICE events, share your experiences with colleagues. If you have attended other tech conferences, you can share those experiences as well. If you have not attended any ICE events, consider the benefits of a face to face connection with local educators and share your thoughts on that. Be sure to title your blog post Thing 12.