Congratulations to Regional Technology Director of the Year Nominations

Congratulations to the 2023 NC Regional Technology Directors of the Year.  Each director was selected by their peers in their region. Each candidate has made a significant impact on transforming student learning through the integration of technology.  Their leadership is an inspiration to all Digital Teaching and Learning Leaders and Educators across the state.

In its third year, NCDPI’s Digital Teaching and Learning team has partnered with NCCoSN, NCET, and NCTIES to recognize the accomplishments of education technology leaders. All regional nominees will be recognized at the Annual State Technology Directors Meeting held at NCTIES on March 8, 2023.  The NC State Technology Director of the Year will also be announced at this time.

Please congratulate the 2023 Regional Nominees:

SchoolNet TEI Questions

With the notification about Technology Enhanced Items on EOC/EOG for the 22-23 school year, we wanted to send out the correlating SchoolNet TEI questions that teachers can use for practice and preparation when creating assessments in SchoolNet. 

Please see the documentation below regarding SchoolNet TEI questions as well as grade level item counts in the SchoolNet item banks.  If you have any questions, please reach out to Rebecca Stokes at Rebecca.Stokes@dpi.nc.gov.   SchoolNet TEI Questions

ISTE Resource Corner

With every North Carolina educator able to access an ISTE membership, the The Office of Digital Teaching and Learning would like to share some bite-sized resources that can help get you started with utilizing your membership. 

These curated topic guides provide professional resources  for Personalized and Blended Learning. 

• Personalized Learning
• Blended Learning

Whether you don’t know where to start with these topics or you are just looking for a fresh take, you are bound to find something to enhance the student learning experiences for your learners. 

*Educators must be logged into their ISTE account to be able to access resources. If you cannot access your ISTE account, please email nciste@dpi.nc.gov

Digital Learning Initiative Grants are Open

The 2023-2024 Digital Learning Initiative Grants are open for applications The two Requests for Proposals include the reformulated Digital Learning Impact Grant and a Mini-Grant which will include an opportunity for a Professional Learning Grant as well as an Emerging Technologies Grant. Grant proposals must be submitted to this form by February 28, 2023 at 5:00pm. The DLI Grant Initiatives were approved on December 1, 2022, by the North Carolina State Board of Education.

As specified in the Digital Learning Plan, this grant program is intended to support the development and dissemination of local innovative digital teaching and learning across North Carolina. Please refer to the RFP materials found on the DLI Grant Webpage.

KEYBOARDING W/LEARNING.COM

Interested in a fun way to engage your students during their holiday break? Keyboarding is an excellent way for students to practice their touch-typing skills while increasing their words per minute, accuracy, and speed. Students can log into Learning.com anytime, anywhere. 

I’m in! Now what?

For grades K-2, students can access their introductory keyboarding lessons in the Tech Quest pathway or educators can assign keyboarding lessons to their classes. Students in grades 3-8 can access the arcade in the top left corner area to access Adaptive Keyboarding.

For Educators & Coordinators

Beginning in January, we will be launching an Adaptive Keyboarding Contest. To help you get started, the second course in our Implementation Kits Module is now available through the Online Training Center Self-Paced Learning Courses. The course titled Adaptive Keyboarding Contest will train educators on how to host and run their own keyboarding contest using our Adaptive Keyboarding program - coordinators or teachers can use it. More contest information coming soon!

As educators complete the course, they will receive a certificate of completion that they can submit to the district for .5 hours of PD credit. 

The Online Training Center also has an Updates Blog with the latest details about new features, enhancements, and content.

Happy Holidays!