UPCOMING EVENTS
Join Us for the NCED CONNECT Symposium 2026!*
𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀!
- 𝗞𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 | 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗼, 𝗡𝗖
- 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟵–𝟭𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Late registration began 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵. ($450)
Join educators, leaders, and tech partners from across the state for three days of learning, collaboration, and connection at NCED Connect Symposium 2026!
𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:
- Cybersecurity tabletop exercises
- SIS scheduling roundtables & reporting sessions
- School Library Media Coordinator Pathway
- AI Implementation Expo & 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲-𝗔-𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗻
- School Library Directors Meeting
- Partner-led presentations
- Support Zones with State Cybersecurity, School Connectivity, and Infinite Campus teams
- And yes… 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗸𝗲!
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂:
𝗔𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱? 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹!
Reserve your room through our hotel block by TODAY, 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟭𝟲:
Let’s connect, collaborate, and innovate — we can’t wait to see you there!
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DTL Signature Events
Be sure to check the DTL Signature Events Calendar* or Eventbrite for upcoming in-person and virtual regional meetings and training sessions. Don’t miss out on valuable opportunities to connect, learn, and stay informed!
DTL Signature Events Calendar
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SCHOOLNET
Schoolnet Upcoming Webinars
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Schoolnet Tips & Tricks, January 26, 4 PM—Using Schoolnet in the Math & Science Classroom, February 16, 4 PM
Registration is located on your Schoolnet homepage, as well as recordings of past webinars.
CANVAS
Accessibility Courses in Canvas
Deploy Notes
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Deploy Notes 1-14-26
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Blueprint Courses—The association's modal will provide a direct link to the associated course(s).
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Canvas Apps | Champions - Under the Monitor Tab, a champions block displays the top 5 subaccounts or courses by launch frequency.
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User Access Tokens Report Enhancements—The User Access Tokens report has added columns for creation date, status, purpose, and token ID.
Release Notes
- Canvas Release Notes 1-17-26
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Canvas Apps | Availability and Exceptions - Root account admins can manage LTI 1.3 tool availability, including the ability to grant access to specific sub-accounts or contexts, or conversely, to make the tool available everywhere except for specific contexts.
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User-Agent Header Enforcement - Improving API security, governance, and platform stability, all HTTP requests must include a User-Agent type.
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 NCSIS for EDUCATORS
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Campus Learning (LMS)
Even if you’ve already got an established LMS, Campus Learning can provide tools that your teachers may find helpful. Check out the helpful information and hidden tools that come with enabling the Enhanced Curriculum tool right.
Campus Learning Questions (Enhanced Curriculum)
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Transitioning from Canvas to Campus Learning
Are you considering using Campus Learning as your LMS? These resources can help you prepare your teachers for the move from Canvas to Campus Learning.
Transition to Campus Learning
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 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Upcoming AI Webinars
All are held from 3:30 to 4:30 pm on select Wednesdays:
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Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026- AI Standards Coaches- AI Tools for NC Aligned Instruction with Stacy Lovdahl Registration
- Explore the AI Standards coaches apps designed by Stacy for ELA, Science, Math, and general content.
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Wednesday, Feb. 4- AI Literacy for All with Brian Whitson Registration
- Experience classroom-ready, hands-on activities that build AI literacy across grade levels. Explore AI fundamentals, AI literacy models, ethical considerations, and practical applications through interactive activities that spark critical thinking, inspire creativity, and strengthen digital citizenship. Leave with strategies that can be used tomorrow to help students understand AI as informed, responsible thinkers and creators.
Check out our EventBrite Collection & Registrations for upcoming registrations.
Archived Webinars may be viewed on-demand at https://www.dpi.nc.gov/districts-schools/districts-schools-support/digital-teaching-and-learning/ai-resources
District Leaders—Sign up for the AI Innovation Index
District leaders join the AI Innovation Index HERE
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SLMC
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Annual Library Media Directors' Meeting
Registration is Open!
The Annual Library Media Directors’ Meeting will take place at the NCEd Connect Symposium on Wednesday, February 11, from 3 to 5pm—this will be an open meeting; attendance/registration at the NCED Connect Symposium will not be required. We have an Eventbrite (free) registration (use code allbooked), & virtual option will be provided too—check out the draft agenda for more information.
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Professional Learning for SLMC's
Catch January’s T³ Webinar: Make Copyright Your Superpower: Understanding the Law to Meet Your Mission from January 15 on-demand recording at go.ncdpi.gov/ncslmcplaylist – this important topic was led by two copyright professionals who covered perspectives to consider around AI, Ethics & the law for librarians!
Register for T³ February webinars at go.ncdpi.gov/t3webinar
- February 5 at 12pm: Reads & Resources: Black History Month + Women’s History Month
- February 19 at 3pm: Knowledge Constructor in the Age of Information Overload with Kaye Menjivar
There’s always good professional learning to be found in the first NC NEW(s) Librarian 101 volume of 2026! A few highlights include:
The Library team in Lincoln, NE, schools has published a K-12 Library Curriculum that is available for anyone to use & adapt—they shared the expansion from K-5 from 2023 to K-12 at the AASL conference in October 2025. Check out their slides for more information & access to the curriculum, lesson plans, and resources.
- 📅 January 21 | 🕖 6:15pm from Colorado State Library Focus on the Spark: Creating Interactive Lessons | Register
- 📅 January 22 | 🕖 10:00am from EdWeb + Digital Promise Sparking Creativity on a Shoestring Budget: Tech Tools for Big Ideas | Register
- 📅 January 23 | 🕖 1:00pm from School Library Journal What’s It Really Like? Join the 2026 Mock Newbery LIVE! | Register
Johnston County welcomes out-of-district educators to join their ChillTech virtual day of PD on February 16! Registration is open with 3 sessions each hour, between 9am and 3pm—content is being led by JoCo educators as well as partners like Discovery Ed, Brisk, Canva and a few familiar faces from NCDPI DL&SC too 😉 Register using this form and check out the full line up on this spreadsheet
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Don’t forget NC Children’s Book Award program is off & running, with voting beginning March 1, 2026!
If you’re not familiar with this program, back in the August 2025 volume of the NC NEW(s) Librarian 101 newsletter, this year’s list of titles was shared, and on October 2, Co-Chair Lisa Denning presented tips and resources on a T³ webinar: Celebrating Reading with the NC Children's Book Awards | resources at: go.ncdpi.gov/t3oct225. On their website, you’ll find annotated book lists, bookmarks to share with readers, and a comprehensive list of resources to engage with any/all of the titles! Nominations for the 2027 list are also open
Did you know that many of the titles are available through the NC Kids Digital Library?
NCEES
January 2026 NCEES Face-to-Face Training for New Administrators
The NCDPI NCEES Team is pleased to offer a second opportunity for new administrators to participate in face-to-face NCEES training sessions in their regions this January. These sessions are designed to support principals and assistant principals in strengthening their understanding and use of the evaluation system.
Session Title: NCEES: Teacher Evaluation Process and Practice for Principals & Assistant Principals
Presented by: NCDPI Regional Education Facilitators (REFs)
Session Description: In this interactive session, participants will explore key NCEES policies and best practices to enhance their leadership and evaluation processes. Topics include:
- Reviewing the teacher evaluation process
- Providing targeted feedback using rubric-based language
- Assigning evaluation plans and access rights
- Navigating the staff evaluation dashboard
- Running reports to track and complete evaluation steps
- Identifying and troubleshooting common pain points
Click on the link for your region to see more details and register.
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NCEES at the NCED Connect Symposium 2026
February 9-11, 2026 – Greensboro, NC
📢 Don’t miss out! There's still time to register! 🌟
Attendees will explore the latest updates on NCED Connect (NCEES, Schoolnet, LMS), NCSIS (Infinite Campus), School Connectivity, E-Rate, Cybersecurity, and Digital Teaching & Learning initiatives—all while participating in hands-on sessions led by DPI teams, regional experts, and district practitioners.
Click here to learn more about the NCED Connect Symposium.
We have a NCEES Track at the Symposium!
Click here for the NCEES sessions and descriptions
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EBSCO
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Upcoming Ebsco Webinars
- Wednesday, February, 11, 2026
- Time: 3:00pm
Personalizing Your EBSCO Research Experience:
Registration Link
Join us to review the personalization features available in EBSCOhost, including creating a MyEBSCO account to save your research long-term, using Projects to organize your research, and scheduling your own journal and search alerts.
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ISTE+ASCD and CoSN ANNOUNCEMENTS
December/January Educational Leader Magazine: The Power of Less
Now more than ever, education has a “too much” problem. This issue explores how leaders can thoughtfully pare down priorities and processes to create more coherent, innovative, and sustainable teaching and learning environments.
You can download your digital copy by logging into your ISTE+ASCD account through NCEDCloud.
View this edition of the magazine here.
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Supporting Academic Integrity When AI is Everywhere: Webinar
Join ISTE+ASCD on January 28th at 1:00pm for a free webinar with Tony Frontier, author of AI with Intention and the upcoming Preventing Cheating Through Academic Integrity, as he shares strategies to help schools reduce cheating and promote integrity amid widespread student access to AI tools. Access Registration Here.
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New Topic Select: Middle School Matters: Laying the Foundation for College and Career
EL® Topic Selects are free, downloadable collections of Educational Leadership® articles focusing on critical issues in education today. Each collection is curated by Educational Leadership's editors and designed to provide insight, context, and solutions on a specific area of school leadership or instruction. They are an ideal resource for planning, knowledge-building, or team discussion.
This curated collection of ISTE+ASCD Educational Leadership magazine articles explores how educators can make the most of the pivotal middle school years, shaping students' academic trajectories and expanding their sense of what's possible for their futures.
EL Topic Selects
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CYBERSECURITY
 Join the PSU Cybersecurity Support team at NCEdConnect
February 9-10, 2026 | NCED Connect Symposium 2026
Plan to join the NCDPI K-12 Cybersecurity Program Team at the upcoming NCED Connect Symposium 2026 for two days of hands-on learning, practical guidance, and direct support for K-12 cybersecurity teams.
Bring your team and your Incident Response plan. We’ll be running interactive Incident Response Tabletop Exercises (TTX) on both days, designed to help districts test plans, identify gaps, and walk away with concrete next steps.
In addition, we are hosting a Cybersecurity Support Lab throughout the conference, offering one-on-one assistance for any cybersecurity needs at your PSU.
All sessions are listed below, and additional details are available on the NCEdConnect Sched.
Session list:
- Cybersecurity Incident Response Tabletop Exercises (TTX)
- NCDPI K-12 Cybersecurity Program Town Hall
- Introduction to the PSU Cybersecurity Program Plan
- Introduction to Networking with Wireshark and Nmap
- Fortify Your Perimeter: MFA for VPN Connections
- Zscaler Web Security & Content Filtering Health Check
- Incident Response with Google Workspace
- Hardening Google Workspace Security Settings
- Crowdstrike: Going beyond the MCNC Managed Service
- KnowBe4: Making Community the Center of Your Security Awareness Program
- Cybersecurity: No Experience Required
- Cybersecurity Incident Response Tabletop Exercises (TTX) Office Hours
- Cybersecurity Support Lab
K-12 Cybersecurity Webinar: Built-In Email Security Protections
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K-12 Cybersecurity Webinar: Built-In Email Security Protections
- Email remains one of the most common attack vectors for phishing, malware, and data breaches. Join us in exploring the fundamentals of DNS email security and how to defend against common threats targeting individuals, schools, and organizations. Join the K-12 Cybersecurity Program Team’s John Warf (MCNC) & Amir Lawrence (Friday Institute) to review the concepts and best practices of SFP, DKIM, and DMARC, key configurations inside Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, and our new DNS Email Security Reports.
- Date: February 18, 2026, 10am
- Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/built-in-email-security-protections-tickets-1979999415552?aff=oddtdtcreator
NCTIES NEWS
Registration is now OPEN for NCTIES 26 "Totally Ties"
Registration for #NCTIES26 is officially OPEN!
Get ready to throw it back to the ‘90s with our “Totally TIES” conference—where innovation meets nostalgia!
March 4–6, 2026
Raleigh Convention Center
Don’t miss your chance to connect, learn, and celebrate with educators from across North Carolina.
Register now: bit.ly/NCTIES26Reg
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NCTIES Welcomes Sean Astin as Our Keynote Speaker!
NCTIES is proud to announce our featured speakers for the March Conference. Keynote Speaker: Sean Astin.
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Pre-Conference Speakers, including a few of our own!
North Carolina’s Own
Marsha Sirkin, The Science House
- Saved by the Shift: Totally Science Standards
- Day/Time: Wednesday, 9 AM - 4 PM
- Price: $100
Randy Seldomridge, Caldwell County Schools
Michell McNeil, Johnston County Schools
- Step by Step: Designing Totally Rad Learning Experiences
- Day/Time: Wednesday, 9 AM - 4 PM
- Price: $100
Dr. Catlin Tucker, catlintucker.com
- MTSS: Elevating Tier 1 Instruction
- Day/Time: Wednesday, 9 AM - 12 PM
- Price: $50
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- Differentiated Small Group Instruction with the Station Rotation Model
- Day/Time: Wednesday, 1 PM - 4 PM
- Price: $50
Also:
Jen Hall, Dee Lanier, and Ken Shelton
Check out the pre-conference sessions.
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Leadership Pre-Conference
Leadership pre-conference with Joe Sanfilippo—open for aspiring administrators, instructional leaders, and current administrators at the school and district level.
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