On December 9th through the 15th, people all over the world will celebrate coding and computer science by participating in Hour of Code events. We hope your school will have activities or lessons around this so that you can participate, as well. If you and your students use CS First, you may want to do […]

This year celebrates the 20th year of NCWiseOwl in North Carolina schools. This invaluable resource is often underused and forgotten.  But we are planning on featuring components of this tool in our online posts throughout this year. For this month, we’d like to overview what kinds of tools are part of this online hub of […]

Thanks to feedback from educators to Google, Classroom continues to have features added to enhance its use. One of the features that we love about Google Classroom is the ability to organize the Classwork content manually, so that it can be ordered in the way that is most effective for instruction. Let’s take a look […]

October 14th through the 18th is Digital Citizenship Week. To support this important week, Kahoot! and Common Sense Media have joined forces to provide some fun, interactive Kahoot! activities for promoting digital citizenship.  Available Kahoots include News & Media Literacy, Who Are You on Social Media?, Dealing with Negativity Online and several more.  Use this […]

October is National “Go on a Field Trip” month. Who knew? So with this month quickly approaching, we wanted to provide you with some resources for FREE digital field trips that you might want to consider.  Save money, save gas, save time and even travel to places you’d never though possible through the assistance of […]

This year we have another round of Project Empower Pilot Teachers from grades K-5! We are excited to begin with another group of educators to develop technology integration skills and strategies to enhance instruction for our students. Participating teachers will receive over 30 hours of face-t0-face professional development and time to explore tools and strategies […]

Making Organization a Priority Google is constantly improving its GSuite features and apps. One of the newest features that I have found particularly helpful in Google Drive is the Priority Page. This is a new area showing up on the navigation sidebar within Drive. After clicking on this page, you will see that your Drive […]

Welcome to the new school year!  We are excited for a new year to begin. Whether you are new to HCPS or are returning for another great year, we wanted to remind you of a few resources to help you get the year started off right. Join your Google Groups and add your Google Calendars […]

Continuous learning is a vital part of our department’s mission. We want to build capacity in our schools and collaboration in our district. Our department strives to provide staff with multiple opportunities for earning Digital Learning Credits (DLCs).  Currently we offer face-to-face sessions and online at-your-own pace sessions. Visit these resources to help you strengthen […]

We are excited to share with you our Instructional Technology News and Resources center. These posts will share resources for technology integration and how you can improve your skills with using technology in your role.  We look forward to sharing these resources with you. Each month you will get an email about the posts shared […]