Social Networking
Throughout the seminar, participants used TodaysMeet as a backchannel for communication. This microblogging tool allowed for discussion among teachers for them to make comments, ask questions, and share resources at any time. Visit the archives of the NCCAT Digital TodaysMeet Room used during the week.
Learning in the 21st Century

Welcome, this week we will be posting daily blog entries from work done by teachers at one of our recent technology seminars led by instructional technology consultant Glenn Gurley, Jr.
Teachers were introduced to a variety of 21st century learning environments and strategies for providing students with effective instruction that leads to student learning using available classroom technology.
Harlan
Ms.Harlan is a member of the EBCI and serves as the Tribal Historian.

Mink
Mr. Mink is executive director of UNC-Chapel Hill’s LEARN NC. He will lead the Institute’s exploration into the vast collection of digital resources that document Cherokee history and American Indian removal.

Dugan
Ms. Dugan, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has an extensive background in education and served for five years as Superintendent of the Cherokee Central Schools. In 1995, she ran for and won the office of Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She is the first woman to hold this office and to date, the only woman to hold this office. During her tenure as Chief, the tribe recovered the property on which the “mother town” of Kituwah was located.
