Check out our upcoming technology offerings below. Visit our website for a complete listing of our professional development programs.
Here is what one teacher said about time in a NCCAT technology seminar ...
Here's an interesting look at Pinterest boards to help with educational technology.
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A message from NCCAT Fellow Donna Glee Williams ...
We have some spaces available in the October 13-16 Reading, Writing, and Ready seminar and would particularly love to have some of your teacher-friends join us for this seminar, which will include great folks like: Roya Scales, Amy Jo Spencer, Jenifer Ross of the Jackson County Library, and Pam Meister over at the Mountain Heritage Center.
As teachers we all know that getting students motivated and engaged in their own learning is an important first step in any learning cycle. One successful method of engaging students is to reframe the learning into a more enjoyable context.
It was NCCAT's pleasure to receive a book donation from alumna Jan Carmichael this week. Jan was with us for "Promoting Early Grades Literacy Through the Arts" in Cullowhee, where teachers learned ways to integrate arts education across the curriculum. Jan has been doing that in creative ways at Doris Henderson Newcomers School in Guilford County.
Congratulations to five public schools in North Carolina on receiving National Blue Ribbons.
From North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
We are always excited to hear how NCCAT alumni continue to make a difference in classrooms across the state. It was good to read recently about Allison Stewart, a teacher at FPG Bilingüe Elementary School in Chapel Hill-Carrboro, who used her summer internship with the NC Science Festival to help students. Here is what she wrote for the Kenan Fellows ...
Dave Burgess, an award-winning educator and author from San Diego, California, will give a presentation about his innovative teaching techniques at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University. Burgess is a high school history teacher who uses energetic and entertaining classroom methods and specializes in reaching students who are difficult to motivate.
Apply now to join us October 7-10 in Ocracoke!
The Smoky Mountain News recently featured NCCAT: "Dr. Richard Thompson is breathing a bit easier this semester. He’s not worrying about funding. Not wondering if the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching will slip into the abyss. It was a breath-holding summer for Thompson and his staff in Cullowhee. But since the General Assembly decided during its short session to include money in the state budget to continue funding the teaching center, its executive director is all smiles. “We’re really excited about that,” Thompson said.