Governor Pat McCrory signed the state budget today which includes the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching as a recurring item. You have helped us continue our mission of quality professional development for North Carolina educators.

Thank you so much for your efforts and time on behalf of NCCAT. We were grateful that at least one educator in every county in the state signed an online petition of support created by Charlotte alumni Donald Nagel. And we know many of you wrote to and called Legislators and the Governor. It made a difference.

Glenn Gurley is a great presenter we've been fortunate to have at NCCAT. Glenn is always coming up with great ideas. Here is one for a low cost document camera stand for mobile devices. More about it at Glenn's blog ... http://glenngurley.blogspot.com/2014/07/mobile-device-document-camera.html

Thanks for sharing this Glenn!

We're excited to let you know about a new way to connect with us and other teachers - #nccatchat. In August, NCCAT will host four Twitter chats. Hope you can join us! Here is more information on the date and time, topic, hashtag and moderator(s):

Monday, 8/18, 8:00 p.m.;Establishing a productive classroom culture; #nccatchat; Dr. Deb Teitelbaum (@DebTeitelbaum) , Lead Fellow NCCAT and Tiffany Poole Carter (@tpizzie1), Social Studies teacher in Rowan-Salisbury Schools

Google tools can be extremely valuable for today’s educators. Mike Shumake, aka Shu in ed circles, is an Education Technology Expert and Edtech leader from Raleigh. He led this week’s program “Integrating Digital Learning into the Curriculum,” in Cullowhee.

Looking for digital tools to help teach early grades literacy? Jayme Linton, who is presenting this week at the NCCAT program “Building a Strong Literacy Foundation in Early Grades” in Ocracoke, can help.

Click here for digital tools to help with early grades literacy.