ITES+Resources

**ITES Resources**

Tech Tools Aligned with the //ITES//:
 * K-5
 * 6-8
 * 9-12

Lots of Resources: Educational Origami

netTrekker

Discovery Education:
 * Discovery Education Network
 * 50 Ways to Integrate DE Streaming

Open Source Materials (Creative Commons):
 * Open Educational Resources LiveBinder



**Resources and Services Provided by NC DPI Instructional Technology Division and Partners **

 NCWiseOwl School Technology Needs Assessment (STNA) Looking out for Technology Integration (LoFTI) [|Information Technology Toolkit] North Carolina Intel Teach <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thinkfinity > Common Core State Standards and voluntary curriculum organizations standards. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Instructional Technology Division Web Site <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">21st Century Assessment
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">NC WiseOwl (NC Online Windows for Learning) provides online subscription resources for K-12 public and charter school to ensure that all students have access to a collection of online resources for use in research projects and homework assignments, without regard to the economic status of their local school system.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">STNA is a school wide tool used to gather data for program planning and benchmarking current practice.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">LoFTI is a classroom observation tool used to gauge technology integration.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Livebinder
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">North Carolina's Intel Teach is a research-based professional development program for teachers, curriculum supervisors and administrators provided through a grant from the Intel Foundation. Online tools and an professional learning community support the implementation of this project-based instructional program.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thinkfinity is a web portal supported by the Verizon Foundation. Through this web portal educators, parents, and students are provided access to an online community, interactive web content, reviewed websites, and lesson plans provided at no cost. The resources are aligned with North Carolina's Essential Standards, the
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Instructional Technology Division web site includes news, Standards, Technology Planning, Contact Information for staff, and other resources
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Assessment of programs, staff and resources provided by Instructional Technology Division Staff
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Request assessment

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Professional Organizations
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">North Carolina Technology in Education Society (NCTIES)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">North Carolina School Library Media Association (NCSLMA)

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Higher Education Partnerships
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Professional Development provided by the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> LEARN NC includes both classroom resources and professional development for K–12 teaching and learning and is provided by the University of North Carolina School of Education ||