NC SIGS

NCTIES is very excited to launch our new special interest groups for the state of NC. These groups are intended to bring educators together in order to create, collaborate, and share resources and conversations. We want this to be all you want or need it to be! As we are just getting started, your thoughts are very important and we want your voice in this project. Please let us know what we can provide in these groups so that they are useful to you.

To participate, please join our Ning Social Network
http://ncsigs.ning.com/

CRSTE Cyber Conference

The CRSTE CyberConference 2010 is our first online event free to educators promoting the exchange of ideas and opportunities for collaboration across the CRSTE region and beyond. Each evening from between February 21 – March 5, 2010. Plan to attend any and all sessions of interest to you. Can't make a specific presentation? They will be archived online for your future perusal!

Here it is..hot off the cyber-presses..the final version of the CRSTE CyberConference 2010 Catalog!
Simply point your browser to http://crste.org/images/C3.pdf to get your copy.

Grants

Three (3) $3000 Grants will be awarded for innovative, student-involved projects, which effectively use technology. Each grant recipient will receive a check for $3000 and agree to present at the 2011 NCTIES Conference at the Raleigh Convention Center March 2nd – 4th. The winner will receive registration and one night’s lodging in addition to the check for the school. At that conference each winner will present a session concerning the product/project that was aided by the grant money.

Please visit www.ncties.org/grants for more information

Letter from President

Letter from NCTIES President 2009

Wow, what an Extreme Makeover for the 2009 NCTIES Conference this past March at the new Raleigh Convention Center! We are still continuing with our remodeling and we are ready to embark on the next journey for our organization. Over the past months, we have continued to plan next year’s conference, which is set for March 3-5. This conference will once again push NC Educators into a new technology journey for our students. We are very excited about the awesome changes in this upcoming adventure.

Take note of our new website (www.ncties.org) which includes the new details about our conference. We will have a different schedule for the conference that includes lunch on Thursday with your paid registration. It will be a journey of new discoveries and we need your help! What new adventures are you taking every day with technology in education? Do you have something to share at NCTIES? Please plan to submit a call to present so you can be included as a concurrent presenter or maybe present for a poster session.

Has your journey taken you into Second Life™ and you want to learn more? Join me, EJ Escobar, on a trek to discover the new, exciting places that NC has to offer in Second Life™.

If you have been waiting for that little push to try something new, well here it is. PUSH! Take your professional development to the next level of adventure. Surprise your students, your school and your districts by pushing forward with technology integration. Join me in the push by connecting via twitter (ellenj1971), Second Life™ (EJ Escobar) and feel free to invite me on your journey.

Let’s push technology in NC education like a run away train that breaks all barriers.

Conference Site

Our conference site is now up! Please take a moment to check it out!

www.ncties.org/conference