DPI Web Higlights Includes Update On Give Five-Read Five Campaign PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 21 July 2015 05:35

RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - The latest edition of the Department of Public Instruction's web highlights has been posted. They include:

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 1. Dr. Atkinson Discusses Ed Camp in Latest Blog Post

State Superintendent June Atkinson attended her first Ed Camp last week at the Friday Institute at NC State University. In her latest blog post she shares her thoughts about this unconference format and why it’s growing in popularity. To read more about Ed Camp, as well as earlier blog posts from Dr. Atkinson, please visit  http://www.ncpublicschools.org/statesuperintendent/blog/2015/.

2. Opt-in District List for Home Base Tools on the Web
As Race to the Top (RttT) comes to a close, the NCDPI is committed to moving North Carolina public schools towards personalized learning for every student. The Agency is using RttT funds to provide all districts and charter schools access to the full suite of Home Base tools and the newly integrated Learning Management System, Canvas for only $1/ADM. To see if your school district is participating, please visit  http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/.

3. Give Five–Read Five Campaign Surpasses Goal of 500,000 BooksThe Give Five-Read Five campaign collected more than 500,000 books statewide, surpassing its 2015 collection goal.  To see the final numbers please visit  http://www.ncpublicschools.org/give5read5/. Learn more about the schools that collected the most books for Give Five-Read Five at  http://www.ncpublicschools.org/newsroom/news/2014-15/20150629-01.

 
4. Academic and Digital Learning Launches New Website
Academic and Digital Learning recently launched a new website that provides easy access to its divisions that include: Career and Technical Education, Digital Teaching and Learning, Exceptional Children, Home Base, K-12 Standards, Curriculum and Instruction, and the NC Virtual Public School. To learn more about Academic and Digital Learning and how it prepares students beyond graduation for work, further education and citizenship, please visit  http://www.ncpublicschools.org/academic-digital-learning/.


5. 2015 Textbook Adoption School Price List for Science Now Online
The North Carolina textbook adoption school price list for 2015 for Science is now available on the Textbook Adoption website at  http://www.ncpublicschools.org/textbook/adopted/.

 
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