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Focused, Connected, Ready  Why are we Here? | Good Educators are Always Learning Students must have the knowledge and skills that will empower them to be successful in life. By personalizing learning for each student, implementing researched based best teaching practices, and being innovative in our classroom instruction, we can ensure that we will meet our goals.

The is not primarily a technology initiative, nor is technology its main focus or something to be dependent on. **This is about //enhancing teaching and learning to personalize and differentiate learning for students//** and best meet their immediate and long term needs: we want to capture what technology has to offer to support this.

**Enhance, Not Replace  | **Edgecombe's digital initiative focuses on sound pedagogy and content knowledge for educators and leveraging instructional technology through the use of 21st century strategies, tools, and resources.

 Goal | Educators across Edgecombe County will seamlessly incorporate technology into great teaching. By working together, teachers on all campuses will create high quality, technology-infused lessons that prepare students for the rigor of work they will be expected to master in college and across multiple professions as they work to better their community.

 Plan: Train the Trainer | Participants of the professional development sessions are a special part of the journey Edgecombe Co. is undertaking to launch their full-fledged digital transition in their Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. They will be taking what they have learned and turn around to facilitate the content to their colleagues and are participating with the knowledge that they will be training others.


 * ** October 3, 2013 - TPACK 101 and the 4Cs** [ Elementary & Middle School Edition]
 * ** October 23, 2013 - TPACK 101 and the 4Cs** [High School Edition]
 * ** November 19, 2013 - Digital Citizenship and 21st Century Skills** [Elementary, Middle & High School Experience]

You will notice that the content in these sessions are very robust. In usual PD sessions the DLC does not add so much content to its presentation slide, focusing more on discussion and collaboration. Since these sessions are to be used by you to teach others, we tried to be very transparent and add explanatory text to assist you in translating this content for your colleagues.

 Schoology Content | <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Participants have access to all professional development content via this Schoology LMS. It is encouraged that you take an modify the content in order to customize and facilitate to others. Your only requirement is to credit the Digital Learning Collaborative in materials you create to support your staff. <span style="color: #327cbb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">

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