Jump Start your Professional Learning with a FREE LTC Online Course
No matter how you look at it, today’s educators are busy people. The LTC understands this dilemma, which is why we offer a variety of free, self-paced online courses covering topics from Google Forms and Google Drive to Microsoft Teams and Keynote for Mac. You can learn more about and participate in these courses over on our Online Courses hub!
LTC Joins Google Cloud Partner Program
The Learning Technology Center of Illinois (LTC) is proud to announce its recent acceptance into the Google Cloud Partner Program.
Episode 7: Talking Toddlers with Susie Allison
In this episode, host Colleen Kaplan sits down with Susie Allison, creator of the popular Busy Toddler Instagram account, to talk about all things toddlers and preschool. Susie, an early childhood education expert and advocate, focuses on bringing hands-on, play-based learning back to families and classrooms using simple activities.
“That’s a wrap!” – Highlights from IETC 2020
The 27th annual Illinois Education and Technology Conference (IETC) wrapped up on Saturday, November 21. This year marked the conference’s first venture into the virtual realm, with all sessions, workshops, and networking held online. Read on for highlights from this first-of-its-kind professional learning experience.
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Illinois Student Privacy Alliance
The Learning Technology Center (LTC) formed the Illinois Student Privacy Alliance (ISPA). The ISPA is a collaboration of Illinois school districts that share common concerns around student privacy. The goal of the ISPA is to set standards of both practice and expectations around student privacy such that all parties involved have a common understanding of expectations.
State Board to host Q&A events on new flexibility for school districts to define instructional days
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced opportunities for educators, parents, families, and school and district leaders to learn more about recent changes to the definition of instructional days. School districts now have flexibility to define instructional days locally based on what will improve student outcomes.
Learn How to Use Google Classroom!
Learn how to use Google Classroom with this great video playlist!
What is media literacy and why should you teach it in your classroom?
How many advertisements do you come across in one day- ten, fifty, hundreds, thousands? How can you teach your students to navigate this stream of information effectively?
Digital Citizenship Week Recap
Bring digital citizenship to your classroom with these resources!
3 Great Resources to Teach Digital Citizenship
Three websites that can help you, as an educator, prepare your students to be good digital citizens.
Encourage Digital Media Literacy with Listenwise and Allsides
An important aspect of digital citizenship is learning how to decipher what is quality sourced information, and what is not.
What Does Your Tattoo Say About You?
Do you have a tattoo? What’s the story behind it? What does it say about who you are? The term “digital footprint” is well known and represents what trace of us we leave behind when we are visible and active online.
Google Wants Your Students to Be Internet Awesome!
How can we, as educators, help students navigate online situations properly? One option comes from Google’s Be Internet Awesome Digital Citizenship and Safety Curriculum.