ISTE Partnership
In alignment with the North Carolina Digital Learning Plan, DPI has partnered with the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). This partnership provides ISTE membership for every public school educator in the state of North Carolina. Membership benefits include:
- free access to:
- webinars
- ISTE Connect, which allows for educators with similar interests from around the world to collaborate and share resources
- recordings of past ISTE conference sessions
- monthly access to the Empowered Learner Newsletter which features stories from schools around the world about current Digital Teaching and Learning best practices and experiences
- reduced prices on:
- ISTE U online professional learning courses
- professional books
- research journals
- certifications
- event registrations.
Educators can access their Membership through the ISTE icon in their NCEdCloud account.
If you are a North Carolina Public School Educator and you cannot get into your account, please contact NCISTE@dpi.nc.gov
NC Specific Resources from ISTE
ISTE has been working to create Topic Guides that specifically address the goals in the North Carolina Digital Learning Plan. Current topic guides that are available include:
More coming soon!
If you have a suggestion for a topic guide that you would like to see. Please email your ideas to ashley.mcbride@dpi.nc.gov.
Every ISTE member gets a free ebook each year.
This year the book is Learning Supercharged: Digital Age Strategies and Insights from the EdTech Frontier by Lynne Shrum and Sandy Summerfield
To learn how to download this ebook, follow the instructions in this video.