LEARN NC at NC Middle School Association Conference

LEARN NC will conduct several presentations at the North Carolina Middle School Association Conference in Greensboro on March 16 and 17. Presentations are as follows:

The North Carolina History Digital Textbook Project

David Walbert and Ross White

LEARN NC’s “digital textbook” for 8th-grade North Carolina history offers a new model for teaching and learning, making primary sources and multimedia central to the learning experience. Learn how to use this free online resource to inspire your students, promote inquiry, and bring the past into the twenty-first century.

Seeing the world in a new way

David Walbert and Eric Eaton, Polk Co. Middle School

Participants will explore LEARN NC’s multimedia, lesson plans, and professional resources and learn how to use them to enhance visual literacy skills while studying world cultures. We are living in an increasingly global society, and learning to look more analytically at images will help students better understand their world.

Turbocharge Your Teaching with Free Technology

Bill Ferris and Ross White

To Instructify means to find new ways to present the same old content. Or MacGyvering anything from software to Post-it notes into cutting-edge teaching tools. Learn to take advantage of countless free resources that lead to authentic, engaging learning experiences for students and more spare time for you.