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The North Carolina State Board of Education has among its strategic goals, the mission of producing 21st Century Professionals and Globally Competitive Students. In an effort to reflect the mission of North Carolina’s Future-Ready Schools for the 21st Century, the NC Department of Public Instruction’s Middle and High Social Studies Section in collaboration with the Instructional Technology Section has designed a year-long professional development focused on integrating technology into the K-12 social studies classroom. The goals of this program are to raise student achievement in social studies and to build capacity for NC school districts in the area of technology instruction. By helping teachers integrate technology in a meaningful way that is contentappropriate and tied to the NC Standard Course of Study and local curricula, we believe these goals can be accomplished. As the North Carolina Educational Technology Plan (2007-2009) suggests, “Technology is a tool that enables teachers and administrators to work more productively, offering solutions for time management, student monitoring and intervention, and interesting and effective lessons and classroom activities.” To that end, we have created three (3) regional trainings in which to deliver related professional development. These trainings in technology instruction will not be a one-time effort, but will be an on-going and sustainable venture, with participants sharing their work products and developed expertise. Thus, participants will have access to resources that can return with them to their LEAs to train fellow educators.

**Who is Eligible to participate?**
In order to participate in this professional development, participants will need to be:
 * A current Social Studies teacher in grades K-12, an Instructional Technology specialist, a school media coordinator, or a curriculum specialist at a NC public or charter school. Preference will be given to applicants who are able to create and implement the social studies unit developed in their cohort.
 * Currently serving at an Institution of Higher Education as a professor in a Social Studies related area or the School of Education

**Application Requirements**
Submit a Letter of Support from your supervisor that includes an agreement to:
 * Provide financial resources to cover registration and travel expenses
 * Pay for a substitute, if needed, for you to attend the training sessions
 * Allow time to deliver professional development during the year after training is completed, in which the participate trains //__at least 10 social studies teachers in your school or district__//

Write an essay to address the following (no more than 2 typed pages): Complete the application form and meet all the above requirements
 * Describe how you will benefit as an individual from this training.
 * What is your level of use and comfort with technology in the classroom?
 * How will you use the instruction received in this venture to build capacity in your LEA? Include your plan for training others at your school/district.

**Participant Requirements****:**
Each participant will agree to do the following:
 * Attend one group session in Raleigh on **June 18, 2008** to review the program’s expectations, meet fellow regional participants, and receive training resources
 * Attend and participate in all (3) training sessions for your particular region
 * Complete all assignments to support unit development as described in each mini-camp session. Missing deadlines for the creation and sharing of your unit may result in the loss of C.E.U. credits.
 * Design and provide written strategies for your Social Studies Technology Professional Development where at least 10 social studies educators in your school or district will be trained.
 * Following the training completion, summations of that training must be provided to DPI as a source of data collection.

**District Requirements****:**
Each district or charter school will agree to: Provide a Letter of Support from the participant’s Principal or appropriate supervisor indicating that they agree to the following requirements.
 * Provide funding for necessary expenses incurred by participant (i.e. Lodging, food, travel, and registration fee)
 * Provide the participant ample time to complete assignments and to execute the professional development they have designed.

**Participants Will Receive:**
Training In:
 * GeoCaching (GPS device) and Google Earth (GPS Technology)
 * Internet Usage/Evaluation/Research
 * Multimedia authoring programs (i.e. Digital photography, video streaming, Movie-Maker, photostory, etc.)
 * Digital Communication (i.e. podcasting, blogging, wikis, and other on-line collaboration tools, teleconferencing.)
 * Formative assessment tools (i.e. e-instruction)

Continuing Education Credits are granted as follows: Mini-Camp trainings: 36 participation hours in technology credit + 24 participation hours in social studies for assignments/planning

**Cost for Participants****:**
Registration Fee of $75  Locations and trainings for 2008-2009 ** Location: Appalachian State University || July 24-25, 2008 Location: Sandhills Community College || July 31-August1, 2008 Location: East Carolina University || Location: Appalachian State University || October 16-17, 2008 Location: Sandhills Community College || October 23-24, 2008 Location: East Carolina University || Location: Appalachian State University || January 29-30, 2009 Location: Sandhills Community College || February 5-6, 2009 Location: East Carolina University || || June__2009__ __ Location: Raleigh __ || June__2009__ __ Location: Raleigh __ || June__2009 Location: Raleigh || Home **
 * I. Regional Training and Dates**
 * Three 2-day regional training sessions in cohort sessions
 * District should reimburse participant for travel, lodging, and substitute if needed
 * Regional Training Schedule || Mountain || Piedmont || Coastal ||
 * ** Summer 2008 **
 * Tech Mini Camp I: ** || July 21-22, 2008
 * ** Fall 2008 **
 * Tech Mini Camp II: ** || October 13-14, 2008
 * ** Winter 2009 **
 * Tech Mini Camp III: ** || January 26-27, 2009
 * ** Summer 2009 Celebration and Planning **
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