Welcome to the
Ithaca City School District
Instructional Technology website!

Our district has made a substantial committment to educational technology use. Each of our twelve schools has received a significant amount of new technology hardware and software over the past several years in response to proposals generated at the building level. Much of our focus has now shifted from equipment acquisition to supporting teachers as they work to integrate technology into the teaching and learning environment. As a guide in this effort, we use the ISTE Standards to guide our Digital Literacy work.

Staff development is an essential element of our efforts to adjust the content and means of delivering our curriculum to students in this new century. We have one full time Technology Integration Staff Developer, Roger Sevilla, and a crew of Technology Mentors in the schools.Workshops are listed in MyLearningPlan and are usually held in the Professional Development Center (PDC) at IHS.

We hope that you will find access to useful tools to improve teaching and learning here.This site will be updated frequently with new resources, so please visit us again soon!

Links:
Literacy Matters- Web resources in support of new information and communication tools:
Assistive Tech. Blogging Digital Storytelling Google Graphic Organizers Podcasting Scavenger Hunts Social Bookmarking SMART Boards & IWB Videos & Slides WebQuests Wikis

Literacy Changes - Collection of links for students and teachers:
Audio resources Blackboard Cyber Safety Families&Technology Grade Level Resources Graphic Organizers Images and Words kidpix Kidspiration and Inspiration Literacy Academy Resources Supporting Families and Children RSS Scavenger Hunts Special Education Technology Planning Text-to-Speech voicethread