Learning Resource Library

Resources created or curated by the LTC that address essential and relevant K-12 education and technology topics.

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Save Money with Cooperative Purchasing

What is cooperative purchasing? How can it help your district select trusted tech vendors while saving time, effort, and money? This white paper offers answers + an intro to Illinois’ cooperative purchasing program, ILTPP.

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Creative Tips On How To Use Canva’s A.I Features To Enhance Photos | LTC Monthly Tech Tip Video | September 2023

Discover the ultimate way for educators to effortlessly enhance their photos with Canva’s AI features in this months tech tip video.

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What is Google Certification for Educators? | LTC Monthly Tech Tip Video | August 2023

Want to learn how to get started? Eric Santos can tell you how to start your Google Certified learning journey, plus explain why and how a Google Educator certification can help enhance how you harness

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Cybersecurity Resources from K12SIX | LTC Monthly Tech Tip Video | July 2023

In order to create awareness and promote best practices, it is crucial for K-12 schools to provide regular training and resources to their faculty, staff, and students.

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Laws Affecting Technology in School Districts | 2024 Legal Reference Guide

The LTC’s annual Legal Reference Guide provides an introduction to the statutes, regulations, and rules that may apply to the use of technology in your school district.

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Esports Program Checklist

Empower Your New Esports Team at your School with Our Comprehensive Checklist! Unveil the potential of your budding esports squad using this all-inclusive checklist. From recruitment and practice schedules to team branding, our checklist ensures

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Supporting Students & Teachers Well Being with Technology | LTC Monthly Tech Tip Video | June 2023

The combination of mindfulness, social and emotional learning and technology offers a powerful framework for promoting students’ well-being and holistic development. By leveraging digital tools, teachers can create inclusive and engaging learning environments, cultivate essential

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Instructional Technology Coaching to Enhance Professional Practice

Instructional Technology Coaching to Enhance Professional Practice details the rationale and need for instructional technology coaches in school districts across Illinois. This report highlights the role of an instructional technology coach and the Learning Technology

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Illinois Computer Literacy Guidelines Planning Document

This document is an adaptation of ISBE’s Computer Literacy guidelines, with added columns for resources and notes. It includes breakouts by grade band (K-1, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12).

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IL CS Mastery Worksheet

This document is similar to the Alignment Worksheet, but can be used at the classroom level to align the standards to individual lessons or units of instruction. It includes a customizable 3-level scale to show

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IL CS Alignment Worksheet

This document takes the Integrated View of all CS Standards and splits them out by grade band (K-1, 3-5, and 6-8). It provides additional columns to allow districts to self-assess their CS program for alignment

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Integrated View of CS Standards

This document combines the new IL CS Standards into a single view to make it easy to see how they are organized and follow their progression across grade levels. There is a K-12 view, as

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Coding for Littles Poster Series

Let’s go on a journey to explore coding terms that you may already know by another name in this poster series. Download this one-of-a-kind resource for K-2 educators to integrate CS language into activities you

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Easy Tips for Google Docs and Chrome to Streamline Your School Day | LTC Tech Tip | Part 2

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Getting Started with the K 8 Computer Science Standards

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Technology Documentation Guide

Using Google Drive and Docs, this Technology Documentation Guide can help districts more effectively organize critical technology-related documents in a single digital repository.

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Drones in the Classroom – Q&A for Curricular Integration and Funding

Why should drones be part of your school’s curriculum? What classes can drones be used in? Find answers to these questions and more (including funding and safety recommendations) in this handy guide produced by the

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Sample Communications when using IL-NDPA

LTC resource for communicating with vendors about SOPPA and the IL-NDPA.

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Checklist for using the IL-NDPA – Originating or Subscribing

This checklist gives tips and suggestions on the best ways of using the IL-NDPA in combination with the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) database.

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Illinois-National Data Privacy Agreement v1.0a (IL-NDPA)

The IL-NDPA is a data privacy agreement that has been created at a national level by the Student Data Privacy Consortium and customized at a State of Illinois level by the Illinois Council of School

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Managing Agreements with ISPA

LTC Resource sharing a workflow for the management of data privacy agreements for SOPPA.

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Using ISPA to Comply with SOPPA

LTC Resource sharing a workflow for managing SOPPA in your District.

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Getting Started with SOPPA

LTC Resource sharing information about getting started with SOPPA.

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National Data Privacy Agreement + Illinois Exhibit

The National Data Privacy Agreement (NDPA) streamlines application contracting and sets common expectations between schools/districts and marketplace providers. The LTC created an Illinois-specific exhibit that modifies the NDPA for use in Illinois, making it compliant

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The Return to Learn Playbook

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Technology Integration Framework

This framework is versatile and easy to implement, with sections broken down by topic (such as assessment and digital citizenship) and difficulty level (ranging from basic to advanced). The core plan is device- and platform-agnostic

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Resources for Careers in EdTech

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LTC’s Reasonable Security Practices

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Legislative Brief: Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA)