The Florida Center for Instructional Technology provides professional learning, digital content, and technology integration evaluation services to schools and districts worldwide. Located in the University of South Florida’s College of Education, FCIT has been a leader in K-20 technology integration since 1982. More about FCIT….
Digital Content for the Classroom
FCIT offers over 100,000 pieces of free digital content for non-commercial classroom use by students and teachers.
- ClipArt ETC: Over 70,000 royalty-free illustrations for classroom use
- ClipPix ETC: Over 23,000 royalty-free stock photographs for classroom use
- Exploring Florida: Social studies, language arts, & science resources for students & teachers
- Lit2Go: Over 5,500 audio files of K-12 literature along with print resources & activities
- Maps ETC: Over 5,000 royalty-free historic maps from around the world
- Presentations ETC: Thousands of backgrounds, buttons, letters, and other presentation extras
- Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust: photographs, documents, art, music, & literature
- Classroom Assessment
- ClipAudio ETC
- ClipVideo ETC
- Educator’s Guide to School Networks
- ESOL TAPESTRY and ESOL TAPESTRY Journal
- Multicultural Education through Miniatures
- Tech-Ease: Just-in-time Classroom Tech Help
- NPS Hispanic Heritage iBook Series
Technology Integration
The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) provides a framework for describing and targeting the use of technology to enhance learning. The TIM website includes presentations, PDFs, and additional graphic elements for use in professional development activities. Video examples are included for each cell of the Matrix.
You will also find descriptions of the TIM Evaluation Tools including:
iTeach Professional Learning
iTeach Professional Learning courses are designed for educators and administrators at all levels. Each four-week iTeach Professional Learning course is interactive and engaging, delivered completely online, and facilitated by an expert in the field.
Begin with our most popular TIM courses:
- TIMT-100: Implementing TIM Evaluation Tools
- TIMT-120: Implementing the TIM Observation Tool
- TIMT-130: TIM for Instructional Planning
- TIMT-140: TIM Observer Training
Or browse the complete catalog on the iTeach website.
Featured Collections for March
We’ve created some special collections of digital content for the month of March. Most of the following bring together resources from a variety of FCIT websites for your convenience. If you are planning ahead, scroll down to the April collection below or browse all of our featured collections by month.
Featured Collections for April
If you are planning ahead, here are some special collections of digital content for the month of April. You can also browse all of our featured collections by month.