Florida Center for Instructional Technology
College of Education, University of South Florida
Technology Integration Matrix | iTeach Professional Learning | Digital Content for the Classroom
APRIL 2018
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TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION MATRIX
The TIM and Assistive Technology
How does the TIM relate to assistive technologies that are designed to be used by students with disabilities? Read more….
Presenting the TIM to Your Teachers
This two-minute read will save you hours of time preparing presentations for your faculty and staff. Read more….
You’re invited to our next TIM Research Roundtable April 6, 2018 at noon EDT. Use Chrome to join us online at http://TIMResearch.FCIT.US. Each month we discuss research related to the Technology Integration Matrix and TIM Tools. It’s a great opportunity to share a hour with your research peers in other districts.
ITEACH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Featured Course: Accessibility in the Digital Classroom
Students come to us with a variety of learning styles and abilities. In this course you will learn effective strategies and best practices for making your digital classroom
accessible to all students. Read more….
Top 5 Ways to Make Your Online Course More Personal
What are the key ingredients in making an online course personal? See how participants responded to this characteristic of iTeach courses. Read more….
View the complete iTeach Professional Learning catalog at http://iteach.usf.edu/browse-courses/.
FREE DIGITAL CONTENT FOR THE CLASSROOM
Free Hispanic heritage iBooks and a great trick for adding color to B/W drawings this month.
Enhance Your History Curriculum with Hispanic Heritage iBooks
Supplement your current History courses with these iBooks produced by FCIT for the National Park Service. For use in US History or state history in Florida, Texas, New Mexico,
and California. Read more….
Colorizing Clipart: Intro to Blending Modes
If you’ve ever spent more than two minutes colorizing a piece of black and white clipart, you probably don’t know this trick. Read more….
Each month we present a dozen thematic collections of content from across FCIT’s varied digital content sites. Here are our collections for April:
- April 2: “La Florida” Claimed for Spain
- April 5: Booker T. Washington
- April 9: General Lee Surrenders
- April 11: Liberation of Buchenwald
- April 13: Thomas Jefferson Born
- April 16: Wilbur Wright Born
- April 18: Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
- April 21: Charlotte Bront
- April 21: Spanish-American War Begins
- April 23: William Shakespeare
- April 27: Arbor Day
Do you have a question about TIM, iTeach, or our digital content collections that you’d like to see addressed in a future newsletter? Just email us at TIM@FCIT.US. We look forward to hearing from you!




