STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY

COMPUTER/TECHNOLOGY SKILLS :: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction gratefully acknowledges the cooperation and assistance provided by individuals and groups throughout the state in the current revision process. Without such cooperation, the revision of the K-12 Computer/Technology Skills Standard Course of Study would not have been possible.

We wish to express special thanks to the Computer/Technology Skills Core Revision Committee for providing the leadership and vision that guided the development of these materials. The untiring efforts of the members of this group contributed greatly to the completion of this task:

  • Patsy Hester, Instructional Technology Coordinator, Wake County Public Schools
  • David Warlick, Parent, Wake County
  • Barbara Taylor, Associate Professor, Computing Sciences, Elon University
  • Christopher Cobitz, Director of Technology, Thomasville City Schools
  • Julie Noland, Technology Coordinator, Haywood County Schools
  • Janet McLendon, Instructional Technology Facilitator, Carteret County Schools
  • Gail Morse, Technology Coordinator, Durant Road Middle School,
  • Wake County Public Schools Lisa Locklear, 8th Grade Teacher, Brunswick County Schools
  • Beckey Reed, Technology Outreach, North Carolina State University
  • Amy Washburn, Director of Technology, Union County Schools
  • Carrie Kirby, Instructional Technology Facilitator, Transylvania County Schools
  • David Kafitz, Assistant Principal Middle School, Buncombe County Schools
  • Campbell Price, Instructional Technology Consultant, South Central Region, NCDPI
  • Mary Lou Daily, Instructional Technology Consultant, Western Region, NCDPI
  • Acacia Dixon, Instructional Technology Consultant, Eastern Region, NCDPI
  • Annemarie Timmerman, Instructional Technology Consultant, North Central Region, NCDPI
  • Donald Carter, Early Childhood Consultant, NCDPI
  • Eva Phillips, Early Childhood Consultant, NCDPI
  • Fran Hoch, Section Chief, Second Languages/ESL/Information and Computer Skills/Arts Education and Healthful Living, NCDPI
  • Martha Campbell, Information Skills/Computer Skills Consultant, NCDPI
  • Educators statewide who participated in the current revision process by working with the Core Committee by responding to surveys, and attending focus group sessions and reacting to draft documents.
  • The faculty from institutions of higher education who advised the staff and assisted in the revision of curriculum.
  • Those who participated in public hearings.
  • The Raleigh-based staff in Arts Education, Early Childhood Education, English Language Arts, Instructional Technology, Mathematics, Science, Second Languages, Social Studies, Testing and Accountability, and Workforce Development.
  • The office support staff who provided assistance to the committee.
  • The Developers of the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS*S) for permission to use the Profiles of a Technology Literate And NETS-S Goals in this document.(3)
  • The Division of Communications Services for technical assistance in the editing and formatting this publication.

The current revision process involved on some level the entire education community, and its end product is a North Carolina curriculum of which the state can be justifiably proud. We will continue to revise and improve the Standard Course of Study to meet the needs of the children of North Carolina.

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