A North Idaho-based educational technology organization, Northwest Council for Computer Education, NCCE, has recently signed a partnership with Microsoft Corporation to teach more than 1,000 educators in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

NCCE http://ncce.org/ is currently training 12 educators from the Pacific Northwest this week to roll out four hands-on T3 Tools for Teaching and Learning Technology courses developed exclusively by the Microsoft Corporation.

"This partnership is part of NCCE’s overall mission to provide affordable professional development for school districts and reach as many people as we can," said Heidi B. Rogers, NCCE executive director. "Over 1,000 plus educators will be a part of this project and we are really excited to be a part of schools’ ongoing need for professional development at reasonable costs."

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