Research consistently shows that teacher knowledge and confidence is a crucial element in the success of technology integration efforts. Is your professional knowledge keeping up with your needs? Find out how to boost your knowledge through a variety of learning opportunities. To help assess your current technology use and chart a course toward increased technology implementation, consult the EdTech Locator.
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- 21st Century Information Fluency Project
- This resource provides technology-related lesson plans, implementation tips, listings for free professional development opportunities and annotated links for other useful resources.
- Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
- 4Teachers.org
- This is an outstanding resource for rubrics, Project-Based Learning checklists, and a host of other tools to assist teachers in developing alternative assessments for their projects.
- 4teachers.org
- A Teacher's Life
- Meet Lucy Gray, an award-winning teacher leader in Chicago. See how Lucy connects her learning to a larger online community that shares ideas and practice.
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- Access and Equity in Online Classes and Virtual Schools (PDF)
- The focus of this Issues Brief is to increase the awareness of the importance to students, teachers, and administrators of making online courses accessible to meet your legal obligations. This Issues Brief references civil rights legislation in the United States, but the issues of access and equity are relevant to all online programs.
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- Access eLearning
- A free, online ten-module tutorial that offers information, instructional techniques, and practice labs on how to make the most common needs in distance education accessible for individuals with disabilities, and enhance the usability of online materials for all students.
- Georgia Tech Research on Accessible Distance Education Project
- Accommodations and Modifications: Adjusting the Classroom Experience
- This article defines the terms "accommodations" and "modifications" and describes how they are used in the classroom for students with learning disabilities.
- Schwab Foundation for Learning
- Adapting Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science Materials for the Inclusive Classroom
- "This course presents effective, easy-to-implement strategies for adapting curricular materials to meet the needs of diverse learners in inclusive secondary school classrooms." This course focuses on the development of language arts, social studies, and science materials. A registration fee and textbooks are required.
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Adaptive Computer Technologies
- This online workshop introduces participants to a wide range of adaptive technologies. It includes original material contributed by the staff of the Adaptive Technology Resource Center (ATRC) at the University of Toronto. The course format incorporates sample case studies, a review of web-based resources and the opportunity to design a program based on a hypothetical student with special needs.
- Special Needs Opportunity Windows
- Addressing Cyberbullying in Schools
- Address the issue of cyberbullying with tools and workshops provided through this resource, and help students understand that bullying and cyberbullying are behaviors that will not be tolerated.
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- Annenberg Media
- This website provides teacher resources and teacher professional development programming for K-12 teachers free through their satellite channel and Video On Demand. The multimedia resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods.
- Annenberg Media
- Apple Professional Development
- The Apple Professional Development program features an array of offerings organized into four strands: Digital Literacy, Technology Infused Learning, Leadership Development and Consulting Services. An enrollment fee is required to access the resource.
- Apple
- Arcytech
- This resource shows you how to support your teachers in the use of Java Educational Programs.
- Arcytech
- Assistive Technology for Children with Learning Disabilities (PDF)
- This is a guide to assistive technology (AT) and includes information on using and selecting AT. It also discusses various types of AT, including math, reading, and learning technologies.
- Schwab Foundation for Learning
- Assistive Technology Ideas for Writing, Reading, Math, Studying, and Organizing
- This document provides strategies and modifications for using assistive technology. Low-tech and high-tech ideas are given for writing, reading, math, studying, and organizing.
- Parents, Let's Unite for Kids (PLUK)
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities
- The AUCD's mission is to advance policy and practice for and with people with developmental and other disabilities, their families, and their communities by supporting our members in research, education, and service activities that achieve our vision. On their website you can find information about ways technology is being used to educate students with disabilities.
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities
- Autism Language Program
- The Autism Language Program (ALP) at Children's Hospital Boston is a program specifically designed to help children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder communicate and learn more effectively. We consider all forms of communication including spoken, written, gestural (sign) and visual (use of graphic symbols). Children who visit this program are evaluated and ultimately, their families are given a communication plan with recommendations that are tailored to the child's interests and needs, and usually include suggestions for both school and home.
- Children's Hospital Boston
- Background Knowledge Instruction and the Implications for UDL Implementation (Word)
- In this brief, find methods and materials that can be used to support the implementation of background knowledge instruction in concert with the principles of universal design for learning (UDL).
- Access Center
- Best Practices: Staff Development on the Go!
- This podcast series offers current educational topics such as technology trends, action research, and working with mixed-ability classrooms. Each episode typically contains three interviews with experts on the subject.
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- Better Web Searching
- This resource is a quick guide to more efficient and effective web searching.
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- CAST Universal Design for Learning Institutes
- CAST offers various Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Institutes that demonstrate the promise of UDL and effective teaching practices. Each institute allows for small-group work, hands-on technology use, individualized support, and direct application to participants' practice. An enrollment fee is required to access the resource.
- CAST
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