Curriculum development refers to the development of classroom-ready instructional materials. Resources in this section include articles, case stories, toolkits, and information on training opportunities about incorporating assistive and educational technology into a curriculum that is accessible to all students.

 

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Assistive Technology for Alternate Assessment and Evidence-Based Practice

Find out some ways to use technology for ongoing accessible diagnostic and prescriptive curriculum planning and alternate assessment through general education curriculum software that has been designed for universal access and provides scaffolds for differentiated instruction.

Classroom 2.0 Wiki

This site is devoted to building resources for the classroom and professional-development use of Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies. It provides you with a good overview of the technologies, some ideas for lesson plans, and then points you in the direction of more detailed resources.

Classroom Technology Management

Discover tips for arranging classroom technology to maximize learning and minimize potential disruptions.

CoSN Small District Technology Leadership Wiki

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is a voice for K-12 education leaders who use technology strategically to improve teaching and learning. The objective of this wiki is to provide a space for collaborative work around topics regarding effective planning for and use and implementation of technology.

Digital Divide and EdTech

Browse a list of tools that provide fact sheets, research, articles, and online resources for addressing the multicultural digital divide.

Education Mashup Award Winners

View a showcase of some of the best education mashups on the web.

Educational Technology

Educational Technology provides news, techniques, and theories of effective use of technology in education for use and consideration when implementing professional development.

Edutopia's Project-Based Learning Teaching Module

Edutopia's Project-Based Learning teaching module is designed for either a two- to three-hour class or session or a one- to two-day workshop, and is divided into two parts.

Enhancing Your Instruction Through Differentiation

Enhancing Your Instruction Through Differentiation is a professional development module created by Access Center staff for technical assistance providers or district or State personnel. This module provides background information about differentiated instruction, demonstrates differentiation strategies, and addresses issues of implementation at the school and district level.

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Intel Education

Coordinate technology needs through Intel’s Education web site, which provides unit and lesson plans created by teachers, as well as other resources for math, science and technology.

Literacy - Teacher to Teacher

The annual Teacher to Teacher summer workshops sponsored by the U.S.Department of Education have become popular places for teachers to pick up lesson ideas and teaching strategies from accomplished colleagues (and share some of their own). This page collects the 2007 presentations and handouts from literacy workshop sessions around the USA. Materials are provided on teaching reading, comprehension, vocabulary and writing across the curriculum, working with struggling adolescent readers, narrative writing, expository compositions, persuasive writing, reading and writing in math and science and with limited English proficient students, plus literature and the arts. Browse dozens of articles and click anything of interest to read a summary. Middle grades teachers and literacy coaches will want to examine the several presentations on unlocking the mysteries of informational text.

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Maryland Assistive Technology Network

The Maryland Assistive Technology Network (MATN) provides assistive technology specialists information on the most up-to-date AT policies, practices, and devices. CTE offers professional development opportunities to MATN members through its semi-annual institutes with nationally acclaimed leaders in assistive technology, regional meetings, and the MATN Online Web site.

Maryland Online IEP

The Maryland Online IEP is a tool developed by Maryland State Department of Education Division of Special Education and Early Intervention Services in Partnership with Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education with funding from IDEA Part B, the U.S. Department of Education. The tool produces and maintains one complete record of IEP information for each child. The result is a high level of data integrity and accuracy from which educators and the families they serve can make effective decisions.

Math Matrix

The math matrix is intended to serve as a resource that matches technology tools with supporting literature on promising practices for the instruction of math for students with disabilities. Search for products and evidence among the six purposes of technology that support reading for students with special needs.

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MATNOnline Wiki

This wiki provides educators in Maryland with resources to support the education of all students in a Universally Designed for Learning Classroom supports students with disabilities with the use of Assistive Technology.

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Middle School Math Project

Although the Middle School Math Project was developed specifically for California teachers (it's aligned to CA standards and textbooks), middle grades math teachers in every state will be rewarded when they explore this website. This project seeks to make the connections between math and technology. Visit the link above to examine collections of video and print lesson components, many with teacher support material, aligned to standards (and several popular texts) by grade level.

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Online Professional Development: Get the Facts

This list of important questions relating to online professional development (PD) invites users to assess their own needs and decide for themselves if online PD is right for them. It also includes a buyer's checklist for online PD systems and a "Who's Who" of online PD providers.

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Online Technology Tutorials

Learn classroom technology teaching techniques through these online tutorials.

Open Educational Resources

OER Commons is the first comprehensive open learning network where teachers and professors (from pre-K to graduate school) can access their colleagues’ course materials, share their own, and collaborate on affecting today’s classrooms. It uses Web 2.0 features (tags, ratings, comments, reviews, and social networking) to create an online experience that engages educators in sharing their best teaching and learning practices.

Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education

Reading Matrix

This matrix is intended to serve as a resource that matches technology tools with supporting literature on promising practices for the instruction of reading for students with disabilities. Search for products and evidence among the six purposes of technology that support reading for students with special needs.

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