What should a school or district’s goals for teachers’ technology competencies be? What percentage of teachers meet—or should meet—those standards? Find out how to enhance teachers’ skills and make your school or district more proficient. To help assess your current technology use and chart a course toward increased technology implementation, consult the EdTech Locator.
Related Resources
- 2Learn
- This website includes a wide array of tools for teachers to use with students, and for professional development teachers to use with teachers. Plan projects online and explore all the different options for online PD.
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- 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 National Primer on K-12 Online Learning (PDF)
- Although many have shown enthusiasm for online courses and online learning, teachers, administrators, and other school and district staff oftentimes do not know what to do online or how to implement it. This primer provides helpful advice for educational professionals in developing and advancing online learning.
- North American Council for Online Learning
- 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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- Agency for Instructional Technology Training
- The Agency for Instructional Technology offers customized trainings for schools and organizations. Their instructional designers and professional educators create unique training programs.
- Agency for Instructional Technology
- 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
- Arcytech
- This resource shows you how to support your teachers in the use of Java Educational Programs.
- Arcytech
- 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.
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- 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.
- SDSU
- Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
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- 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.
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- Classroom Connect
- Classroom Connect provides professional development programs and online instructional materials for K-12 education. Classroom Connect offers online courses and customized face-to-face workshops to increase the level of technology integration in a district or develop a custom professional development program for a teacher.
- Classroom Connects
- Classroom Technology Management
- Discover tips for arranging classroom technology to maximize learning and minimize potential disruptions.
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- Cooperative Quizzes: Learning Through Group Assessment
- This on-line “workshop” is intended for instructors who wish to learn how to implement cooperative quizzes with their students. A cooperative quiz is a very easy way to generate cooperative learning. The workshop involves several videos showing students engaged in a cooperative quiz, and an instructor who is commenting on specific aspects of the activity.
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- Creating and Connecting: Research and Guidelines on Online Social – and Educational - Networking (PDF)
- Share this survey from NSBA with your administration. Discuss how to address the recommendations about school policies and social networking.
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- Digital Divide and EdTech
- Browse a list of tools that provide fact sheets, research, articles, and online resources for addressing the multicultural digital divide.
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- Disability 411
- Access blog and podcast for educators working in special education, both in K-12 and higher education. View the archives for podcasts on a variety of topics in disability education.
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- EdTech Locator - PD Coordinators
- Use the EdTech Locator to identify where you, your school, or district is located on a continuum of technology integration. Map a course to deepen your technology integration to improve the achievement of all students. In addition, use CITEd's Teacher Self Assessment to help identify your placement on the Ed Tech Locator.
- CITEd
- Education Mashup Award Winners
- View a showcase of some of the best education mashups on the web.
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