District/School Administration PK-16 Program Support
Educational Technology

Teacher Professionalism

	Online Professional Development Since 2006, the Department has used Title IID Educational Technology grant funding to pilot online professional development courses with MassONE as the delivery system. These courses are designed to improve teaching practices, promote student learning of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and K-12 Instructional Technology Standards, and provide capacity-building solutions through the innovative educational practices.
	Promising Practices These examples provide glimpses into Massachusetts classrooms, demonstrating the power of technology to enhance teaching and learning. Many of the examples include links to sample student work, classroom photographs, videos, multimedia presentations, and digital artwork.
	Massachusetts Thinkfinity Partnership Thinkfinity is a comprehensive program and online portal that provides teachers with over 55,000 educational resources, including standards-based, grade-specific, K-12 lesson plans and interactive tools and materials.
	Technology Integration Matrix This resource from the University of South Florida illustrates ways teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. Using videos from K-12 classrooms, the site provides models of technology integration in both one-to-one environments and shared-computer environments. The site also presents examples of increasingly sophisticated levels of technology integration, as well as methodologies that create meaningful learning environments.
	Massachusetts Online Network for Education (MassONE) MassONE is the Commonwealth's set of web-based tools for communication, collaboration, and curriculum planning, which are designed to support PreK-12 standards-based teaching and learning.
	Instructional Technology Teacher Certification Useful information about the license requirements and how to meet them is available, and the licensing process may now be completed online.
	Technology Self- Assessment Tool (TSAT) TSAT allows teachers to determine their own levels of technology proficiency and professional development needs. TSAT also allows schools and districts to access aggregated data from their teachers in order to better focus their professional development efforts.