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Educational Technology

Teacher Professionalism

orange arrowMassachusetts 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.

orange arrowMassachusetts Teachers' Domain
Massachusetts Teachers' Domain provides thousands of free digital media resources for classroom use and professional development, all aligned to the evolving Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. Please note that you need to register as a Massachusetts educator in order to see the state-specific page.

orange arrowMassachusetts Verizon Thinkfinity Partnership
Verizon 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.

orange arrowTechnology 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.

orange arrowPromising 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.

orange arrowOnline Professional Development
A number of grant-funded programs have used online professional development to improve teaching practices; promote student learning of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and the Massachusetts Technology Literacy Standards and Expectations; and provide capacity-building solutions through the use MassONE and other innovative educational practices.

orange arrowInstructional 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.

orange arrowTechnology 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.



last updated: August 30, 2010
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