Technology Literacy by 8th Grade
4 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850
240.314.2271
TL8 Professional Development
Module I:
Building Understanding of the Maryland Technology Literacy Student
Standards
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Outcome
Participants will gain an understanding of how
the student standards support the Voluntary State
Curriculum (VSC) in effective learning using
technology.
Participants will gain an understanding of the
development of the Maryland Technology
Literacy Student Standards (MTLSS) in
alignment with the local and national technology
standards and No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
Participants will gain an understanding of the
structure of the MTLSS and how it parallels with
the VSC.
Participants will gain an understanding of how
the MTLSS can be adapted to fit diverse learning
environments.
Participants will gain an understanding of how
the MTLSS should fit within a Professional
Development Plan (PDP), a School Improvement
Plan (SIP), and a Master Plan (MP) and will
identify one goal from the PDP, SIP, and MP that
will be positively impacted by the MTLSS.
Participants will gain an understanding of the
correlation between the student and teacher
technology standards.
Participants will be able to identify available
technologies in their school.
Participants will review their Local Education
Association’s (LEA) Acceptable Use Policy
(AUP) and relevant LEA technology policies and
proceedures.
Participants will plan for communicating
standards with their expanded learning
community.
Suggested Timeframe
.75 hr. (including introductions)
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.25 hours
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.5 hours
Module II:
Components of Technology Integrated Learning
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Outcome
Participants will review the Maryland
Technology Literacy Student Standards (MTLSS)
and how they support the Voluntary State
Curriculum (VSC) or local curriculum in their
content area.
Participants will research and critique articles
related to technology use in the classroom in the
following areas: student centered differentiation,
collaboration and instructional setting.
Participants will use the VSC/local curriculum
and the information from Outcome II research to
identify one VSC/local curricular indicator and
apply an instructional technology standard.
Participants will reflect on their strategy and how
the use of technology impacted learning.
Suggested Timeframe
2.0 hours
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.5 hours
Module III:
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
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Outcome
Participants will develop a basic understanding of
Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Participants will complete a learning styles survey for
themselves and students (if during school year) and
analyze which learning style(s) need to be addressed
and how technology can facilitate this learning style.
Participants will reflect on a “lesson seed” applying
UDL and/or Assistive Technology (AT) to differentiate
instruction.
Participants will reflect on Universal Design for
Learning (UDL) strategies.
Suggested Timeframe
4.0 hours
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.5 hours
Module IV:
Using Technology to Support Learning
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Outcome
Participants will understand how Data Driven Decision
Making (DDDM) drives instructional practices to improve
student learning in technology.
Participants will locate sources of formative (grade books)
and summative (MD Report Card) data available to them
and identify ways they can be used to improve student
learning.
Participants will develop a variety of re-teaching strategies
to facilitate student learning.
Participants will develop multiple strategies for reteaching/re-learning incorporating instructional technology
for student self-selection.
Participants will reflect upon improvement of student
learning.
Participants will plan for communicating student outcomes
with expanded learning community.
Suggested Timeframe
3.0 hours
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Module V:
Making It Work
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Outcome
Participants will share technology-infused activities which
they have used in their classroom as a result of knowledge
gained in Modules I through IV.
Participants will justify the success of these activities by
comparing data, before and after the infusion of
technology.
Participants will revise existing classroom activities to
reflect the infusion of technology.
Suggested Timeframe
1.25 hours
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