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Housekeeping

Housekeeping . Wifi logon : open wireless, read, accept agreement for use MITAC Wikispace : http://mitac.wikispaces.com/. Maryland Instructional Technology Advisory Council. Paving the Way to the Future. Preparing the Road Surface. Introductions What is MITAC? Then and Now

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Housekeeping

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  1. Housekeeping Wifi logon: open wireless, read, accept agreement for use MITAC Wikispace: http://mitac.wikispaces.com/

  2. Maryland Instructional Technology Advisory Council Paving the Way to the Future

  3. Preparing the Road Surface • Introductions • What is MITAC? • Then and Now • RTTT Projects • CIO discussion • Online Learning • Collaboration efforts • Closing

  4. Introductions Co-Chairpersons • Val Emrich – Director of Instructional Technology and School Library Media • Bill Boyer – Chief Information Officer, Frederick County Public Schools • Bob Glascock – Executive Director, Breakthrough Center • Group Introductions

  5. What is MITAC? • Purpose • Past accomplishments • One word descriptions • Alignment of National and State Plans • Then and Now

  6. Race to the Top Projects 21 31 43 42

  7. LEA Site Visits – Applications Introduced • Curriculum Management System • Will house the new Maryland Common Core State Curriculum, standards, frameworks, model units, lessons and seeds • Improved teacher experience • Multiple-criteria search on course content • Retrieval of multiple resources to support instruction • Mouse-over useful tips and help functions • Learning Management System • Will provide a centralized catalogue of professional development (PD) courses to support educators; and house student courses • Professional Learning Communities (information sharing) • Administration of online student hybrid classes • Student Instructional Intervention System • Will assist teachers in developing improvement strategies for students who may be lagging behind

  8. Professional Development • Number of courses being developed • Standards developed for evaluating online PD • 28 existing with 12 in development or are to be developed • Common Core – where do we stand? • What does this mean for Information Technology?

  9. Online Learning • Senate Bill 674 – implications • Vendor fees • Process and Procedure Document • COMAR regulation • House Bill 689 • Advisory Council • Mission • Members

  10. Aligning Work How can MITAC inform the work of the Maryland Virtual Advisory Council? Group Feedback

  11. Questions??? • Next Meeting – • December 4, 2012, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM • Arbutus Public Library • 855 Sulphur Spring Road   • Arbutus, MD 21227 • (410) 887-1451

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