2013-2016 Technology Plan - Osceola County School District

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MITD resource teachers design and/or monitor employee online training via various Web 2.0
tools, such as Edmodo and Moodle. Past courses included the following:
Introduction to Moodle
Using PhotoStory 3 for Digital Story Telling
SMART Response
Curriculum and Instruction Department resource teachers plan and collaborate with MITD
resource teachers to assist classroom teachers. They also provide joint training events to model
best practices in the use of technology with daily instruction.
Technology training for staff takes place at schools in computer labs and media centers during
non-student hours, as well as in well-equipped professional development classrooms at MITD.
Funding for training is provided cooperatively by MITD, and the Special Programs Department
(Title II, Part A and Title I).
In an effort to ease the burden of increasing time constraints placed on faculty and staff, the
District has installed digital transcoders in schools so that more distance learning is available. The
District is implementing SAFARI Montage Live!, a video-conferencing and training delivery
system. The project implementation will begin in January, 2013.
8.2 A list of sources of ongoing training and technical assistance available to teachers and
administrators served by the District, such as State technology offices, intermediate
educational support units, regional education training facilities or institutions of higher
learning.
Examples of the available sources of ongoing training and technical assistance to Osceola District
staff include:
University of South Florida--Center for Excellence (FDE training)
NASA - Astronauts Memorial Foundation (Technology Training)
Valencia College
Technical Educational Center of Osceola (TECO)
University of Central Florida
University of West Florida
North East Florida Educational Consortium (NEFEC)
Florida Council on Economic Education
Stetson University
Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System/ Assistive Technology Education Network
(FDLRS/ATEN)
Outside trainers (vendor representatives or paid trainers)
Participation by teachers and library media specialists in selected technology conferences and
organizational membership affiliations are encouraged, for example:
Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC)
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
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