District/School Administration PK-16 Program Support
Educational Technology

Concord

Terry Duggan
978-318-1510 x135

The Alcott School in Concord and The Boston University School of Education will again collaborate to assist preservice and inservice teachers to integrate technology into teaching and learning practices. Thirty-six Boston University students will learn how to evaluate and appropriately use materials (e.g. the Internet, multimedia products and/or CD ROMs) as they design a teaching/learning activity that will take place in either the classroom or in the computer lab. A small group of preservice students (selected on the basis of their technology competency), will be assigned to a special in-class, technology infused social studies curriculum project.

Frontier

Diana Campbell
413-665-1155

The Frontier Regional/Union 38 School District, the U-Mass School of Education, the Center for Computer Based Instructional Technology (CCBIT), and the Pocumtuk Valley Memorial Association (PVMA), will continue to implement the Turn of the Centuries curriculum, that was piloted last year through a preservice grant. This year 50-60 elementary and secondary preservice teachers will learn how to integrate technology into the K-12 Social Studies curriculum to meet the Social Studies Framework. Technology tools emphasized will include: browsers for the world-wide web and CD ROMs, which support Social Studies content enrichment. A select group of 10 student teachers will also develop and implement lessons using this content rich resource during their student teaching internships in the Frontier Schools.

Hampden-Wilbraham

Barbara Knight
413-596-3884

The Hampden-Wilbraham School System formed a partnership with Springfield Public Schools and Springfield College to better prepare new teachers to teach in technology rich classrooms. The Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School district will conduct trainings for college faculty, mentor teachers and preservice teachers. These trainings initiatives include: Networks and Telecommunications; Classroom Showcasing, Internet basics and research in math and social studies curriculum exploration; Online Portfolio, Classroom Writing and Publishing and a variety of other technology tools. This year Junior preservice teachers will gain experience in integrating technology into the Social Studies curriculum,while sophomores will use Internet basics and research in math curriculum exploration.

Ipswich

Joanne Civitarese
978-356-3137x114

This grant provides the opportunity for Ipswich Schools and Salem State College to sustain a working partnership by expanding course offerings that can now be applied to an on-site Master of Education in Technology Program; while in return strengthening the college's teacher preparation program This grant will continue to offer preservice, inservice and higher education faculty training in the area of instructional technology. Topics will include: integrating technology into Curriculum Frameworks; presentation and communication applications; assistive technology, reference materials, the 21st Century Philosophy of education; multimedia applications; current curriculum related software; digital imaging; and a technology-enhanced assessment model. Preservice teachers will be placed in Ipswich's 21st Century Lighthouse classrooms and they will learn how to integrate integrate technology into all areas of the curriculum in a relevant manner.

Old Rochester Regional School District

Carol J. Young
508-758-2772

This grant will provide cooperating practitioners from the Old Rochester Regional School District to receive 30 hours of technology and mentor training in the first half of the school year. Bridgewater State College faculty and college supervisors will also receive intensive technology training in the Fall. During the spring semester, cooperating practitioners and preservice educators will work collaboratively in the development of web-based research units linked to the curriculum frameworks, in English/Language Arts or History/Social Studies. These units will be distributed throughout all district schools, and disseminated through CLASP to schools across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Somerville

Jay Texeira
617-625-6600 x6547

The East Somerville Community School, U-Mass Boston and Tufts University School of Occupational Therapy will work collaboratively to integrate writing into all content areas. This instructional preservice program will expose about 8 university students and their supervisors to the cutting-edge technology of voice typing software. It will allow them to learn about the many ways that technology is, and can be, integrated into instruction by teachers at The East Somerville Community School.

Worcester

Kathleen Peloquin
508-799-3655

The Clark University Education Department, and the Hiatt Center for Urban Education will work collaboratively with the Worcester Public Schools to train preservice teachers, university faculty and Worcester teachers in the instructional use of technology. Participants in the preservice and in-service programs will develop and document learning activities which effectively integrate technology into the curriculum frameworks. The Worcester schools and the University Education Department/Hiatt Center for Urban Education will be linked through a multimedia computer and video for the purposes of communication, and the exchange of resources, ideas, and learning activities which fulfill the curriculum framework goals and learning standards.