Session 2: AT Connection & Impact to the General Classroom Setting

Introduction:

Please read Exploration of Federal and State Mandates/political Influences with AT as an introduction to this session. [Word ... PDF]

Read chapter 1 & 2 (easy reading) David H. Rose & Anne Meyer. Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning. ASCD, 2002. Full text online at: http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/

Skim: Teacher Toolkit http://www.ed.gov/teachers/nclbguide/index2.html (of interest: Helping Teachers Teach Math and Science; Helping English Language Learners; Teaching Students with Disabilities; and D3 Making).

Skim through sections: Home, Regulations (3), and Glossary - http://cte.jhu.edu/accessibility/index.cfm

MSDE also includes an overview http://www.msde.state.md.us/technology/access_tech.html
For more information about COMAR (Code of Maryland Regulations) see http://www.dsd.state.md.us/Division of State Documents
The Access Board http://www.access-board.gov/

State Educational Technology Directors Association http://www.setda.org/
National Association of State Boards of Education http://www.nasbe.org/Membership/NCLB/NCLB.html (scroll down to MD - several good presentations included)
DoEd resource site includes info for parents etc.
Education Commission of the states http://nclb.ecs.org/nclb/
Committee on Education and the Workforce http://edworkforce.house.gov/issues/107th/education/nclb/nclb.htm
National Science Teachers Association http://www.nsta.org/nclb
Resources about NCLB
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics "interpretations" http://www.nctm.org/highered/nclb.htm
WrightsLaw http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/nclb.index.htm legal interpretations

Go into the Quiz section of the course and try the 5 question on acronyms and this weeks laws related to AT.

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