Technology Standards Resources

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Technology is revolutionizing every aspect of how people live, including occupations, communications, education, and even leisure. Adults must be able to use technology effectively in order to be successful in a society marked by the rapid development of new information and communication technologies. Adult education learners should be provided an opportunity to use technology as a part of their instructional program. The use of technolgy in instruction can enhance the ability of adult learners to find, analyze, and evaluate information; solve problems and make decisions; communicate, collaborate and share ideas; to be informed, responsible and contributing citizens; and to learn how to learn and keep up with the world as it changes. Additionally, the meaningul use of technology can enhance the instruction of content or skills.


The meaningful use of technology in instruction enhances learning and leads to learning gains.

Standards specify what learners should know and be able to do; they state clear expectations. Technology standards specify what adults should know and be able to do; they describe the range of desirable knowledge and skills in the area of technology. The standards are meant to provide a guide and ensure consistency across programs and classrooms. While the standards guide instruction, the integration of technology will be individualized to achieve student and local program goals.

Learner Technology Standards

Learners:

  • Understand basic technology concepts to operate computers, calculators, and other technologies
  • Construct meaning from information
  • Create a quality product
  • Learn independently with appropriate support
  • Communicate effectively
  • Participate effectively as group members
  • Use information responsibly

 

Teacher Technology Standards

Teachers:

  • Understand technology concepts and
    effectively utilize a variety of technologies.
  • Explore, evaluate and use technology resources including applications, tools, educational software and electronic resources.
  • Use technology to communicate information in a variety of formats.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the legal, social, ethical, and safety issues related to technology.
  • Integrate technology into instruction
  • Understand issues surrounding the use of assistive technology to enhance student learning
  • Identify activities and resources to support regular professional growth related to technology

Adult Education Technology Standards
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Maryland Adult Education Technology Standards (in pdf format)

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Webquests...

Engaging the Reluctant Teacher

The One Computer Classroom

Lesson Plans... written by Maryland Instructional Specialists

All lesson plans are in MS word format.

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Building Big!

Describing a Painting

Graphs

Grocery Shopping

Resume Writing

US States

Using Multimedia to Find a Career

Favorite Websites

Following is a list of favorite websites shared by Instructional Specialists.

American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
http://memory.loc.gov/
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

America's Career Infonet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
This is a career information site with videos of various careers.

Carroll County Public Library's "got homework" is available for those with a Carroll County Public Library card at http://www.tutor.com/carr/remote_auth.asp  
You might want to check your local public library to see if they offer a similar Website service.

CNN Student News
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/
Has up-to-date information and activities for students.

Discoveryschool.com
http://school.discovery.com/
Educational resources for students and teachers

edHelper.com
http://www.edhelper.com/
Instant worksheets for a very small fee

Education World: The Educator's Best Friend
http://www.education-world.com/
This is a comprehensive resource that includes a search engine for thousands of educational resources. Although this is geared for K-12, many of these ideas and lessons/activities can be adapted for use with adults.

Enchanted Learning
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
Children's educational web sites and games designed to stimulate creativity, learning, enjoyment, and imagination.

Firstfind.info
http://www.firstfind.info/
This is a great site for new readers, writers and technology users. Find all sorts of information about health, money, education, etc.

Funbrain Numbers
http://www.funbrain.com/numbers.html
Math Reinforcement activities such as Math Baseball and Math Brain
Funbrain activities in other subject areas can be found at http://www.funbrain.com/

Literacy Tech online resources
http://literacytech.worlded.org/nelrctech/orphans.html
Web-based lesson plans, evaluations, activities, articles and useful websites

MarcoPolo: Internet content for the classroom
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/
Access lesson plans, student activities, reviewed Web sites and other MarcoPolo resources.

MarcoGrams
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/teacher/marcograms.aspx
Teacher Resources
MarcoGrams are curriculum e-mail newsletters, distributed monthly to educators, highlighting common themes from space exploration to family culture. Each MarcoGram features motivating warm-ups for classroom discussion and links to K-12 interdisciplinary lessons and resources from our Content Partners.

McGraw Hill Contemporary GED Satellites - Online Learning Centers
http://www.contemporarybooks.com/sites/gedsatellite.php
A GED teacher's dream - correlations, notes for students, online practice exam and on and on.

Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com
This URL will take you to Newsweek on msn.com at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032542/

O*NET OnLine Occupational Information Network new
http://online.onetcenter.org/help/online/tips
Enter a job, or search for one, and this site lists the job tasks; work contexts; required skills, abilities and knowledge; information about the kind of education and training needed; related occupations; and more.

SuperKids: Educational Software Review
http://superkids.com/aweb/pages/aboutsks.html
SuperKids is a website for parents and teachers who want the best in education for their children. SuperKids provides:

* Reviews and ratings of educational software
* Tools for online and offline use
* News about educational issues

United Streaming
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/homePages/aboutUnitedstreaming.cfm
Nice for videos and lesson plans. A free 30-day trial is available for this video-on-demand service.

Visual Fractions
http://www.visualfractions.com/
An on-line tutorial that offers instruction and practice in identifying, renaming, and operating on fractions

What You Need to Know About: Adult/Continuing Education
http://adulted.about.com/
Site for adult learners and educators with information and resources on the GED, icebreakers, lesson plans, study tips, training and development, literacy, adult learning theory, learning styles, needs assessment, and more.

What You Need to Know About: English as a 2nd Language
http://esl.about.com/
Provides teacher and student resources including grammar, reading, listening and writing, ESL lesson plans, Spanish to English dictionaries, TOEFL test and First Certificate guides

WhoWhatWhen: Interactive Historical Timelines
http://www.sbrowning.com/whowhatwhen/index.php3
Make timelines in history. Send to Google page when you click on a particular person or date to find out more information. One drawback is that it is heavily used and the user sometimes has to wait to get data.

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