Proficiency Program Resources - all the documents and downloads you need to complete Phase I, II, III and IV.

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Teachers and staff members will receive incentives to integrate technology in their classroom as they complete each Proficiency Phase. The achievements and rewards are as follows:
  • Phase I - See the completion list
    Educators will have basic computer skills and receive a certificate suitable for framing.
  • Phase II - See the completion list
    Classroom teachers will have more advanced computer skills and will receive a certificate suitable for framing.
  • Phase III - See the completion list - Scrapbook
    Classroom teachers will know how to integrate technology into instruction. They will receive a certificate and a laptop to be used for classroom integration.
  • Phase IV - See the completion list - Scrapbook
    Classroom teachers who commit to serving as coaches/mentors for other teachers on their campus will receive a certificate and 2 desktop computers for their classroom.

 

Phase I Phase II Phase III Phase IV

Tutorials for Macintosh and Windows are available for district employees at Atomic Learning. (To access this from home, get with your campus technology specialist for a user name and password.)

Study Guides for Windows Users

Practice tests:

 

Assessment:

 

Addressing the Digital Divide Information Literacy
National Telecommunications and Information Admin - (2000a) Implementing a Process Approach to Information Skills
Falling through the Net: Toward digital inclusion  Information Literacy Adventure
Roadblocks to Bridging the Divide   Official Big6 Page
What You Can Do   Research Buddy 
Brochure, Teacher's Guide and Community Leader's Guide  Research Projects from Kindred Middle School
  So You Have To Do a Research Project?
Learn About Model Initiatives   Filling the Tool Box
The Digital Divide Project  From Now On - Electronic Journal
PowerUP: Bridging the Digital Divide  Graphic Organizers
  Guidelines for Student Writing: A Learning Activity
  ICYouSee: T is for Thinking
  Prime Questions
Levels of Technology Implementation
Research Modules
(LoTi)
Bare Bones 101: A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial
LoTi - Levels of Technology Implementation Research It! Your One Stop Reference Desk
Assessing Current Technology Use in the Classroom TechLearning.com - Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology
LoTi - A Framework for Measuring Classroom Technology Use NoodleQuest
Enhancing Students' Thinking Skills Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher
LoTi Technology Use Profile Citation and Copyright Resources
  TILT - Texas Information Literacy Tutorial
  Writing-Plagiarism Advice for Lessons
  Graphic Organizer - Graphic organizers concept maps visual tools
  Graphically Organizing the Big6
  RubiStar Home
  Rubric for Conducting Library Research
  A Teacher's Guide to Fair Use and Copyright

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