Housekeeping

Wifi logon: open wireless, read, accept agreement for use

MITAC Wikispace: http://mitac.wikispaces.com/

Maryland Instructional Technology Advisory

Council

Paving the Way to the Future

Preparing the Road Surface

• Introductions– What is MITAC?

• Then and Now

• RTTT Projects

• CIO discussion

• Online Learning– Collaboration efforts

• Closing

Introductions

Co-Chairpersons• Val Emrich – Director of Instructional Technology and

School Library Media

• Bill Boyer – Chief Information Officer, Frederick County Public Schools

• Bob Glascock – Executive Director, Breakthrough Center

• Group Introductions

What is MITAC?

• Purpose

• Past accomplishments– One word descriptions– Alignment of National and State Plans

• Then and Now

Race to the Top Projects

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31

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LEA Site Visits – Applications Introduced

Curriculum Management System Will house the new Maryland Common Core State Curriculum,

standards, frameworks, model units, lessons and seeds Improved teacher experience Multiple-criteria search on course content Retrieval of multiple resources to support instruction Mouse-over useful tips and help functions

Learning Management System Will provide a centralized catalogue of professional development (PD)

courses to support educators; and house student courses Professional Learning Communities (information sharing) Administration of online student hybrid classes

Student Instructional Intervention System Will assist teachers in developing improvement strategies for students

who may be lagging behind

Professional Development

• Number of courses being developed – Standards developed for evaluating online PD

• 28 existing with 12 in development or are to be developed

• Common Core – where do we stand?

• What does this mean for Information Technology?

Online Learning

• Senate Bill 674 – implications– Vendor fees– Process and Procedure Document– COMAR regulation

• House Bill 689 – Advisory Council

• Mission• Members

Aligning Work

How can MITAC inform the work of the Maryland Virtual Advisory Council?

Group Feedback

Questions???

Next Meeting –

December 4, 2012, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Arbutus Public Library

855 Sulphur Spring Road  

Arbutus, MD 21227

(410) 887-1451