Artifacts Connected to MTTS and ISTE Standards

Professional
Development on
edmodo
This is a presentation I created to show the goals in a digital learning plan for my school,
Woodholme Elementary. It provides a change management plan with recommendations in steps and
strategies, and the challenges that are faced in following through with this digital learning plan.

The Professional Development Plan and PowerPoint presentation also aligns with MTTS Standards II
and VI. Demonstrating the effectiveness of the UDL principles, awareness of assistive technologies
and Web 2.0 resources, I was able to provide supports to my staff that can benefit their own
professional growth along with the success of their diverse learners
MTTS Standard: III, VII
ISTE-T Standard: 2, 4, 5
Universal Design
for Learning -
Woodholme
Elementary
Professional
Development Plan
The artifacts presented were both collaborative and self developed. It consists of a Professional
Development Plan and PowerPoint presentation integrates UDL Principles and aligns with MTTS
Standard Indicators. The Professional Development Plan specifically addressed Standards V:
Design, implement and assess learning experiences that incorporate use of technology in the
curriculum-related instructional activity to support understanding, inquiry, problem-solving,
communication or collaboration. The Baltimore County Public Schools Blueprint for Progress states
that The Baltimore County Public Schools mission is to provide a quality education that develops
the content knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will enable all students to reach their maximum
potential as responsible, life-long learners and productive citizens. Providing staff development on
UDL addresses the first performance goal on the Blueprint for Progress.
The Professional Development Plan and PowerPoint presentation also aligns with MTTS Standards II
and VI. Demonstrating the effectiveness of the UDL principles, awareness of assistive technologies
and Web 2.0 resources, I was able to provide supports to my staff that can benefit their own
professional growth along with the success of their diverse learners
MTTS Standards: II, VI
ISTE-T Standards: 1, 2,

Web 2.0 Century
Skills and Tools
Driscoll (1994) states that "providing complex learning environments that incorporate authentic
activity" is essential in developing a meaningful learning experience for children of the Nintendo
generation. By using the Edmodo to develop or further practice academic skills or gain content
knowledge is a way to tend to the children of the 21st century. Prensky (2001) discussed that these
digital natives brains are programmed differently than adults now (digital immigrants). These
changes mean that teachers should be spending time developing ways to program students' minds in
an interactive, parallel, simultaneous way. Children are raised on the computer and Nintendo
generation, so they have developed hypertext minds. Instead of blaming students on their lack of
attention, we should be considering their lack of interest (Prensky, 2001).
The Professional Development Plan and PowerPoint presentation also aligns with MTTS Standards II
and VI. Demonstrating the effectiveness of the UDL principles, awareness of assistive technologies
and Web 2.0 resources, I was able to provide supports to my staff that can benefit their own
professional growth along with the success of their diverse learners
MTTS Standards: I, II, III, V, VI
ISTE-T Standards: 1, 2, 3

References
Baltimore County Public Schools. (2008). Blueprint for progress: Realizing the vision. Retrieved July 13, 2009, from
http://www.bcps.org/offices/super/pdf/Blueprint-for-Progress.pdf