STEPHEN D. LUKE, ED.D.

Director, National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities(NDC/NICHCY)http://www.nichcy.orghttp://www.facebook.com/nichcy

NASDSE Professional Development Series

Accessing ProfessionalDevelopmentOpportunities fromOSEP’s Network & Beyond

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T• Overview

http://www.slideshare.net/nichcy/accessing-professional-development-opportunities-from-oseps-tad-network-beyond

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T• Overview

1. Introduction: OSEP TA&D Network

2. TA&D Professional Development Resources

3. “Learning” Media• Facebook• Twitter• Ning• YouTube

1. INTRODUCTION

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• ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE: U.S. Department of Education

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• ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE: OSERS

OSERS

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NDC

TACC

IDEA Partnership

Personnel Center

Project Forum

IRIS Center

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• The “Placemat”

http://spp-apr-calendar.rrfcnetwork.org/getfile/view/id/658

2. TA&D PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

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TEquity Alliance

Equity Alliance at ASU represents a set of funded programs that promote equity, access, participation and outcomes for all students. 

The State of Equity in Public Schools - 28th January 2009(http://www.equityallianceatasu.org/webinar/012809)

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TEquity Alliance

Building Inclusive Schools - 28th May 2009 (http://www.equityallianceatasu.org/webinar/052809)

Professional Learning for Equity - 30th September 2009

(http://www.equityallianceatasu.org/webinar/093009)

Coaching for Inclusive Practices - 19th March 2010 (http://www.equityallianceatasu.org/webinar/031910)

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TCenter on Instruction

Your gateway to a cutting-edge collection of scientifically based research and information on K-12 instruction in reading, math, science, special education, and English language learning.  

http://centeroninstruction.org/pdevents.cfm

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TCenter on Instruction (cont.)

http://centeroninstruction.org/pdevents.cfm

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TNIMAS Center

The NIMAS Center: maintains and updates the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS), which guides the production of digital versions of textbooks and related instructional materials so they can be more easily converted to accessible formats, including Braille and text-to-speech. 

http://aim.cast.org/experience/training/presentations

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TNational Center on RTI

National Center on Response to Intervention: The Center’s mission is to provide technical assistance to states and districts and building the capacity of states to assist districts in implementing proven models for RTI/EIS.

http://www.rti4success.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=18&Itemid=75

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TCADRE

Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE): works toward elevating the capacity of educators, family members, service providers and other stakeholders to engage in collaborative problem-solving and other positive, non-adversarial processes.

http://www.directionservice.org/cadre/indextraining.cfm

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TFamily Center on Technology and Disability

Family Center on Technology and Disability (FCTD): provides current, accurate, and relevant information resources on assistive and instructional technologies.

http://www.fctd.info/powerpoints

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TReading Rockets

Reading Rockets: a multimedia project designed to disseminate research-based findings on helping young children with reading disabilities learn to read.

http://www.readingrockets.org/webcasts

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TNCEO

National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO): provides technical assistance on improving results for students with disabilities by increasing their participation rates in high quality assessment and accountability systems, improving the quality of assessments in which they participate, improving the capacity of States to meet data collection requirements, and strengthening accountability for results.

http://www.cehd.umn.edu/NCEO/Presentations/presentations.htm

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National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC): strengthens state and local service systems to ensure that children with disabilities (birth through 5 years) and their families receive and benefit from high-quality, evidence-based, culturally appropriate and family-centered supports and services. 

http://www.nectac.org/~calls/2010/earlypartc/earlypartc.asp

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TCenter on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: builds from a 10 year history of defining, implementing and evaluating PBIS across more than 9000 schools in 40 states. 

http://www.pbis.org/swpbs_videos/default.aspx

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TNational Parent Technical Assistance Center

National Parent Technical Assistance CenterThe national and regional parent technical assistance centers work to strengthen the connections to the larger OSEP Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network and fortify partnerships between Parent Centers and education systems at local, state, and national levels.

http://www.taalliance.org/resources/pcactivities.asp

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TCenter for Implementing Technology in Education

Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd): produces and disseminates information about evidence-based and promising technology integration practices, with a particular emphasis on differentiating instruction through the use of technology.

http://www.cited.org/webinarsarchive.html

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TNational High School Center

National High School Center: serves as the central source of information and expertise on high school improvement for the Regional Comprehensive Centers (RCCs).

http://www.betterhighschools.org/webinar/

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TNational Professional Development Center on Inclusion

National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI): works with states to create a system of high quality, cross-agency, accessible professional development for early childhood personnel. 

http://community.fpg.unc.edu/resources/presentations

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TNational Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities

National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities: aims to increase rates of school completion by students with disabilities, emphasizing dropout prevention for enrolled students and re-entry into education by students who have dropped out of school. 

http://www.ndpc-sd.org/dissemination/conferenceMaterialsPresentations.php

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TIRIS Center for Training Enhancements

IRIS Center for Training Enhancements: IRIS training enhancements are designed to equip school personnel with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively teach students with disabilities in general education classrooms.

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/tutorials.html

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TIRIS Center for Training Enhancements

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources.html

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TIRIS Center for Training Enhancements

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources.html

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TIDEA Partnership: LearningPort

IDEA Partnership: helps policy makers, service providers, administrators, and families translate knowledge into action in a way that creates personal meaning and informs their work and interactions every day.

http://www.learningport.us/

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TNICHCY

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NDC/NICHCY): disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth; IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education; No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities); and research-based information on effective educational practices.

http://www.nichcy.org

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TNICHCY (cont.)

http://www.nichcy.org/Laws/IDEA/Pages/BuildingTheLegacy.aspx

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TNICHCY (cont.)

http://www.nichcy.org/Laws/IDEA/Pages/BuildingTheLegacy.aspx

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TNICHCY (cont.)

http://www.nichcy.org/Laws/IDEA/Pages/BuildingTheLegacy.aspx

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TNICHCY (cont.)

http://www.nichcy.org/Laws/IDEA/Pages/BuildingTheLegacy.aspx

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TNICHCY (cont.)

http://www.slideshare.net/nichcy

2. “LEARNING” MEDIA: FACEBOOK, TWITTER, NING, YOUTUBE

RETURN ON

INVESTMENT?

RISK OF

IGNORING?

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TFacebook

Why Use ?

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Why Use Facebook?

“Yeah, so why

use ...”

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TWhy Use Facebook?

For starters, look at all the people there!

flickr.com/photos/-cavin-

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Over 400 million peopleIn fact...

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TWhy Use Facebook?

... half of whom login

everyday.

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TWhy Use Facebook?

(How many people come to

your website everyday?)

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TWhy Use Facebook?

The average user visits

4 times per day!

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TWhy Use Facebook?

“OK. Yep. Those are some pretty

big numbers. But what do

they mean exactly?”

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TWhy Use Facebook?

Well, for one thing it means

that has become the most

popular website in the U.S.

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TWhy Use Facebook?

(Yep. Bigger than

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TWhy Use Facebook?

“And? Aren’t these people just

getting their social on?”

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TWhy Use Facebook?

True. Many users are using

to connect with friends and family.

But they’re doing a lot more…

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They’re sharing…

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TWhy Use Facebook?

More than 5 billion pieces of

content (web links, news stories,

blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.)

shared each week!

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TWhy Use Facebook?

In fact,

just recently overtook

as the top source of

traffic to major news and

entertainment websites.

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Everybody’s doing it...

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Everybody’s doing it...

(and it’s fun).

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www.twitter.com/DrNICHCY

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Search, Hashtags #edchat, #sped

www.mashable.com/twitterlists/business-professions/education

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But some of us can’t access these tools

because our districts have them blocked.

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TBuilding 21st Century Skills

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TBuilding 21st Century Skills

THAN

K YOU

!Stephen D. Luke, Ed.D.sluke@aed.org

http://www.facebook.com/nichcyhttp://twitter.com/DrNICHCY

http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenluke