Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium   1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave. Ritter Annex 9th Floor Temple University - CRHDE Philadelphia, PA 19122 800-892-5550 215-204-5130 (fax) General Inquires: Laurence Peters Johann Sarmiento Judith Stull   Technical Assistance: Barry Mansfield   Professional Development: Joan Pasternak Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education   MAR*TEC's Collaboration with the States MAR*TEC is convening standards discussions across the mid-Atlantic region to work toward defining a regional description of a technology-proficient teacher. To this end, MAR*TEC: educates leaders and policy makers about the value and complexity of adopting teacher technology standards, contributes to the standards discussions and facilitates conversations among the stakeholders, prepares teachers who are proficient in integrating technology in the classroom, uses standards (both content and technology standards) as the basis for all professional development programs, and collects and reports data to support the need for regional collaboration.          References Annenberg Public Policy Center/Washington Monthly. (2001, July 12). Leave no superintendent behind: Urban school improvement as seen from the trenches: Is the national debate addressing the real issues?" Retrieved November 2001, from http://www.appcpenn.org/press/edconf.pdf Delaware Center for Educational Technology. (2001). DCET strategic plan FY2001-2003.DE: Smyrna. District of Columbia Public Schools. (1997, December). Beyond 1997-children first. Washington, DC: Author. Essex County Educational Technology Training Center. (2001). ETTC "can-do techlist." Retrieved October, 2001, from http://www.somsd.k12.nj.us/~ettc/Techlist.htm Link to Learn. (2000). Integrating technology into teacher preparation: An initiative of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved November 2001, from http://www.l2l.org/ittp/ A Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology. (2001). Draft Maryland teacher technology standards. Retrieved October 2001, from http://www.smcm.edu/msde-pt3/Docs/ MDTchrTechStdsMTTS.pdf The technology challenge. (2001). Retrieved November 2001, from http://www.technologychallenge.org Web-Based Education Commission. (2000, December 19). The power of the Internet for learning: Final report of Web-Based Education Commission. Retrieved October 11, 2001, from http://www.ed.gov/offices/AC/WBEC/FinalReport/ Weiner, R. S. (2000, November 22). More technology training for teachers. New York Times. Retrieved January 2001, from http://www.nytimes.com/00/11/22…ogy/ 22EDUCATION.html Previous     Page 1 2 3  Copyright 2001 © MARTEC