84.327M: Center on Technology Implementation

This document describes the project that received funding in Fiscal Year 2004 from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education, under its competition 84.327M, Center on Technology Implementation. This funding is authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), our nation's special education law.

The Bigger Picture

NICHCY is pleased to make this listing available to you online. The listing comes from a longer publication with the incredibly long title of: Volume 4 of Discretionary Projects Supported by the Office of Special Education Programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Fiscal Year 2004: Technology and Media Services.

Interested in what other Technology and Media Services grants have been funded by OSEP in 2004? Please visit:
www.nichcy.org/directories/technology.asp

For an overview of OSEP's discretionary funding programs, and to find complete listings of all its program areas, competitions, and funded projects, please visit:
www.nichcy.org/directories/intro.asp

For a print copy of the complete Technology and Media Services directory (Volume 4), or any of the other directories (while supplies last), please contact Todd Fisk, the Directory/Database Manager, at:
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84.327M
Center on Technology Implementation

Purpose: NTIC will support state and local education agencies (SEAs/LEAs) in implementing and evaluating selected evidence-based practices that effectively integrate technology into sound teaching so that children with disabilities will have access to the general education curriculum and achieve high educational standards. NTIC will also produce and disseminate information about evidence-based and promising technology integration practices.

Methods: The activities of NTIC are organized around four service areas aligned to its four objectives: (a) knowledge development , where the center will systematically identify evidence-based and promising practices that integrate assistive technology (AT) into instructional practices and use the resulting catalog as a base for implementation support, evaluation, and dissemination activities; (b) implementation support, where the center will develop and provide a variety of technical assistance and professional development (PD) activities that involve all SEAs; (c) evaluation and scaling-up support, where the center will develop tools and assist implementers in collecting and analyzing data related to the impact and effectiveness of the practices they select in improving curriculum access and the achievement of students with disabilities; and (d) information dissemination, where the center focuses upon disseminating information to SEAs, LEAs, families, and other stakeholders on how technology practices can improve teaching and learning for students.

Products: Products will be developed and disseminated on AT tools and practices, how to implement such practices, and processes for evaluating selected practices and implementation efforts at State, district, and school levels. These products will include: research syntheses and meta-analyses, evaluation models and outcomes, policy and procedure templates, implementation guidelines and tools, professional development modules, online resources, and briefs and fact sheets.

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