8.1 Candidates will be able to model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources.
This key concept was addressed during the internship. I believe that through working with other professionals in the Office of Special Education to enhance their comfort level with digital tools and move them further along the ACOT model in terms of their use of those digital tools helps everyone have equitable access to digital resources. In my specific instance I worked with OSE staff to develop online professional development for special educators in Baltimore County. I worked specifically with individuals to meet them where they are in terms of their technology skills. For example, with one individual, we worked on taking raw video footage and editing it (both video and audio) until they had a finished published product. With another individual, they were working on voicing over a PowerPoint and screencasting it. In order for individuals to have equitable access they need to know what they have access to and they need to have the instruction to feel comfortable with using the technology. For the artifact, I included my internship proposal.
This key concept was addressed during the internship. I believe that through working with other professionals in the Office of Special Education to enhance their comfort level with digital tools and move them further along the ACOT model in terms of their use of those digital tools helps everyone have equitable access to digital resources. In my specific instance I worked with OSE staff to develop online professional development for special educators in Baltimore County. I worked specifically with individuals to meet them where they are in terms of their technology skills. For example, with one individual, we worked on taking raw video footage and editing it (both video and audio) until they had a finished published product. With another individual, they were working on voicing over a PowerPoint and screencasting it. In order for individuals to have equitable access they need to know what they have access to and they need to have the instruction to feel comfortable with using the technology. For the artifact, I included my internship proposal.