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Technology & Learning Connections
Technology tools include performance enhancement features that support achievement in all areas of the curriculum; increasing academic engagement and reducing or removing barriers to learning. Our focus is helping districts and schools reduce the achievement gap for students with disabilities through the development of a fully inclusive, universal education system that engages all students in the instructional problem-solving process.
Services
List of Services
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AT & UDL Loan LibraryItem Link List Item 1
The Assistive Technology & Universal Design for Learning Loan Library provides district Assistive Technology Professionals access to AT devices to use with students for assessment services. District ESE Directors approve library patrons. FLDOE discretionary projects also have access to check-out devices for training activities.
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Passport to LearningItem Link List Item 2
Passport to Learning is a micro-credential professional learning system that is provided free for Florida educators, specialists, and related service providers that serve Florida students. The "traveler," can apply for a "passport" (an online account) and then sign up for one or more pre-planned travel packages. Each travel package includes a number of competency-based "destinations." Your "passport" receives a stamp (badge) for each completed travel package and a certificate of 20 inservice hours earned per travel package. CEUs are also available, free of charge to Florida school districts.
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Assistive Technology Professionals SupportItem Link List Item 4
Assistive Technology Professionals are a critical part of district and school-based services for students with disabilities. The TLC Team facilitates the statewide network of District and Regional Local Assistive Technology Specialists and AT Practioners through statewide and regional professional development services, the AT & UDL Loan Library, and Professional Learning Communities.
Download the 2023-2024 Technology & Learning Connections Services Report or flyer to learn more about how our services support districts and schools.
Big Ideas
Cognitive Processes and Learning
Using cognitive processes to design instruction that supports working memory.
Universal Design for Learning
Designing learning spaces that reduce barriers to engagement and achievement.
English Language Arts
Using the B.E.S.T Standards (Foundations, Reading, Communications, Vocabulary, ELA Expectations) in an integrated manner to design engaging instruction.
Mathematics
Using technology tools to support mathematical fluency through the B.E.S.T Mathematical Thinking and Reasoning Standards.
STEAM
Explore engaging ways to use technology tools for skill development in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts/Music, and Mathematics.
AI Learning Tools
Using artificial intelligence tools to enhance instructional activities and independent student learning and productivity.
Multi-tiered
System of Supports
MTSS
An MTSS is a way that districts and schools organize and provide education to ensure that all students receive the instruction they need to be successful. By operating as an MTSS, schools acknowledge that students’ needs vary and the best way to help them achieve is to provide instruction that is matched to those needs.
Technology & Learning Connections, PS/RtI Project, University of South Florida
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