The Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology is a coalition of the state's teacher education colleges and universities and educational organizations that promotes excellence in teaching and learning with technology in teacher preparation programs, student teaching experiences, and K-12 classrooms. The Michigan Certificate
for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology (MCOATT) is awarded by the organization to exceptional technology educators in the state who apply by way of a digital portfolio of practice.
Become a member of the Ed Tech Action
Network and receive periodic emails making you aware of critical issues
affecting educational technology that are being addressed in Washington.
ETAN also provides an easy process for expressing your opinion to your
legislators and key committee chairs.
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), a membership organization, is a recognized leader among professional organizations for educators involved with technology. ISTE's mission is to improve learning, teaching and education administration through appropriate uses of technology. ISTE members are leaders in educational technology, including teachers, technology coordinators, library media specialists, administrators and teacher educators. Home of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), the Center for Applied Research in Education Technology (CARET) and the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), ISTE meets its mission through knowledge generation, professional development and advocacy. More information about ISTE is available at http://www.iste.org/.
MAME is a professional association of more than 1400 school library media professionals most of whom work in K-12 school situations. This site has information about the organization, as well as links to other library and K-12 resources on the Internet. It also has a Job Postings Page which has library, media, and technology job openings in Michigan as well as in other locations. Additionally, it includes links to other job postings sites.
The mission of the MDE is "working to help each school be better so that every child will learn." The Michigan Department of Education focus on educational technology includes the goal to develop students that are technologically literate learners. Resources on the MDE web site support educators, administrators, and parents and families. MACUL works closely
with the MDE to support the effective use of technology in Michigan schools.
One-to-One Institute is a national, non-profit organization that grew out of the successful Michigan Freedom to Learn (FTL) program. Click here to see the Freedom to Learn Program. We are a unique leadership organization advancing one-to-one teaching and learning research, development, implementation and mentoring. Working with other experienced national allies, we bring the advantages and achievements of one-to-one teaching and learning to schools throughout the United States. We provide direct services in the designing and launching of one-to-one teaching and learning programs. We focus especially on those schools that are high priority and high poverty. Our website is also advancing. Please continue to check back for the latest updates or click on Contact Us to request further information.
Through MACUL's partnership with Tech4Learning, all members are eligible to receive a classroom subscription to Recipes4Success. Recipes4Success includes tutorials and references guides for common software tools tailored for up to three reading and computer proficiency levels. Recipes4Success also includes tools for creating customized training materials, rubrics, graphic organizers, and citation lists for your classroom projects. Contact macul@macul.org for information on how to establish your free account.
