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Kathleen McClaskey

President, EdTech Associates

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  • President, EdTech Associates 2001 –
    Founded on the vision that every child should have the opportunity to develop a foundation of 21st Century learning skills, EdTech Associates provides services to empower all students to succeed. Mission * Deliver effective professional development programs to schools while providing educators skills in designing standards-based lessons and curriculum in support of “all learners” * Design customized technology solutions for schools, districts or individuals while providing a lasting “Foundation, Framework and Direction” for the future. * Collaborate with schools, organizations and companies seeking to develop and establish 21st Century learning environments where all students can learn. Core Beliefs * Current and future “universally designed” technologies are essential in removing barriers to learning and in improving literacy. * Professional development in technology, based on research-based instructional methods, is key in developing the human infrastructure schools will need to use technology as effective instructional tools for “all learners.” * Student achievement can be attained by developing learning skills with the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and direct instruction. * AYP, literacy and “independent” learning skills can be realized by the diversity of learners in each classroom when teachers, students, administrators and parents learn “how to choose and use the appropriate technology for the task.”

  • M.Ed.- Computers in Education, Lesley College - Cambridge, MA 1986 – 1988

Kathleen H. McClaskey, President of Ed Tech Associates, is an educational and assistive technology consultant and in her 26th year in using technology in the classroom. IDuring this time, she has been a computer teacher, technology integration specialist, K-12 technology director and graduate instructor for Plymouth State University and Cambridge College in online and onsite technology courses. Last year, she was awarded a three-year New Hampshire Math and Science Partnership grant for the Science4All project where science teachers will learn how to apply Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles using accessible technology tools in an inquiry-based science lessons. Kathleen is a frequent national and regional workshop presenter and consultant on topics that include technology for diverse learners, Universal Design for Learning, the role of technology to improve literacy outcomes for all students and utilizing interactive whiteboards in group instruction with autistic students.  She has presented at National Education Computing Conference, the TRLD Conference, the International Dyslexia Association Conference, Schools Moving Up Webinars and numerous regional and state conferences in the northeast.  Kathleen is a board member of ISTE SETSIG; Advocacy Chair of NHSTE, an ISTE affiliate; a board member of the NH branch of the International Dyslexia Association and a board trustee of the Strong Foundations Charter School in Pembroke, NH. 

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