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Membership Organization for Professionals |
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Purpose:
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to provide
information for instructional materials professionals.
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to provide a
platform to advance the interaction of instructional
materials administrators .
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to provide
instructional materials professionals with an organized and
unified vehicle to improve the quality, selection and
funding of instructional materials for all Florida students.
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Join FADIMA
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FADIMA is a unique organization of
county level Instructional Materials administrators in the state
of Florida and associates who represent publishing or other
support industries. FADIMA holds an annual conference for all
members in the fall of each year, and county level
administrators meet in the spring to prepare a Cost Analysis to
assist those responsible for funding instructional materials in
making informed financial decisions. |
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Instructional Materials are defined
by Florida statute as “…student or site licenses or sets of
materials that are available in bound, unbound, kit or package
form…”
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This includes… “hardbacked or
softbacked textbooks, electronic content, consumables, learning
laboratories, manipulatives, electronic media, and computer
courseware or software that serve as the basis for instruction
for each student…” |
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In 2010, a FADIMA Digital Task Force
drafted a Digital Position Paper, Thinking Outside the Textbook.
Below are the core beliefs representative of the committee as
Florida moves toward fulfilling a vision for providing the
appropriate digital instructional materials, tools, and methods
for delivering and creating high level learning opportunities. |
- Integrating technology in
teaching and learning activities makes curriculum engaging
and relevant.
- Technology facilitates
differentiated learning to support the individual needs,
learning styles and multiple intelligences of students.
- All students and teachers
should have equitable access to digital tools, devices, and
resources as part of their learning and teaching process.
- Employing innovative and
emerging technologies and digital instructional materials
within the teaching/learning process is critical for
preparing today’s learners for our global society.
- No matter how sophisticated
the tools we put in classrooms, the instructional
content/curriculum is most important and must be designed in
ways that helps students develop critical thinking, problem
solving, and effective communication skills in both core
subjects and new, digital content and skills.
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If you would like to become a member
of FADIMA, click on the
Join FADIMA link for a form to
print, fill out and mail to the address indicated. |
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