District/School Administration PK-16 Program Support Educational Technology
Massachusetts Online Network for Education (MassONE)

MassONE Tools and Services

MassONE is becoming part of daily life in schools across the state. It consolidates the following tools into one statewide teaching and learning environment:

Workgroup
MassONE is structured around learning communities, called workgroups. Workgroup members can include educators, students, members of educational organizations, and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education staff. Each workgroup has its own "home page," where announcements can be posted.

Virtual Hard Drive (VHD)
Each workgroup has its own Virtual Hard Drive, where members can store and share documents. Educators can also set up a "dropbox," which allows students to securely submit homework while keeping it out of view from other students.

My Folder
Every MassONE user has a personal storage space, making it possible to store and access files from home, a local library, or any place with Internet access.

Discussion Forums
Each workgroup has its own discussion forum. Teachers can use forums to engage students in online discussion, while districts can use the forums to provide online professional development. MassONE also offers statewide forums for educators on specific topics.

Survey Tool
This tool makes it possible to quickly construct an online survey, offer it to members of a group, and then access survey results for the group. Teachers can also use this tool to create quizzes that students can complete online.

Teaching and Learning Resources (TLR)
MassONE offers links to thousands of online curriculum resources, standards-based lessons, multimedia, Internet safety activities, and past online professional development courses. The resources provided by Thinkfinity can be searched by key word, grade level and subject.

Curriculum Tools
These tools offer an easy way to create standards-based lesson plans. They include a template where users can enter information such as key concepts, activities, and assessment strategies. Also included is a standards database, which allows users to quickly identify the curriculum or vocational standard(s) that the lesson focuses on. Once completed, lesson plans are stored on MassONE, where the creators have the option of sharing them with others.

Technology Self-Assessment Tool (TSAT)
This online tool allows educators to quickly find out which skills they need to acquire in order to best help their students. The tool can aggregate teacher data (anonymously) for a school or district, allowing administrators to see where the need for professional development is greatest.

Quick Search
The Quick Search tool allows users to quickly search the Internet for authoritative lesson plans, primary sources, and other educational web sites.