Intel Teach Program

Essentials Course Overview

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Intel Teach Program

Essentials Course
The Intel Teach Program is a worldwide initiative to provide teachers with the skills to effectively integrate technology into existing curriculum to improve student learning. Since 1999, the Intel Teach Program has helped over 4 million educators in more than 35 countries. The goal of the Intel Teach Essentials Course is to help classroom teachers develop student-centered learning through technology integration and project-based approaches.

Programs of the Intel Education Initiative are funded by the Intel Foundation and Intel Corporation. Copyright 2007 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and Intel Education are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Course Focus
The themes of the Essentials Course include:

Using technology effectively in the classroom to promote 21st century skills Identifying ways students and teachers can use technology to enhance learning through research, communication, collaboration, and productivity strategies and tools Providing hands-on learning and the creation of curricular units and assessments, which address state and national academic and technology standards Facilitating student-centered classrooms that encourage student self-direction and higher-order thinking Collaborating with colleagues to improve instruction by problem solving and participating in peer reviews of units

Programs of the Intel Education Initiative are funded by the Intel Foundation and Intel Corporation. Copyright 2007 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and Intel Education are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Outcomes
assessments

Intel Teach Essentials C ourse Unit Portfolio

Unit Portfolio

Gauge Student Needs Presentation Student Sample Assessment Other Assessments Assessments to Foster Self-Direction images_sounds copyright_permissions

Teachers create all the products listed. These items together make up a complete Unit Portfolio. Peer reviews are conducted on the products teachers create.

student_sample

Unit Plan

Presentation, Publication, Wiki, or Blog unit_plan Unit Plan Works C ited Document Implementation Plan unit_support Publication on PBL Documents to Scaffold Student Learning Presentation, Newsletter, Brochure, or Web-Based Resource to Support the Unit Management Documents

Aligns to standards Focuses through the use of CurriculumFraming Questions Includes Assessment Timeline to note ongoing assessment Provides accommodations to support all learners

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Curriculum Modules
Module 1: Teaching with Projects Focus: Project-based learning and unit design

Module 2:

Planning My Unit
Focus: Curriculum-Framing Questions and ongoing student-centered assessment

Module 3:

Making Connections Focus: The Internet to support teaching and learning

Module 4:

Creating Samples of Learning

Focus: Project outcomes from a student perspective

Programs of the Intel Education Initiative are funded by the Intel Foundation and Intel Corporation. Copyright 2007 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and Intel Education are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Curriculum Modules
Module 5: Assessing Student Projects Focus: Formative and summative assessment

Module 6:
Module 7: Module 8:

Planning for Student Success

Focus: Student support and self-direction Facilitating with Technology

Focus: Teacher as facilitator

Showcasing Unit Portfolios Focus: Sharing Learning

Programs of the Intel Education Initiative are funded by the Intel Foundation and Intel Corporation. Copyright 2007 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and Intel Education are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Typical Module Schedule

Pair and Share

Pedagogical Practices Discussion

Hands-On Activities

Modifying Unit Plan

Planning Ahead Activities

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Prerequisite Skills
Participants should possess intermediate-level computer skills
Ability to: Format and edit text Copy, cut, and paste text and graphics Save documents Use e-mail Navigate and perform a search on the Internet Use a word processing application

Programs of the Intel Education Initiative are funded by the Intel Foundation and Intel Corporation. Copyright 2007 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and Intel Education are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Expectations

Attend all 32 hours of hands-on in-class training Be on time Participate in all activities and discussions Complete Planning Ahead activities between

sessionsup to 16 hours of out-of-class for planning activities and completion of unit materials

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District Incentives
To be added by Master Teacher

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Sign Up Process
Details on class dates/schedule How teachers should contact you to sign up

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Programs of the Intel Education Initiative are funded by the Intel Foundation and Intel Corporation. Copyright 2007 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and Intel Education are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Programs of the Intel Education Initiative are funded by the Intel Foundation and Intel Corporation. Copyright 2007 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and Intel Education are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.