Focused evaluation efforts measure program performance in relation to program goals.
The first step in an effective evaluation, therefore, is to ensure that a program's
goals are both well-defined and measurable.
The Intel® Education Initiative international evaluation teams use a strategic
outcomes model that defines the indicators by which program impact is measured.
This model informs the design of the evaluation methods and tools, as well as the
analysis of the results.
For the
Intel® Teach Program, the primary indicators of program impact on teachers
can be grouped into three categories: incorporating new pedagogy, creating a 21st
century classroom environment, and increasing technology use.
Data about one of the core components of Intel Teach, the
Intel® Teach Essentials course, indicate that teachers have very positive
experiences during the training, and that they leave the training feeling prepared
to use what they have learned in their teaching practice.
In follow-up surveys, the data show that teachers use technology in new ways and
use new pedagogical strategies in their classroom teaching after their participation
in this course.
Read about the results of the Impact survey for the Essentials course:
Annual Impact Results (PDF 100KB)
Technology as Motivator
There is always that one student in your class. Mine came in on a daily basis without
his homework; it was a constant issue. His skills began to fall further and further
behind because of that.
And here was my motivation. On Friday afternoons, when the kids would be working
on a computer project, he was not allowed to work with them.
Every week, he had the same question for me, "Mrs. Smith, when can I work on that
project? I really want to work on that project."
That child almost never comes in without his homework now. Technology is such a
motivator.
