Intel® Teach Program Essentials Course
The Intel® Teach Program engages both teachers and students in the development of 21st century skills and the integration of technology for teaching and learning. Teachers and students collaborate, analyze the quality of information, problem-solve, and communicate using online resources and technology tools.
Using these 21st century skills with the Essentials Course curriculum, teachers develop a project-based unit of instruction aligned to standards with multiple forms of student assessment (formative and summative).
Goals
As teachers progress through this course, they collaborate with other teachers and discuss ideas for both introducing and using technology in the classroom. Participating teachers develop a specific unit plan based upon material they are teaching. The goal is for each teacher to leave the course prepared to effectively implement a technology-rich Unit Portfolio that engages students in effective use of technology to achieve standards.
The result is students engaged in standards-aligned, technology-supported projects that promote the use of 21st century skills.
Curriculum overview ›
The Essentials Course consists of instruction delivered through 8 curricular modules. The course curriculum supports:
- Instructional design, project approaches, multiple methods of assessment, and promotion of 21st century skills
- Effective use of technology in the classroom
- Instructional uses of new communication and collaborative learning technologies
- Research and productivity strategies and tools
- Problem-solving and working in teams
Research findings ›
Evaluation findings from U.S. participants include:
- 91% of teachers said students were "motivated and involved in
the lesson." - Most respondents indicated that the course "provided
useful new ideas for teaching strategies to apply with
their students". - A higher percentage of teachers who had MTs in their schools
reported using technology in their practices (93.4 percent) than
those who did not have a Master Teacher in their building
(86.9).
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Course Formats
Intel® Teach Essentials Course is 32 hours of face-to-face training with 20 hours of homework.
Intel® Teach Essentials Online Course is 14 hours of face-to-face and 46 hours of facilitated online training.
Research Findings
Data collected and reported by independent research firms contains not only descriptions of successes, but also honest appraisals of areas needing improvement.