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.
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
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.
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).
