Intel Teach to the Future Curriculum

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Pre-Service Program Cynthia Reed, US Program
Manager
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Agenda

• Intel Innovations in Education
• Mission, Objectives
• Programs
• Intel Teach to the Future
• Program Elements, Accomplishments
• Curriculum
• Requirements to Participate
• Benefits
• Evaluation Data

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Intel Innovation in Education

• Mission
• To be a major force in improving science, math,
  engineering and technology education
• Objectives
• Improve science and math education in K-12
• Improve the effective utilization of technology
  in classroom teaching
• Broaden access to technology
• Encourage underrepresented minorities to enter
  technical careers

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Major Education Programs

• Intel Teach to the Future
• Professional development program focused on
  effective integration of technology in the
  classroom.
• Intel Science Talent Search
• America's most prestigious and highly regarded
  science competition for U.S. high school seniors.
  
• Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
• The world's largest pre-college science
  competition, now in its 53rd year.
• Intel Computer Clubhouse Network
• Local after-school learning centers that use
  technology creatively to enable under-served
  youth
• Web Resources for Educators
• www.intel.com/education

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Intel Teach to the Future

• A worldwide initiative to enhance student
  learning by providing teachers with the skills to
  integrate computer technology effectively into
  existing curriculum
• Train one million teachers in 26 countries around
  the world by the end of 2003
• Train 150,000 teachers and professors in U.S.
• 100M investment cash, equipment, curriculum
  development, program management

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Key Program Elements

• For teacher preparation programs, public and
• private K-12 schools
• Train-the-Trainer Model
• Hands-on, face-to-face training
• Aligned to state and national standards
• Unit plans created for immediate use in the
  classroom

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Accomplishments

• More than 500,000 teachers trained worldwide
  since the program launched in 2000
• 70,000 in-service teachers trained in the U.S
• 300 professors 80 universities, over 6,000
  pre-service student teachers
• Available in 26 Countries

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Why a Pre-Service Initiative?

• 2.4 million teachers needed by 2010- teacher
  educators critical to success
• Future teachers must know how to use technology
  as an instructional tool in 21st century
  classroom
• Many states adopt standards performance for
  Colleges of Education

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Curriculum Materials
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Curriculum Overview

• Created by educators for educators
• Utilizes essential questions and big ideas to
  direct instructional design decisions
• Introduces technology tools and strategies for
  enhancing learning through research,
  communication, productivity and assessment
• Addresses state and national academic and
  technology standards
• Encourages student teachers to work in teams,
  problem-solve, and participate in peer review of
  their units

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Essential Questions

• To bring meaning and focus to the study of events
  and topics throughout a project or course, which
  otherwise may seem arbitrary or unrelated.
• To help students personalize knowledge, knitting
  fragments of information into a pattern of
  meaning.
• To provide students with a compelling question in
  age-appropriate language that gets to the heart
  of learning and carries the potential for new
  discovery.
• To ensure student projects are compelling,
  engaging and require higher order thinking skills
  so that students are going beyond fact-finding to
  analysis.

Adapted from Understanding By Design, Grant
Wiggins and Jay McTighe Alexandria VA.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development, 1998.
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Backward Design Process
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Program Requirements

• Complete on-line application, visit
  www.intel.com/education
• outline plan how you may use this curriculum in
  existing or new pre-service teacher education
  courses
• Attend and fully participate in four days of a
  curriculum review training
• Use the Intel Teach to the Future Pre-Service
  curriculum with at least 40 pre-service student
  teachers for each participating faculty member by
  12/31/2003 no cost to curriculum
• university may combine faculty totals for average
  of 40
• Submit updates re students involved

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Faculty Benefits

• Faculty members may implement curriculum using
  approaches that are consistent with existing
  course syllabi
• Professional developed curriculum binders and
  resource CD- no charge
• Faculty members attending curriculum review
• Each pre-service student teacher
• Leverages PT3 funds

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Benefits to Faculty

• Mechanism for pre-service student teachers to
  compile an electronic portfolio demonstrating the
  use of multiple applications for technology
  integration
• Participating faculty report that the curriculum
  aligns to ISTE- NETS standards
• Provides excellent pedagogical technology
  integration curriculum, all in one place

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Pre-Service Results

• 300 professors indicate results are
• 97 of teacher educators agree or strongly agree
  curriculum is appropriate/relevant to courses
  they teach
• 96 of teacher educators agree or strongly agree
  curriculum will help their students understand
  how to integrate technology effectively into
  their future teaching

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For Further Information

• John Judge
• Institute of Computer Technology
• 978-452-6745
• jjudge_at_ict.org

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Additional Information
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Curriculum Review Workshops

• 4 full days
• Available nationally
• You may attend anywhere
• Your university may host with a min. of 16
  faculty
• Lab would need to meet PC specs
• May recruit beyond single institution
• No cost
• Visit www.intel.com/education for more details

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Curriculum Modules

• Module 1 Getting Started
• Module 2 Locating Resources for Unit Portfolios
• Module 3 Creating Student Multimedia
  Presentations
• Module 4 Creating Student Publications
• Module 5 Creating Unit Support Materials
• Module 6 Creating Student Web Sites
• Module 7 Creating Teacher Support Materials
• Module 8 Developing Plans for Implementation
• Module 9 Putting Unit Portfolios Together
• Module 10 Showcasing Unit Portfolios

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Software Used

• Microsoft Office 2000 Professional
• Microsoft Word 2000 (support documents)
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 (multimedia)
• Microsoft Publisher 2000 (publication Web
  site)
• Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2001
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
• Intel Teach to the Future CD

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