The Teaching for the 21st Century program is a year long professional development program offered to schools and districts to develop teacher leaders in technology integration.
Successful technology integration in schools requires administrative support, but ultimately instructional change happens from the bottom up: teachers devise ways to use technology to help students develop as 21st century learners. Therefore, our professional development model works with cohorts of enthusiastic (but not necessarily experienced) teachers to train them as teacher leaders in education technology integration. After a year in our program, these teachers return to their schools and departments to lead their colleagues in system, sustainable reform.
Our program combines engaging, practical workshops, online courses, and extensive individualized support to help teachers employ the best online resources resources for presentations, collaboration, and constructivist 21st Century student learning.
The Teaching for the 21st Century Professional Development Program (T21) provides cohorts of teachers the opportunity to develop their technology integration skills over a one-year period with the coaching and support of educators who have extensive experience teaching with technology. Participants in the program leave with a greater confidence in their computing skills, practical approaches for integrating technology in the curriculum, and a readiness to take a leadership role in promoting thoughtful computer use in their schools.
Each T21 cohort is comprised of up to 20 teachers from the same school or district. Cohorts can either be from a single department or comprised of teachers from different discuplines who show a special interest in developing their technology integration skills.
T21 Program Details
16 hours of customized workshops: the first workshop opens the door to the possibilities of new Web 2.0 opportunities for teaching with technology; the second workshop supports teachers in integrating technology as a regular, constant element of their teaching and classroom life. Every workshop is customized to ensure that our training supports the educational mission of each individual school or district.
Two online mini-courses in technology integration topics to further skills and keep teachers abreast of research and resources. Cohorts will participate in two 7-week long asynchronous online courses about Internet literacy and Web 2.0 tools.
Threesynchronous webinars and online office hours where participants can ask questions and engage in conversation with EdTechTeacher instructors in real time.
15 hours of individualized online/telephone consulting and coaching to help teachers find resources, develop lesson plans, and troubleshoot challenges. (Greater Boston schools can have 10 of these hours on site)
An online community that allows teachers to experience firsthand the benefits of knowledge co-construction in Web 2.0 spaces. Our T21 online community allows teachers to collaborate with us online, to share insights with each other, and to develop the learning that begins in the workshops and online courses.
Access to more than 25 EdTechTeacher video tutorials, as well lesson plans, and other premium content from EdTechTeacher.org.
Copies of Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology: A Practical Guide for Teachers, by Teachers for each participant, our indispensable resource for learning to using technology in the classroom.
