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=**Intel Teach Prog****ram Program Overview**= The Intel® Teach Program is a research-proven world-wide professional development program that helps educators enhance 21st century learning through the effective use of technology in their lesson plans with the goal of engaging students with technology for critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration.

It includes both face-to-face and online courses which • Enable teachers to introduce, expand, and support project-based learning in the classroom • Include use of the Assessing Projects application with a library of teacher-created assessment resources • Align to state and national standards

=**Intel Teach Elements Elements Overview**= Intel® Teach Elements is a series of self-paced, short online professional development courses which provide teachers a deeper exploration of 21st century learning concepts such as project-based approaches, assessment of 21st century skills, and collaboration with Web 2.0 tools.

**Collaboration in the Digital Classroom**
This is an interactive e-learning experience that offers an in-depth look at collaboration with a focus on online collaborative tools. In this course, teachers see how collaboration helps students develop 21st century thinking skills, deepen content understanding, and prepare them for the global world. Teachers learn how to plan and manage collaboration activities that integrate online collaborative tools increasingly part of our globally connected workplaces.

**Assessment in 21st Century Classrooms**
Assessment in 21st Century Classrooms is an interactive e-learning experience that offers an in-depth look at assessment that meets the needs of 21st century teaching and learning. In this course, teachers see how assessment strategies can benefit their teaching practices and their students’ learning. They learn how to plan, develop, and manage student-centered assessment.

**Project-Based Approaches**
In this course, teachers explore characteristics and benefits of Project-Based Learning (PBL). Throughout the course, teachers consider their own teaching practice as they follow a teacher new to project-based learning who discusses strategies with a mentor teacher. Planning and project design modules guide teachers through organizing the curriculum, the classroom, and students for successful 21st century projects. The assessment module demonstrates strategies for assessing students’ 21st century skills throughout an open-ended project.

=**Essentials Essentials Overview**= In the Essentials, teachers and students collaborate, analyze the quality of information, problem-solve, and communicate using online resources and technology tools. This course provides teachers with a foundation of skills to fully integrate technology, ongoing assessment, and student-centered learning
 * 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

=**Thinking with Technology Thinking with Technology Overview**= This course builds on effective technology integration skills. Teachers use free online tools to sharpen students’ higher order thinking skills. Focused on building effective technology integration skills, Thinking with Technology uses a set of three free online tools to sharpen students' higher-order thinking. Those tools are: Visual Ranking, Seeing Reason, and Showing Evidence. Also included is a band of strategies and project ideas for using the tools to target and assess higher-order thinking skills. Teachers focus on:
 * A fully developed unit plan, aligned to standards and learning objectives, which incorporates one or
 * more of the tools. The unit plan includes:
 * Curriculum-Framing Questions
 * Detailed instructional procedures and strategies for integrating the thinking tools
 * A thinking tool project ready for classroom implementation

How does TWT fit within Iowa's Context?

**Free Teaching Resources, Tools and Lessons**

 * **Visual Ranking**-Identify and refine criteria for assigning a ranking to a list. Then, debate differences, reach consensus, and organize ideas.
 * **Seeing Reason**-Investigate relationships in complex systems, and create maps that communicate understanding.
 * **Showing Evidence**-Construct well-reasoned arguments that are supported by evidence, using a visual framework.

For more information about Thinking with Technology, contact Karen Appleton, media and technology consultant. kappleton@aea8.k12.ia.us or (712)262-4704 ext 2008. Thinking with Technology will be offered state-wide, with a local facilitator, in an online format.

October 11, 2010 Intel Teach: Thinking with Technology session presenter: Valerie Jergens School Improvement Consultant Prairie Lakes AEA Pocahontas, Iowa (712)335-3588 ext 2029 vjergens@aea8.k12.ia.us