Changing Pedagogy in Alabama’s Classrooms - The Alabama INTEL Teach to the Future/MarcoPolo Project

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Fritschi, J., Synco, T., Parks, S. & Ash, S. (2003). Changing Pedagogy in Alabama’s Classrooms - The Alabama INTEL Teach to the Future/MarcoPolo Project. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (pp. 3532-3534). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2003
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
2003
ISBN 1-880094-47-9
  Caroline Crawford, Niki Davis, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Authors

Jennifer Fritschi, AlaPT3 Trainer and MarcoPolo State Administrator, United States; Tracee Synco, AlaPT3 Best Practices Coordinator and Trainer, United States; Shannon Parks, AlaPT3 Director, Alabama Department of Education, Technology Initiatives, United States; Stephanie Ash, AlaPT3, United States

Abstract

Alabama's Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (AlaPT3 ) receives support from INTEL and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation to provide free, high-quality, standards-based, commercial free training to higher education faculty. Faculty receiving training impact student learning by incorporating the tools of technology into content and pedagogical frameworks. Curriculum is correlated to Alabama's Technology standards (based on NETS), NCATE, and No Child Left Behind. Participants receive: an overview of the training consisting of the combination of INTEL: Teach to the Future, and MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom; a timeline of the Alabama project; examples of the evaluation instruments used to measure effective implementation of technology standards; preliminary analysis and report of results; correlation of INTEL Teach to the Future and MarcoPolo Internet Content for the Classroom curriculum to Alabama's Technology standards, NCATE, and No Child Left Behind.

Keywords

• Classrooms
• Faculty
• Teachers
• Curriculum
• Educational Technology

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