Customized Training Courses are provided to participants based on a school or district’s preferences for dates, time and length, and are available either face-to-face or online, each designed to provide educators with the resources and practical tools to integrate technology. Customized courses enable educators to develop an effective process and strategy for education technology integration into a specific curriculum area and to make use of classroom methodology.

Courses are modeled with a focus on the full integration of a technology rich, student-centered classroom, and are based on national, state, and local content standards including the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE), National Council for Teachers of Math (NCTM), National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) and performance indicators from the Technology Standards International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Additionally, education technology integration rubrics can be provided to assist in providing meaningful feedback. Participants will leave a customized course with a set of adaptable lessons, a variety of evaluative tools to determine their effectiveness and student performance, a plan for creating original content and a wide range of resources and tutorials to use and share.

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