Intel program to train teachers on technology

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by Margret Johnston

(IDG) -- Intel Corp. on Thursday announced the launch of a program aimed at training 7,400 teachers in Washington, Maryland and Virginia over the next two years on computer programs and technology.

The Intel Teach to the Future program for the metropolitan Washington area will be funded by a renewable $160,000 grant from Intel. The program will begin with the recruitment of 200 "master teachers" from public and private schools. After they are trained, the master teachers will receive a stipend, a mobile computer and $5,000 worth of classroom equipment from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and each will be assigned to train 40 other teachers during the course of the two-year program.

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Intel aims to be a major contributor to enhancing how teachers teach and how students learn, Jim Jarrett, vice president of worldwide governmental relations for Intel, said at a news conference. Intel Teach to the Future programs already have been established in Oregon and California, and over the next three years Intel plans to invest $100 million in cash, equipment, curriculum development and program management to train more than 400,000 teachers in 20 countries around the world.

Intel is spearheading the program, but Microsoft also is playing a major role in supporting it with a donation of $344 million worth of software and support. Each participating teacher receives a free copy of Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition and Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000.

The Institute of Computer Technology will train the master teachers. The curriculum, which consists of 10 four-hour modules, is based on Microsoft Office 2000 Professional. Training also includes use of the Internet, Web page design and multimedia software.

Intel selected the Potomac Regional Education Partnership (PREP), along with Partners in Education, as the Washington-area regional training agency. PREP will receive the $160,000 one-year, renewable grant to administer the program and an equipped training lab contributed by Premio Computer.

Jarrett was joined by Washington Mayor Anthony Williams and U.S. Sen. James Jeffords, a Republican from Vermont, at the news conference.

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