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Intel Teach Program-Getting Started Course
On 4th January, 2010, a training program on “Teacher Professional Development Training, Intel Teach Program-Getting Started Course” was held at the Internet Learning Center of Rani Bilashmoni Govt. Boys High School in Gazipur. This training for their school teachers, organized in association with Relief International –Schools Online and Intel, was a four days long training program from 4th to 7th January, 2010.
8 teachers in total participated in the training. The main goal of the training program was to train the teachers on the use and integration of 21st century skills and ICT in today’s classrooms, and on adoption of a more student centric approach in education.
The main contents of the training were identifying 21st century skills, comparing classrooms of today with classrooms of tomorrow, higher-order thinking, promoting collaboration, accepting change, facilitating learning and tools of ICT. It demonstrated 21st century skills can be used to make teaching process much more constructive. At the end of the training, participant teachers prepared and presented their action plans for the academic year. The action plans state the goals of the teachers and explain the approach the teachers will take in teaching their courses in the following term. RI Bangladesh Intel Master Trainers co- facilitated the training along with the Master Trainer of Rani Bilashmoni School. All teachers exhibited the highest levels of energy at this training that is bound to add a whole new dimension to education. |
