| While many educators have used project-based learning in their classrooms, many of them have never had an opportunity to learn in this style. At a ProjectLearn Academy, Tech4Learning creates an environment where educators experience firsthand the process of planning, working in a collaborative group with peers, and learning in a project-based setting. A ProjectLearn Academy is delivered at your site, using your technology tools, and is designed to improve educator proficiency and confidence implementing those tools when they return to the classroom.
The project approach provides one way to introduce a wider range of learning opportunities and contexts in professional development. Providing a project-based learning environment for educators creates a first-hand knowledge and experience of this type of learning environment, improving the likelihood of success in the classroom. You may also view the ProjectLearn Academy brochure online. Outcomes
Using the tenets of project-based learning, a ProjectLearn Academy helps educators successfully integrate technology. Participants learn to engage students in content learning by combining student-directed technology projects with rigorous academics.
As a result of attending a ProjectLearn Academy, educators will:
Technology Skills
As participants design a project, they determine what the project components will be and are coached to learn the skills they need to use “just in time.” A ProjectLearn Academy provides participants with experience creating a technology project, during which they encounter and use a variety of technology skills.
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