Ingenuity Works Teachers' Tech Tutor

This unique and innovative multimedia courseware series is an effective method of training teachers in the use of the new learning technologies.

The CDs include useful information in a teachers’ context, interactive exercises, video testimonials, glossary, tests, links to our website (and others), classroom applications and much more.

The series begins with The World of the Internet -an educator's access guide, which demystifies the Internet and introduces the user to E-mail, browsers, search engines, conferencing etc. plus the bountiful resources of the WWW.

The second CD - Technology in the Classroom provides crucial information on how to use and successfully integrate practical technology applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, paint/graphics, multimedia and presentation software. The teacher becomes familiar with operating system interfaces, tool bars, cutting and pasting, copying, file management and compression etc.

The third CD - Facilitating Learning with Technology: topics include learner theories, learning and teaching strategies, professional development using online resources, facilitating in asynchronous environments, opportunities in collaborative student projects using online global resources, using creative interactivity and authentication in testing, and managing information to track student progress and much more. The 250+ page PDF on the CD is called the Classroom Survival Guide. It contains Job Aids, Lesson Plans and Activities recommended and contributed by teachers throughout North America.

Program features:

• A need for a very user friendly tool that is easy to understand and use. A tool that would appeal to the teachers that were intimidated by, or not yet introduced to, computers.
• A need for a very practical approach to learning technology that will allow teachers to learn as they go, at their own pace and in their chosen learning environment.
• A need for an economical solution considering the limited budgets in today's school districts.
• A need for a more efficient approach that could provide training quickly, adaptable to workshops or "just in time" learning settings.
• A need for the teachers to constantly have ample suport during and after training so that they do not "get lost" and discouraged.
• A need to have tools and resource materials such as lesson plans and activities in hand after the training is complete, to enable the teachers to immediately apply their newly acquired knowledge.
• A need to learn about the Internet and its resources, about relevant time-saving applications (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.), about applicable teaching strategies and above all, how to incorporate all this in their daily classroom setting.
• A need to establish a method of constantly updating their skills, year after year by staying current with recent developments and their peers.
• Each School Edition purchase is license to install in one computer only.