Training Resources for Teachers

(Week 14)

How do corporations provide training resources for teachers? Give examples.

There are two options for teachers who want to demonstrate basic educational technology standards. The first option is for the teacher to go take classes at a college or university in educational technology, or the second option is to take a workshop to achieve the same competency. The college path may prove to be more useful to some for it may add some more endorsements to their teaching licenses. The teacher workshops are usually given at the district level, and are usually free of charge.

For those who are well into their field, corporations have people called “media specialists.” These people are up to date on the current research technology on the web and in the libraries. Media specialists are in the know on how to research a topic and where to find the information that a student must seek to finish that project for science or history. They have to have up to date technology skills and must be able to teach them to their peers if the need arises.

Next we have administrators. These people who head the schools are in charge of how technology gets distributed in the schools. They take college credit courses and leadership workshops to learn how technology plays a vital role in the school system, and work on getting computers and their peripherals distributed throughout their schools accordingly.

Lastly, we have guidance counselors and instructional support fields, where the technology literacy is important as well. These people must be literate in the technology in order to do their jobs as well. These people must be able to run the school’s technology to do their required work so that there are no malfunctions when it comes to their job.