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Introduction to Instructional Design Class

Laura Wilkerson-Fountain

How Do You Teach An Old Dog New Tricks?

This web page will give you some information about the training of teachers in technology.  As the world rapidly becomes infused with computers it is essential that students receive meaningful learning experiences with various hardware and software.  It has become the responsibility of teachers to teach these new skills to their students.  But who will teach the teachers how to use these swiftly evolving computers, PDA's, and Smart boards so that they may integrate them effectively into their classrooms?  It will be the instructional designers of tomorrow who will be responsible for this training.  These articles and websites will give you an idea of how teachers at all educational levels are getting trained to use these tools of tomorrow in their schools.  It is true that you can teach an old dog new tricks!

This page was last updated on 04/17/03.