Initiatives for Establishing Technology Training

Issues of continuity are important to the establishment and maintenance of effective teacher technology training. Structures for the archiving and sharing resources help to facilitate sustained instructor development, and they also can be used to support arguments for additional resources and future initiatives. Considerations of instructor professionalization and programmatic development, therefore, are productive components of any technology-training model.

Below are listed some potential initiatives for facilitating program development and instructor professionalization. You and others interested in computer teaching can collaboratively:

1. Construct a list of shared pedagogical goals for computer teaching.
2. Compose job descriptions for existing and potential administrative positions.
3. Generate a list of qualifications for computer teachers to work towards.
4. Create a shared list of common questions for course evaluations of computerized sections.
5. Provide templates for web and other pedagogical materials.
6. Generate computer documentation for relevant procedures and programs.
7. Coordinate classroom visits, both by fellow computer instructors and administrators.
8. Develop committees to address issues important to computer teaching in the program.
9. Create spaces (both electronic and physical) where resources consistently can be archived and shared.
10. Encourage instructor involvement in listservs (both local and in the larger field) related to computer teaching.
11. Organize colloquia and workshops that allow instructors to share resources and ideas.
12. Encourage participation in conferences and the pursuit of publishing opportunities.