Educational Technology - Technology Services : CIU 20

Technology Services

Administrative Technology

Educational Technology

Instructional Material Services

Professional Development

The mission of the Educational Technology functional area is to provide service to member school districts, career technology centers, and non-Public schools to assist them in integrating technology into classroom instruction and professional development. Services provided include the following programs:

Pa. Dept. of Education Technology Integration Mentor (TIMs)
Technology Trainer
Instructional Media Services
Internet2 Facilitator
Discovery Education Network Trainer and Facilitator
Thinkfinity Trainer and Facilitator
eSchool Builder Trainer and Facilitator
Elluminate Trainer and Facilitator
Regional Computer Fairs (Middle Grades and High School)

The Educational Technology Coordinator provides a routine schedule of fact-to-face, online and on-demand training classes related to technology and the integration of technology into classroom instruction. Topics include:

Wiki development and use
Podcasting for the classroom
Blogs in the classroom
Promethean interactive white board training
SMART interactive white board training
Internet2 in the classroom
Internet2 content development
Intel “TEACH” curriculum
On-line course development
Google Earth
Google Documents

Additionally, training topics are developed and presented on an ongoing basis as new technologies, methods and software become available.

Educational technology support is also provided for the staff that serves students in classrooms operated by the Intermediate Unit.