EdTechTeacher

What We Do

As technology and globalization transform our economy and civic sphere, educators must rise to the challenge of preparing students for an ever more complex and cognitively demanding world. At EdTechTeacher, we recognize this challenge and provide educational technology professional development to teachers who are dedicated to using technology in order to create innovative learning opportunities for their students. From large school districts to small independent schools, we have experience with a wide range of educational settings. If your institution is trying to leverage new technologies to support student learning, we are excited to partner with you. The work that we do shifts with the rhythm of the academic year.

Summer Workshops

During the summer, we work primarily with individual teachers and school leaders in our summer workshop series. We run a wide variety of workshops, all of which are hands-on, intensive, and prepare teachers and school leaders to change their practice.

Winter Conference

March 3-4, 2012 marks our inaugural winter conference. This year's theme, Leading Change in Changing Times, will bring together the education technology community for EdTechTeacher2012 at the Microsoft New England Research and Development (NERD) Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Keynotes and Presentations 

During the academic year, we work directly with schools and districts. We travel to schools across the country and around the world to deliver keynote presentations and lead short workshops. Our keynote presentations engage and challenge audiences, and our hands-on workshops equip faculty with new tools and strategies that they can use in class the very next day.

The Teaching for the 21st Century Program

We far prefer, however, to build long term relationships with schools so we can work with teachers long enough to have a real impact on their teaching. The EdTechTeacher Teaching for the 21st Century Professional Development Program (T21) provides cohorts of teachers with the opportunity to develop their technology integration skills over a one-year period, through the coaching and support of educators who have extensive experience teaching with technology.

Leading Change in Changing Times

Our professional development work builds institutional capacity for innovative teaching from the bottom-up, and we complement that with our work with school and district leadership teams. We help leadership teams develop vision and strategy, assess their technology infrastructure, and assess the impact of their technology investments. 

Educational Publishing

Finally, we work with educational publishers to develop materials that support our mission of creating student-centered, inquiry-based learning environments. We've worked in partnership with basal publishers and small game designers to build content, evaluate products, and improve student learning experiences. 

How We Got Started

It all began in 2002 when Tom received a small grant to develop a set of resources for his new pilot history classroom with exclusive access to a laptop cart. With those funds,Tom developed one summer workshop to 7 people on Teaching History with Technology at Noble and Greenough school and he developed the Best of History Web Sites. In 2006, Justin and Tom began their partnership, and co-authored the practical guide for teachers Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology. By the start of the 2008 school year, EdTechTeacher had become a full-time endeavor with a full curriculum of summer workshops and school year programs. We've diversified our offerings but our mission remains the same: to support educators in their quest to enrich student learning experiences through emerging technologies.