The TDA and Microsoft are coming to the end of a three year partnership agreement.
The TDA and Microsoft are coming to the end of a three year partnership agreement.
The key aims of this partnership have been to:
- improve the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in initial teacher training
- support the ICT training needs of the wider school workforce, and
- support the continuing professional development (CPD) needs of teachers.
Ongoing projects
Collaborative technologies in languages initiative (CTLI)
CTLI is a pilot project that is developing a learning platform called ‘The Gateway’. The Gateway is used by schools in England, France and Spain and aims to enhance primary modern foreign languages education through collaborative use of ICT. The outcomes of this project and a replication guide will be disseminated in 2008.Read more about the CTLI project
E-safety – Know IT All
Childnet International’s Know IT All for Trainees programme provides a dedicated website and a series of resources designed to help introduce the key issues and concepts of e-safety into initial teacher training, giving trainees the confidence to carry the message into their own classrooms. The website has now been officially launched and we have made copies of the accompanying Know IT All DVD available to teacher trainers.
If you are a teacher trainer yourself and would like to request a copy of the Know IT All for Trainees DVD, please send your contact details via e-mail to Shamina Begum: shamina.begum@tda.gov.uk.
CPD support using the European pedagogical ICT license (EPICT) and the Innovative Teachers Network
Saltash Community School is obtaining EPICT facilitator accreditation to develop a practice-based CPD programme at Saltash and with partner schools in the Cornwall region focusing on effective use of technology. Facilitator and teacher learning will be captured and shared online using Microsoft’s Innovative Teachers Network.
