Evidence from multiple studies of the Intel
Teach programs suggests that teacher expertise can
have an immediate and long-lasting effect on
student-centered teaching practices, and
collaborative learning. In addition, as discussed,
teacher expertise also plays a critical role in
successfully implementing and sustaining
classroom pedagogical innovation using ICT. As a
result, supporting effective teacher technology use
is one strategy that governments can use to help
teachers increase their expertise. To be effective
this support must be directed toward implementing
learning initiatives that are on-going, school-based,
and focused on areas of the curriculum in which
students are having difficulties. Education
transformation efforts that support teacher learning
of this kind will benefit from improved learning
environments and student performance. The
development of partnerships between country based
Intel Teach teams, the Ministries of Education, preservice
governing bodies and the Teacher
Education Institutions has been instrumental in
promoting, driving and sustaining the increasingly
robust implementation of technology integration
across the pre-service sector.