More than 90 percent of 5,278 teachers who took part in an Intel Corp-sponsored program to encourage the use of more information technology (IT) in schools reported last week that their students are motivated and actively involved in lessons, a National Taiwan Normal University survey found.
According to the university's post-training survey, 93 percent of the teachers surveyed recognized the positive impact on students learning motivation, and 95 percent of teachers indicated that viewing resources on the program's CD-ROM is a helpful tool.
About 89 percent of teachers polled agreed that the training program is helpful in creating student samples of publication or Web sites, and 80 percent of teachers used the program manual and CD-ROM since completing the training course, the survey said.
Launched two years ago at the university by Intel Taiwan, the program trains teachers in methods for integrating more IT into their lesson plans. As of the end of June this year, 15,000 teachers had achieved certificates from the program.
"The key objective of the project is to encourage and improve teachers' abilities in integrating information technologies into current curricula to enhance students' learning ability and performance," Intel Taiwan manager Kelly Wu (
The leader of the program said it had a positive impact on the teachers who took part.
"This project not only enables our teachers to learn more about the new basic IT skills, it also successfully transforms teachers' IT application concepts from information technology to the fundamental essence of teaching and learning," said Wu Cheng-chih (
The findings also showed that in the primary schools, except for computer labs, 61 percent of teachers indicated that their classrooms are equipped with one or more computers. This number is about two times higher than junior and high schools.
The major reasons for not implementing a technology-based lesson after training are a lack of software or insufficient planning time, the survey found.
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