The CDW•G Team provides Professional Development Training and Consulting that enables educators to build creative strategies to enhance teaching and learning experiences using technology. Our educational solutions are designed to provide the highest quality learning for your students and professional development resources to address teacher needs and goals. We embrace a 5-step solution which will ensure that each school fully adopts the “Classroom for the Future” (CFF) model including its technology, pedagogy, and best practices for teaching and learning. Full adoption of the CFF model ultimately leads to improved student success, student achievement of the Pennsylvania state standards and self-sustainability.

This 5-step process includes:

• Assess the current teachers, coaches and administrators technology competency levels
• Plan and Create Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs) based on specific needs and aligned resources provided by the CDW solution
• Train teachers, coaches, and administrators based on their Individual Learning Plan needs and goals
• Mentor teachers, coaches and administrators during the implementation process and tailor courseware to meet specific needs
• Assess the results

Utilizing a group of certified instructors, training sessions are designed to focus on the fundamentals of computer literacy, the application of technology in the workplace, curriculum integration, and classroom management with technology. Through a balance of on-line instruction, whole group instruction, small group interactions, and performance-based activities these sessions can be augmented by the use of online work environments to facilitate continuing collaboration, communications, community building, mentoring, and feedback on the development of effective practices. 

The following training is provided for teachers, coaches, administrators and technical team:

• Teachers: 2 full days of training for ALL teachers
• Coaches: 10 full days of training for ALL coaches
• Administrators: 2 full days of training for ALL Administrators
• Technical Team: 2 full days of training for ALL technical team members

The CDW•G Team is working closely with the Pennsylvania School/District Administrators and Coaches to plan, design, coordinate and implement staff and teacher training as well as report results on a continuous and on-going basis.

Links

• Futurekids - The Futurekids Professional Development solution for Classrooms for the Future empowers educators, students, and administrators to be proficient with technology as a learning, instruction, administrative and communication tool resulting in better learning outcomes and improved return on investment.
• Promethean Planet
• Promethean Learning - Based in the UK, an online tutoring and accreditation site (From Promethean)
• Eternal Egypt - Eternal Egypt brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions. The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more. There are many ways to begin your journey through Eternal Egypt. The guided tour is a quick way to experience the best that the site has to offer. You can also begin with one of the cultural highlights, or make your own discoveries using one of the many other ways to explore.
• Try Engineering - TryEngineering is owned by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE). This resource aims to inform teachers, school counselors, parents and students (ages 8-18) about engineering and what engineers do, through interactive activities and other valuable information on careers in engineering.
• The Hermitage Museum - The Hermitage Museum collections of works of art (over 3,000,000 items), put together throughout two centuries and a half, present the development of the world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century. Today the Museum is creating its digital self-portrait to be displayed around the world. Computer technologies enable the State Hermitage Museum to provide people from all over the world with wider access to information about the Museum and its treasures. The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg, Russia. The leading role in this unique architectural ensemble is played by the Winter Palace, the residence of the Russian tsars that was built to the design of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1754-62. This ensemble, formed in the 18th and 19th centuries, is extended by the eastern wing of the General Staff building, the Menshikov Palace and the recently constructed Repository.
• TryScience - TryScience is your gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology through on and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide. Science is exciting, and it's for everyone! That's why TryScience and over 400 science centers worldwide invite you to investigate, discover, and try science.
  
  New interactive content is added regularly to these areas:
  Adventure: Thematic interactive experience
  Experiments: Hands-on (offline) activities with an online component
  Field Trips: Interactive science center features, plus a science center locator
  Curious?: Short polls and activities based on a hot topic question, plus related news links
  Live Cams: Live views from webcams at science and technology centers worldwide
   
• Computer Science Teachers Association - The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) is a membership organization that supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines. CSTA provides opportunities for K-12 teachers and students to better understand the computing disciplines and to more successfully prepare themselves to teach and learn. The Computer Science Teachers Association provides free access to computer science resources for high school teachers. Resources include basic programming and Web design principles that teachers can incorporate into computer science, math and science classes, as well as a professional development resource for teachers.
• netTrekker - NetTrekker d.i., the latest version of netTrekker, the award-winning search engine for schools, supports differentiated instruction with standards-based online resources, organized by readability level to help every child achieve. Through it’s partnership with Promethean, Nettrekker includes a Promethean tab where teachers can locate “flipchart” lesson plans, searchable by subject, grade level and state standard. 
• Atomic Learning - Promethean, in cooperation with Atomic Learning, provides free on-line basic level tutorials on how to use Promethean’s lesson development software.  Featuring a wide variety of topics, Atomic Learning provides step-by-step guidance for Activclassroom users looking to enhance their knowledge base with Activstudio.  There are 20 free Activstudio tutorials which require no username or password.