In the Three Day workshop series, participants created a TILE lesson that included:

• A Project Description (see example)
• Project Goals, including Essential Question, Specific Questions, Illinois State Goals (and local curriculum) (see example)
• Performance Task (see example)
• Performance Actions (assess, interpret, produce, communicate, and evaluate) (see example)

Participants received instruction in the latest research and practice in instructional design as it applies to technology in accordance with established teaching standards:

ISBE Professional Teaching Standards:
1E, 1H, 2G, 3G, 3J, 3L, 4J, 4M, 5G, 5J, 6E, 6H, 6J, 8G, 8J, 9F, 10E, 11F

ISBE Technology Standards for All Teachers:
#3A, 3C, 3D, 7I, 7K, 8A, 8B, 8C

Schools also chose a technology strand.  This technology strand consisted of a hands-on training session focused on a particular classroom technology. 

(ISBE Technology Standards for All Teachers, #2, 7K)

Participants received training in successful strategies for implementing technology in the classroom, including both direct instruction and modeling of the Before-During-After strategy.  In this strategy, teachers learn how to prepare the students to use the technology tool utilizing:

• Activating strategies (before)



• How to use various strategies - including cooperative grouping, collaborative pairs, cognitive strategies and organizing - while students work at the computer (during)
  
  
• How to apply summarizing, extending, and refining strategies when the students complete the computer activity (after).

(ISBE Professional Teaching Standards, #2F, 3J, 4N, 5G, 6F, 7F) (ISBE Technology Standards for All Teachers, # 3D, 7K)

A section of the TILE lesson contains a detailed description of the application of this approach. 

At the end of this series, participating teachers completed:

• A section of the lesson plan that includes a technology tool description



• A workshop evaluation
  
  
• A tip sheet related to the technology training.  This tip sheet will be produced for classroom usage and will be immediately applicable.