Classroom and pre-service teachers and university educators may use the Center. Trainer fees may be paid by the Indiana Department of Education. To assist administrators in using technology to increase their own productivity and in providing leadership for the instructional uses of technology. Eligible participants include principals, assistant principals, directors of curriculum, library media specialists. Special adaptations of this program have been created for superintendents and district-level technology coordinators.
Participants pay reduced fees thanks to state underwriting.
Thirty percent of these funds must be spent for professional development. In a competitive process, the Indiana Department of Education awards fellowships to 30 Indiana middle and high school teachers in different curricular areas that change annually. The purpose of the program is to enhance teaching and learning through innovative uses of educational technology. To support the fellowship activity, a grant is also awarded to each recipient's school for the purchase of equipment and software. Upon completion of the fellowship, participants share what they learned with others.