In fact, most of their subject teachers come from just four schools in the Glendale Elementary District. Zambo's group also used grant money to pay the salaries of two teachers who were assigned full-time technology integration roles. Leonard Shanks, a recent Presidential Award winner for excellence in teaching mathematics, was one of those teachers. From the beginning, we focused on teaching teachers how to best integrate math, science, and technology into content teaching. Software programs are set up and used just as they would be in real classrooms.
Teachers then move through each exercise.
A computer simulated car rolls down a ramp while teachers take measurements then enter them into a database, which graphs results. The teachers then duplicate the experiment with a real car and ramp, enter those data, and compare results. People don't know what they don't know until they know it. Once teachers saw how computers could be used, and how much they motivated the students and helped them think more critically, most wanted to learn more. It allows us to reach previously unreachable audiences.