Description: Schools in the United States have made a substantial investment in educational technology over the past fifteen years. In order to get an adequate return on their investment, schools must begin to make a similar investment in professional development. Clearly, technology professional development programs must be developed to help teachers successfully integrate technology. This article describes the evaluation of the InTech Project—a one-year technology integration program designed to train teachers how to integrate technology effectively. This article includes the research problems examined in the study, as well as the results and conclusions drawn by the researcher. Abstract: A key factor in the weak implementation of educational technology in schools all across the nation is inadequate teacher training. While few would argue that extensive technology professional development programs are needed, there is little relevant empirical information related to effective integration training methods and content. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to implement and evaluate the InTech Project--a one-year technology professional development program. The primary goal of the research was to determine effective integration training methods and content for use in technology professional development programs designed to train teachers to use computers and related technologies. (Editor's Comment: The article is lengthy. We chose to break the article into sections for viewing on the web. You may follow the links below to the subsequent sections or you may choose to print the entire article in a MS Word format.) Printer Friendly Version
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