"The Brigham Young University-Public School Partnership will design and implement technology-rich curriculum for the teacher education program and K-12 schools, and mentor BYU faculty and students in the use of technology-rich curriculum. BYU will support on-going collaboration of all participants in sharing successes in curriculum integration and implementation. These goals will be achieved through three major project activities:

• (1) creating design teams that will re-design our current teacher preparation curricula and public school K-12 curricula
• (2) using teacher-student electronic networks that will allow project participants to share newly developed curricula
• (3) holding yearly summer institutes focused on the infusion of technology into teaching and learning.

These three activities will be shaped by a philosophy which emphasizes curriculum integration, problem solving, data collection, information management, communications, presentations, and decision making in teacher preparation and public school curriculum."

Goals

• Develop a technology-enhanced teacher education program
• Develop technology-enhanced K-12 curriculum
• Model use of technology in preservice education
• Research the impact of technology on teaching and learning
• Inspire change agents

Processes

Curriculum Design Teams: Teams consisting of BYU faculty, BYU and District technology specialists, graduate students, and teacher candidates will:

• Review university courses and K-12 curriculum with the goal of integrating technology into restructured teacher preparation programs
• Research the impact of technology on teaching and learning
• Create electronic portfolios of technology use during student teaching
• Support implementation of technology-enhance curriculum in the public schools

Summer Institutes: During a two-week institute, a series of workshops will be held to bring teacher education faculty, faculty from the schools, and faculty from the arts and sciences departments together to participate collaboratively to:

• Invite national technology specialists
• Review technology-enhanced curriculum
• Share grant projects
• Mentor new participants
• Provide workshops for skill development

Electronic Networks: All participants will be linked through a listserv and websites designed to showcase:

• Contributed technology-integrated curricula.
• Electronic portfolios