Developing future teachers who know how to use modern learning technologies to improve student learning is a major challenge facing our nation's teacher preparation system. The UAB-PT3 grant supports innovative program improvements and collaborative efforts to prepare educators in the Greater Birmingham Holmes Partnership area in the effective use of technology for teaching, instructional management, research, communication, and lifelong learning.
Preparing Tomorrow's Urban Teachers: Leveraging the Power of Information
Technology
is an implementation grant funded in 2000 by the US Department of Education's
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology Grant and The University of
Alabama at Birmingham School of Education. Click here for access to other
PT3 Projects in the State of Alabama.
Disclosure Statement
This project
will receive $966,665 from the U.S. Department of Education, which is 50% of the
total cost of the project. The remaining of the total cost of the project
($1,080,750) will be financed by nongovernmental sources, including colleges,
departments and local school districts within the Birmingham area. These Web
pages do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education or
imply endorsement by the Federal Government.
School of Education The Holmes Partnership