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Background | Projects
Using Technology As A Tool For Rethinking Teacher Education
The Center for Urban Teacher Education and Technology (CUTET) was created in 2001 with generous funding from Atlantic Philanthropies. The Center's goal is to further the work of Bank Street and other institutions of teacher preparation to prepare technologically literate teachers who know how to combine pedagogy and new technologies to promote student learning. Our vision of improved teacher preparation incorporates shaping the use of new technologies to enhance learning, communication and collaboration across the continuum of instruction— in coursework, fieldwork, and classrooms.
The Center supports the reform of teacher education through technology by:
- developing and infusing innovative uses of new technologies in teacher preparation courses, field experiences and K-8 classrooms;
- supporting the further development of faculty and adjunct faculty in adopting and adapting new technologies within the framework of the courses they teach;
- documenting and disseminating the strategies developed and lessons learned through this work; and
- facilitating the ability of metropolitan area institutions of teacher preparation to share knowledge, skills, and ideas for technology-infused pedagogical practice.
Background
Bank Street College of Education (Bank Street) has been working since 1997 to integrate new technologies with pedagogy in ways that prepare teachers to work in diverse and inclusive classrooms. With support from private funders (Project EXPERT--Expanding Educational Repertoire through Technology), the federal government's PT3 grant program (Project DEEP--Deepening and Expanding EXPERT), and partnerships with Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia, we have made great strides. Approximately 90% of the faculty who have participated in this work now use new technologies in their work, and 35 of our teacher education courses have had their syllabi, assignments and readings infused with technology-rich resources. Through our work in classrooms, we have gained an enriched understanding of how children use and learn with technology. This experience has helped us enrich our graduate school courses and preparation of graduate students to teach.
Projects
The Center was awarded a four year grant by the National Science Foundation to develop multimedia case materials on inclusive practice in mathematics (Math for All) and three PT3 Grants (Project ExpERT, Project DEEP and Project ConTExT) from the federal Department of Education.
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