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Success Stories
Inspired teachers, engaged students, connected schools. That's what TeachUp! is all about.
- Lynn Nahmens, DOT USA Intern Support Manager and TeachUp! Intern Alumna (2006-2007)
Here's how our Interns described the ripple effect of the program:
"I was helping a high school life science teacher learn how to use an interactive whiteboard. One-by-one, the students started asking questions about the technology until I was bombarded by questions from the students. I ended up showing them scholarship information on the Internet, and showing the interactivity with the whiteboard. I learned that the students really wanted to learn how the technology works, and that if they are engaged, could learn anything."- DOT USA TeachUp! Intern, 2006-2007
"The first time arriving at my school the work seemed hard to
be carried out. A great number of teachers were not interested in the
Promethean Activeboard. We explained the functions step by step which were interesting to the
teachers. I found that having teachers do it by themselves after we
introduced a function was a better way to increase their interest. The project will give schools, teachers, and students more new
technology that allows students and teachers the chance to realize the
digital magic which was previously not there because of the digital
divide!"
-Yubo Li, DOT China Intern, 2008-2009
Successes like these are now a reality in China, USA and Mexico.
