PANAMA CITY, Fla. (
WMBB
) – From Escambia to Wakulla counties, FSU’s Inspire Program is offering eight week-long classes to help teachers integrate technology into their classrooms.
“We’re here training teachers in advanced technology and how to incorporate that into their classroom instruction, whether it be artificial intelligence or we have another course on robotics. But it’s really to inject advanced technology into the classroom. But really for us to encourage teachers to stretch themselves, to incorporate stuff that’s not part of the status quo, but to stay ahead of technology,” said FSU Inspire Executive Director Drew Allen.
The goals of this program are to inspire teachers and to continue to build a workforce that lasts generations. It’s a small but important part of FSU’s Inspire partnership with Triumph Gulf Coast.
Last year, FSU received a $98 million Triumph grant to help create a hub for aerospace and defense innovations in northwest Florida.
“This effort is a generational effort. This stuff does not happen overnight. It’s going to take 20 years, really, plus for us to really fully realize what we dream of doing. And that starts in the classroom,” Allen continued.
Transforming classrooms and lesson plans are just a few ways to keep up with students.
“We need to encourage teachers to rapidly adapt their curriculum and how they teach students, along with technology is developing. So we’re going to provide those tools to help them develop that curriculum in a much more relevant and rapid pace than what the normal curriculum development cycle happens and how you incorporate things,” Allen added.
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