The first four Teaching,
Learning, and Technology (TLT) Centers were established in December 1998. The
Region VIII TLTC was one of the four established at that time. TLT Centers were
awarded and funded through the Federal Technology Literacy Challenge
Professional Development Grant initiative. Five additional TLT Centers and one
branch TLTC were identified in the 1999-2000 school year. Each TLT Center is
designed to serve as an extension of the Louisiana Division of Leadership and
Technology and provide technology training services to educators in the
immediate and surrounding parishes.
Each TLT Center Technology Facilitator works with the
DLT staff in the continued implementation, development and refinement of the
Louisiana INTECH K-6 and Louisiana INTECH 7-12 professional development
projects. Each TLT Center provides technology training during the school year
and summer that includes the (1) INTECH Classroom Module, (2) Technical Support
courses, and (3) Administrative Support courses.
The Region VIII TLTC is
located on the campus of The University of Louisiana at Monroe in Strauss Hall 161.
Louisiana INTECH is taught in Strauss Hall 161 for graduate and undergraduate
credit in Curriculum and Instruction 482.
The first Louisiana INTECH
class was held in June 1999. Approximately 3000 educators from the Region 8
School Districts have been trained in Louisiana INTECH, INTECH2 Social Studies
and Science, Proficiency Express, LILI, LaTEL, Essentials, Technology Applications
Workshops, and Professional Development
Workshops.
