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Training teachers: 10 million and counting

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Shelley Shott |

TED@Intel

• March 2013

The Intel Teach program has trained over 10 million teachers who have transferred these skills to 300 million kids in over 70 countries. Shelley Shott charts the impact of this program, sharing inspiring stories of technology empowering both teachers and students to both create opportunity and benefit their communities.

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The Intel Teach program has trained over 10 million teachers who have transferred these skills to 300 million kids in over 70 countries. Shelley Shott charts the impact of this program, sharing inspiring stories of technology empowering both teachers and students to both create opportunity and benefit their communities.

Want to use TED Talks in your organization?

About the speaker

Shelley Shott

Education manager

As a former middle school teacher and current university lecturer, Shelley Shott takes her knowledge of the educational system to drive development and strategy for K12 education globally at Intel. Her understanding of the impact quality teacher professional development can have on the next generation pushes her passion for working with teachers and education leaders worldwide to help transform classrooms to a student-centric model that prepares kids to be successful in the 21st century.

About TED Institute

Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas. The culmination is an event produced, recorded, and hosted by TED, generating a growing library of valuable TED Talks that can spur innovation and transform organizations.

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