Results

Over the past two years we have learned what works online and what doesn't. We are proud to boast an 85% retention rate among teachers taking our classes.

Institute of Learning Technologies Assessment (Columbia University) Independent Survey

Alumni Testimonials

"I've already been alerting friends and peers at the NYC Board of Ed to watch out for the next available offering from Teaching Matters.

The well-paced classes are well designed and engaging. It is exciting, as an educator, to experience firsthand the power of instruction on the computer and over the world wide web.

This is a valuable glimpse of the future in education, and it is important that we expose our kids to these tools on an age-appropriate level… for they surely will be coming across similar formats and technologies in later life… Computer-enhanced Distance Learning is especially important to Learners with Special Needs who may have difficulty making it to a physical classroom."

Todd Stockman
Teacher, Educational Vision Services New York, NY

"The courses at Teaching Matters were absolutely outstanding. I have learned about spreadsheets, webquests, integrating primary sources into my teaching and a host of other valuable skills. Most of all, Teaching Matters has given me the courage and the stamina to try all I have learned in my classroom.

I currently teach at I.S. 234 in Brooklyn. My students are at-risk 8th graders who are functioning at a 3rd to 4th grade reading level. Successfully incorporating technology in my classroom is vital to motivate my students.

My class has visited the explosive volcanoes of Hawaii on a virtual field trip. My group has downloaded live data from the Internet, into a spreadsheet. Groups manipulated the data to find the fastest growing city in the U.S. so that they could open up their new business. With the 8th grade social studies test coming up in the spring, I have learned to integrate primary sources in my lessons. Pictures of immigrants at Ellis Island, of soldiers during WWI suffering from trenchfoot, helped my students experience history instead of just reading text from a boring book. I have learned to create hotlists so my students stay on task and complete their projects as quickly as possible.

Apart from all the useful and transferable skills that I learned at Teaching Matters, I am most grateful for the confidence that I have gained. These technology courses have opened a wealth of knowledge for myself and for my students. I never knew teaching could be this much fun!"

Suraia Fattah
Teacher, PS234 Brooklyn, NY


"The @School Anytime Program with Teaching Matters, Inc. is without a doubt a phenomenal program for EVERY teacher who wants to enter or remain in this humble yet rewarding profession. The quality, preparation, depth and breadth of content covered and execution of the program was extremely impressive. Furthermore, the professionalism, competence and caring instructors are added reasons for teachers who think they DO NOT HAVE the necessary computer skills to survive an online course to get enrolled. Certainly, this program can also prove to be very, very valuable to those who already have computer skills. Simply put, you can learn new or unique ways in applying your knowledge to challenge, motivate or stimulate students' interest with the technology in the world they now live in.

Speaking from the perspective of a person who already had computer skills, teacher training qualification and approximately five years of teaching experience; the program has added more dimensions to my teaching skills and methodology. I have learned how to utilize and manage the limited resources I had available in my classroom to create a different learning atmosphere for my students. One of the most important techniques I have gained was how to make the most of the Internet for teaching and learning by being able to effectively search the web for information, create and publish a web site so that my students learn the material themselves, thus, making me more of a facilitator of learning. Most importantly, this program has helped me to be more efficient and make me feel more effective, especially in the field of gathering, analyzing and presenting student data for evaluation purposes."

Roosevelt Cargill
Teacher, Thelma Hamilton MS, Brooklyn, NY


"To say that what I learned through my online sessions was influential upon what I taught doesn't begin to express how great of an effect Teaching Matters had upon my classroom and my teaching ability. Because of the techniques I learned with Teaching Matters, I was able to instruct over two hundred second- through fifth-grade students on how to make a website. The incorporation of language arts, mathematics, and critical thinking skills was evident in the result of their work: completely independent, well thought-out, and informative website that was brainstormed, put into writing, and finally uploaded onto individual websites. To see samples of my students' work, go to my website at http://rroth.freeservers.com and click on the links to awesome student designed websites!

I could have taught the students BASIC or simple programming, but with the skills I learned at Teaching Matters I was able to take the children into 21st Century technology and show them just how easy and awesome technology can be, without making them focus on the learning that was taking place right below their noses. Tell a child they have to write a paper, and they will sigh, but tell them they have to develop a story on the Internet, and their excitement goes through the roof!"

Roland Roth
Teacher, PS 009 New York, NY