12. Intel Teach Pre-Service Program: Preparing future teachers for technology-enabled, personalized teaching and learning with Intel Teach Program professional development and online tools and resources.PROJECT BASED APPROACHES<br />In project based approaches (PBL), teachers explore the characteristics and benefits of project based learning. Teachers consider their own teaching practices as they follow a teacher new to project-based learning who discusses strategies with a mentor teacher. They also consider the ways that technology supports project-based approaches. <br />In this module, participants explore the principles of project-based learning. They learn about the differences between a project-based approach and conventional teaching, and review the research-based benefits of project-based learning. In this process participants begin thinking about designing their own projects. They are introduced to the four major steps of project design and apply these steps to consider their own learning goals, Curriculum-Framing Questions, assessment, and student activities.<br />21st Century Skills<br />21st Century skills include personal and social responsibility, planning and critical thinking, reasoning and creativity, strong communication skills for both interpersonal and presentation needs. It also includes visualizing and decision making capacity, knowing how and when to use the technology and choosing the best one for the task. Solving highly complex problems requires that students have both fundamental skills that includes reading, writing and math and digital age skills (team work, time management, utilizing high tech tools). With this combination of skills students become directors and managers of their learning process, guided and mentored by a skilled teacher. By bringing real-life context and technology to the curriculum through a project-based learning approach, students are encouraged to become independent workers, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners<br />