{"id":783,"count":6,"description":"Researchers and practitioners working in the area of educational technology have established that successful implementation of educational technology to a large extent depends on teachers\u2019 ability to integrate the technologies effectively into their teaching, and facilitate learner use of these technologies. The <a href=\"http:\/\/portal.unesco.org\/ci\/en\/ev.php-URL_ID=22997&amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;URL_SECTION=201.html\">UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers<\/a> makes it clear that all teacher preparation should focus broadly on preparing teachers to use technology and to understand how best technology can support student learning, as these have become integral skills for teachers. To this end, internationally and regionally within Africa, there are several initiatives on teacher development for ICT integration aimed at supporting roll out of technology infrastructure in education. ","link":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/archive\/teacher-professional-development\/","name":"Teacher Professional Development","slug":"teacher-professional-development","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}