Welcome to TIE!

TIE Online Open House

A Special Event for Prospective Students

Watch highlights of the recent TIE online open house, with faculty members Ilona Holland and Joe Blatt (TIE Director), and a panel of students.

Learn about the mission and philosophy of the TIE Program, its unique characteristics, the faculty, the curriculum, the TIE community, career paths of graduates, and about the application process, financial aid, and much more.

http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~instruct/Admissions/TIE_Elluminate/TIE_Elluminate.html

TIE Welcomes the Class of 2008!

Dedicated teachers, social activists, innovative entrepreneurs and business people, film makers – the list describing members of the TIE class of 2008 could go on and on. Many have traveled widely, including working in West Africa and Turkey. Many share a creative vocation – producing documentary films, working in the theater – and a desire to use technology with the arts for education. Some have been executives for on-line businesses. Others have taught in classrooms, from kindergarten through college, or volunteered in after-school programs. They are diverse in age as well, ranging from a recent college graduate to a parent with college age children. Inventive, creative, and committed, the class of 2008 is starting an exhilarating year in TIE.

Taking TIE to Work:  An Alumni Panel

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In early December, the TIE class of 2007, prospective students, and alums enjoyed a stimulating and entertaining panel discussion about careers with four TIE alums:

• Douglas Kiang, Ed.M. '01, Academic Technology Advisor, Noble and Greenough School
• Amy Fienup Kramer, Ed.M. '03, Senior Developer, Six Red Marbles
• Heidi Larson, Ed.M. '04, Research Associate, Center for Online Professional Development, EDC
• Peter Pinch, Ed.M. '96, Director of Technology for Interactive Content, WGBH. 

The panelists presented their versions of "A Day in the Life" – what their jobs are like now, as well as their career paths after studying in the program.  While the panelists work in different settings (a school, a software development firm, a large educational research group, and a public television station), they all shared a lively enthusiasm for their work and their experiences as TIE students. 

The panel discussion was followed by a networking reception for prospective students, current students, and alums.  The afternoon started with a panel on the TIE program and the HGSE admissions and financial aid process.

Program Description

The Technology, Innovation, and Education (TIE) program prepares students to contribute to the thoughtful design, implementation, and assessment of technology-enhanced educational innovations. Graduates of the program go on to careers in varied fields, including development of educational media, leadership of technological innovation in both formal and informal learning settings, evaluation of educational technologies and programs, policy development and analysis, teaching with new technologies, and research.

Read more: Program description.