The College of Education and Human Services at Western Illinois University has established a model to prepare teachers with technical expertise and new methodologies for using educational resources, in order to enable students to use audio, video, computer, telecommunications, distance learning, and interactive multimedia technologies as essential tools for teaching and learning. The project, made possible by a $500,000 grant from Ameritech Corporation, has involved: (1) development of a Professional Development School relationship with a Springfield (Illinois) public school district linked by distance learning technologies; (2) design of a teacher education curriculum focusing on instructional design, interactive multimedia, distance learning, instructional video, telecommunications, and computer applications; (3) linking these advanced technologies to teaching strategies through cooperative learning, electronic field trips, and other techniques; (4) integration of technology into the teacher education curriculum; (5) training teacher education faculty to model use of information technologies; and (6) acquisition of technology resources for faculty and students. Lessons learned from developing the project are outlined. Appendixes present a schematic representation of a multimedia lab floor plan and lists of equipment. (JDD)