Haga clic aquí para instalar Silverlight*
LatinoaméricaCambiar|Todos los sitios de Microsoft
Microsoft
Roadmap 
 
Microsoft Partners in Learning Latin American Advisory Board

We have created an independent Advisory Board to work with Microsoft to ensure, at a Latin American level, that we are addressing the right issues through the Partners in Learning Program. The board, comprised of leading educators, key advisors, government officials, and partners from each subsidiary will support the success of the initiative by adding credibility and providing oversight. Its role is to ensure the program is properly applied and adapted to the unique needs of educators, schools and governments, targeting real needs through the initiatives, grant money and program offerings we run.

The Latin American Advisory Board supports Microsoft and its partners in the following ways:
• Ensuring that the program is presented in an appropriate and educationally-sound context to all levels of government
  •   Creating a new, greater awareness of the essential preconditions for successful change programs in education at the national level
  •   Assisting with the planning and presentation of an Annual Best Practice Conference
  •   Representing and advising on the initiative by attending events and activities for both internal and external audiences
       
       
 
The following are the current board members from Brazil: Eduardo Chaves from the Universidade de Campinas – UNICAMP, Fernando José de Almeida from the Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - PUC SP, José Manuel Moran Costas from the Universidade Sumaré, Lea da Cruz Fagundes from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Leila Rentroia Iannone, Secretaria de Educação do Estado de São Paulo, Lenise Aparecida Martins Garcia from Universidade de Brasilia – UnB, Maria Teresa Marques Amaral from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Marisa Lucena from Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC RJ, Mauro Cavalcante Pequeno from Universidade Federal do Ceará – UFCE.
   
The current board members from Central America and Caribbean are Rafael Ibarra from the Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" El Salvador, Giancarlo Ibarguen from the Universidad Francisco Marroquín from Guatemala, Marilina Wayland from Universidad Interamericana Recinto Metro Puerto Rico, Jorge Arosemena from CIUDAD DEL SABER Panamá, Altagracia Lopez from INTEC Dominican Republic and Carlton Samuels from UWI Jamaica.
   
The current board members from Mexico are Ministra Marcela Santillan Nieto, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional; Dr. José Treviño Abrego, Campus Eugenio Garza Sada del Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM); Ing. Rodrigo Guerra Botello, Universidad Regiomontana/Comisión de Tecnologías de Información para FIMPES (Federación de Instituciones Educativas Particulares de Educación Superior)...
   
 
The current board members for Chile, in the South Cone are: Didier de Saint Pierre, Ministry of Education; Osvaldo Jara, Ministry of Education; Claudio Orrego from the Municipality of Peñalolén; Pedro Hepp from the Araucanía Aprende Foundation; Paulina Araneda from the Municipality of Peñalolén, Mariana Aylwin from Corporation "Aprender" and Cristián Larroulet “Libertad y Desarrollo” Institute.
 
 
     
       
 
Microsoft supports the development of the 21st Century Vision Initiatives throughout Latin America through partnerships with governments and partners. For example:
     
As part of Microsoft’s Vision for the 21st Century Learning in Latin America the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Microsoft and Intel signed an agreement to promote the use of Information Technology tools to help improve the quality of education in Latin America and the Caribbean.
     
    In the South Cone region, Chile has contributed and participated in the Education chapter of the Chilean Vision 2004-2006 for Information and Communication Technology through the Agenda Digital Initiative.
     
    In the Andean region, Microsoft Colombia has been supporting the government educational policy “Revolución Educativa” through a variety of programs to reduce the digital gap and improve the quality of education (for more information visit www.mineducacion.gov.co).
     
    And Ecuador gives us an example of an Information and Communication Technology Education vision through the Chasquinet partnership. Chasquinet is a Foundation approved by the Ministry of Education of Ecuador that works closely with Microsoft in the deployment of the Partners in Learning Vision. Microsoft promoted the exchange of the Chasquinet vision, through which Chasquinet could share its experiences in ICT from Ecuador with Venezuela, for the possible replication in this other Andean country.
       
 

Also the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in Costa Rica organizes an annual national recognition to those companies with Social Responsibility, and Microsoft was recognized for our Partners in Learning contribution to the education system

In the Dominican Republic VIRTUAL EDUCA Caribbean 2007 conference took place. This conference provides the opportunity for education leaders to network and consolidate the Information and Communication Technology Education Vision for their countries. Microsoft took part in this event, as did leaders from Mexico, Argentina, Panama and other countries.


  
"Microsoft’s vision for education is in-line with the views of the principal stakeholders in this region. Quality education for school-age population is a developmental imperative and scalable, robust, easy-to-use and affordable technologies are required to advance our education objectives. Distance, demographics, and uneven population distributions along with limited technical and knowledge resources have created the need for scalable technologies in underserved rural communities. For example, Jamaica and the region lack qualified Physics teachers at the secondary level. So, in a joint initiative with Jamaica’s Ministry of Education and Youth and The University of the West Indies at Mona, we are using technology to capture, package and disseminate the knowledge and best practices of master physics teachers to less-experienced colleagues in rural communities. With right-sized technologies, isolated indigenous populations in the interior of Belize and Dominica are receiving quality content and first-class instructions.”
As part of Microsoft´s Education Vision the Innovative Schools program has been developed:

Innovative Schools

Microsoft's Innovative Schools program is helping schools around the world to move beyond the limits of the classroom and traditional learning models. By contributing our most valuable resource—our people—we help by making education more engaging, inspiring, and relevant today.

The Innovative Schools program assists 12 schools around the world by providing intellectual property, technology expertise, experiential knowledge, and the support of our community. We work with them to inspire big thinking and discover best practices. Through our shared experiences and goals, we are creating models that any school, any system, can use in the future, to prepare children for success in the 21st century. In addition, the 21st century Microsoft Education Technology Vision is being developed through the “School of the Future” Initiative in three schools in Latin America.
 


In Brazil, a program that illustrates Microsoft’s vision for 21st Century Schools is the Innovative School Lumiar, which was selected (through the SEMCO Foundation) to implement the "School of the Future” program. The goals of this project are to systematize the pedagogical roadmap for the Innovative School by developing a software environment to host a competency matrix, a project database, a “mosaic” that links the competency matrix and project database, student portfolios, and student progress reports. The program features courses such as Methodologies for Strategic Planning, Principles of IT Infrastructure Planning, Key Attributes of Architecture, Strategic Leadership Selection, and Guiding Pedagogical Concepts and Principles.
 


This same “School of the Future” program is being developed in Mexico. The Innovative Schools program began in Mexico with an agreement between the Secretary of Education, the Government of the State of Sonora and Microsoft through which the Escuela Técnica N.12 will incorporate the most innovative and best technology solutions. The goal of this project is to deliver and communicate a replicable model that can be adapted to other communities, as well as to show the benefits of the private and public alliances. The purpose of an Innovative School is to develop the following competencies in the students: reading comprehension level 5, English language proficiency, high levels of logical math thinking, student averages raised to 70%, involvement in the school community, respect of the environment, and the support of cultural values. This school has 673 students whose ages range from 12 to 15 years old.

In Chile, Fundación Chile was chosen by Microsoft Chile to design an Innovative School model in the district of Peñalolén following “School of the Future” project general definitions while addressing both the needs of the district and Chilean educational regulations. In local terms, Peñalolén is one of the Metropolitan Region’s poorest and most vulnerable districts, having low learning results in municipal schools and showing no improvement over the last years. The Peñalolén municipality has implemented its Digital District project hoping to improve learning levels through technology and other curricular changes. Information and Communication Technology is integrated into each of the central school components, including curriculum, pedagogical policies, teaching-learning environments, communication channels, and management tools. The Centro Educacional Erasmo Escala Arriagada [Educational Center Erasmo Escala Arriagada] (CEEEA) will be considered for the implementation of the Innovative School Peñalolén. It is an establishment that has weaknesses similar to other schools in disciplinary terms, academic results and student vulnerability level, but it has important strengths
including the leadership of its Director, the process of change it has already begun and the availability of its teachers. Three large stages were defined: Initiation (2007), Implementation and Installation of Innovative School (2008-2009) and Institutionalization (2010 - 2011). For more information about the Centro Educacional Erasmo Escala Arriagada please visit: http://ceeachile.spaces.live.com/



 
       
Creating your Vision
Articulate the Vision
   
 

©2009 Microsoft Corporation. Todos los derechos reservados. Póngase en contacto con nosotros |Aviso Legal |Marcas registradas |Privacidad