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Successful education leaders provide a vision
that inspires all involved to be proactive
partners in the learning process. Effective
policies and strategies must be developed in
order to make the vision of 21st Century
Learning a reality in our schools. Microsoft, in
collaboration with educators and industry
partners, can help you identify resources to
formulate and implement your educational plans.
Building inclusive and sustainable ICT plans for
schools increasingly involves public/private
partnerships. Stakeholders from the education
community, private sector, and central and
regional government are essential partners in
policymaking in several different areas:
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Government Coordination
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the private sector into schools in a
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Change Management,
with strategies on how to evolve and manage
the transition from your present-day
information technology (IT) situation into a
21st Century School. |
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Safety and Security,
to implement safe, secure and reliable ICT
systems, which is a critical requirement for
21st Century Learning. |
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Standards
that explore how other educators around
the globe have found innovative ways to meet
and exceed local and national standards. |
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Global/National/Local Issues that
coordinate your plans for education with the
issues you face in your community and with
information from the Internal Advisory
Groups, Strategy Workshops, and more. |
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As analyzed in the CEPAL document “Education
and ICTâ€, the strategy of creating a Latin
American network of educational portals has
been part of the growth of this 21st Century
Information and Technology National
Education Policy. These are examples of how
Education Policies have been developed in
Latin America to facilitate Information and
Communication Technology in a variety of
education environments, these countries have
participated in special programs of
technology education as a means of
modernizing their learning processes for
teachers and students on a national level:
"In Costa Rica the
introduction of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) in public
education started in 1988 with the creation
of the National Program of Technology
Education by the Ministry of Public
Education and the Foundation Omar Dengo
(FOD) for preschool and elementary schools.
As of 2002, FOD was appointed to lead the
national program for High Schools."
"The program ENLACES in Chile
initiated the introduction of Information and
Communication Technology in public education
in 1994 with two main goals: to use
computers and the Internet as part of the
curriculum and the learning process and to
prepare students in the use of these
technologies. The goal for the year 2000 was
to cover 100% of middle schools and 50% of
elementary schools."
"The development of an Information and
Communication Technology culture started in
the 1980’s in Brazil
and in 1997 the national technology program
PROINFO was created. Its first steps were to
benefit 6000 schools for 1st and 2nd grades,
with the goal of providing access for two
children per computer for two hours."
"In Mexico, as of 1995, the Secretary of
Public Education created projects based on
Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) education such as: Edusat, educational
television; a national education video
library; a network of technology education
to connect schools to the Internet and
provide them with online services;
Enciclomedia, with curriculum and
pedagogical resources; and teaching math and
physics using technology. RED ESCOLAR is the
national program for ICT in Mexico, whose
main goal is to interconnect all the
elementary schools in the country.
Reference: CEPAL document:
Education and ICT.
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Government CoordinationThese
are some examples of Best Practices
on Government
Coordination in Latin America (with
the links to access further
information):
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In
Mexico
the Elementary and High
School Ministry of Education
and Partners in Learning
have reached a teacher
training agreement through
which offline (CD) content
will be delivered to
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In Colombia, the Minister of Education has been leading the
integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education,
articulated to the “Revolución Educativa†policy since 2002. The basic support
of the program comes from the educational portal Colombia Aprende
www.colombiaaprende.edu.co
that provides content,
collaborative projects and practice communities for teachers and students. In
addition the Colombian government is investing in teacher training, reaching
more than 40,000 teachers per year through programs such as “A que te cojo
Ratónâ€, “ Intel Teachâ€, “Peer Coachingâ€, “IT Academiesâ€, amongst others. The
Ministry has also developed a target to reduce the number of students per PC
from 40 students to 20 students by 2010. At the core of this strategy is the
program “Computadores para Educar†that is supported by Partners In Learning
(PIL) through Fresh Start and Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MARs). The
Ministry of Communication in Colombia has been investing in the education
segment through the program “Computadores para Educar†and the Communications
fund. This program, supported by Microsoft, provides refurbished PC’s and
teacher training to Public Schools.
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In
Bolivia, the Bolivian
Ministry of Education and
Microsoft Bolivia signed an
agreement in 2006 to improve
the use of technology in
Bolivian schools and to
train teachers to use
technology more effectively.
Through this agreement, the
Partners in Learning program
is working with the Bolivian
government and other key
stakeholders to offer a wide
spectrum of education
resources including tools,
programs, and practices.
Created through a
partnership with
education-solutions provider
Red Qualitas, the program
started with online training
for 300 teachers. They
learned how to use Microsoft
Office XP and how to use
computers in the classroom.
The initiative also provided
onsite training for 900
teachers in La Paz, El Alto,
and Santa Cruz. In each
city, the program identified
and trained 30 local coaches
to help guide the teachers
through the initial stages
of deploying Information and
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Microsoft and our partners are working on developing
this component. We invite you to provide with your recommendations and best
practices in your country: |
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Safety and Security
These are some examples
of Best Practices on Safety and
Security in Latin America (with the
links to access further
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As part of
these initiatives Safe
Navigation for Children is a
priority, therefore content
from the "Get safe on-line"
initiative educates children
on safe navigation is being
translated to Quechua,
Nahuatl, Spanish and
Portuguese. Please visit
www.microsoft.com/latam/
educacion/seguridad/default.aspx
to find information and
resources for teachers,
studens and parents.
Also, in Brazil safety
content has been developed
for children in partnership
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In
addition, Microsoft
demonstrates its
commitment to children’s
online safety by
regularly providing
technology tools and
educational materials.
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As part of the
Safety Education
Campaign, Microsoft has
joined efforts with the
Ricky Martin Foundation
through which safety
education videos sung by
Ricky Martin will be
distributed online.
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Microsoft and our partners are working on developing
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practices in your country: |
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These are some examples of Best Practices on
Global/National/Local Issues in
Latin America (with the links to
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In
Mexico, agreements
have been signed by Partners
in Learning with the Estates
of
Hidalgo,
Quintana Roó,
Zacatecas,
San LuÃs PotosÃ
and
Puebla, Gobierno del
Estado de Baja California
Sur, Gobierno del Estado de
Chiapas, Gobierno del Estado
de Coahuila, Gobierno del
Estado de Distrito Federal,
Gobierno del Estado de
Jalisco, Gobierno del Estado
de Michoacán, Gobierno del
Estado de Nayarit, Gobierno
del Estado de Nuevo León,
Gobierno del Estado de
Querétaro, Gobierno del
Estado de Sinaloa, Gobierno
del Estado de Sonora,
Gobierno del Estado de
Tlaxcala, and Gobierno del
Estado de Yucatán |
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