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Microsoft, in partnerships with
academics and other experts, has constructed a
framework on how best to help our students acquire
vital 21st Century skills for living and working.
Research has shown that learning can be accelerated
through the proper use of information and
communication technology.
Therefore, the first and most important step is to
build a curriculum that enables students to optimize
their experience with these two technological
components:
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• Digital
Curriculum
To optimize student’s learning
experience, educators need to devise
customized curricula that take advantage of
schools available technology tools. Any
educator designing an innovative digital
curriculum must take into account the
following elements:
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21st Century Skills
and how to structure these into
everyday coursework |
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Learning Objectives
and Learning Objects for both students
and educators |
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Interactive Multimedia
components, packages, and approaches |
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Knowledge Management
and implementation programs |
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Links to National Curricula
and agencies to ensure compliance with
state and local requirements |
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Monitoring Systems |
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Microsoft, in partnership with
educators and learning institutions, presents ways
on how to structure and format a digital curriculum
that is customized to meet your school’s situation
and your student’s individual learning needs. We
have programs on Peer Coaching, integrating ICT
skills into Teaching and Learning, myLearning at
Microsoft Learning, the powerful MSDN® Academic
Alliance Developer Center, and MSR Curriculum
Repository, with information on how to choose which
program is best for your school or situation.
• Curriculum Management
One of the great benefits of digital curricula in
learning institutions is the ability to easily
revise and update lesson plans and coursework
through technology, and to customize learning for
individual student needs. A system of
administration, however, must be implemented to keep
track of revisions and changes.
Microsoft offers research and resources to manage
your curriculum with the Learning Suite and Learning
gateway approaches. The Learning Gateway is a
Web-based collaboration, communications, and content
delivery framework tailored to the education system.
It enables educators to manage their administrative
workload, empowers students to learn at their own
pace, and helps parents become more involved in
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21st Century Skills
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Learning Objectives
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Interactive Multimedia
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Knowledge Management
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Links to National Curricula
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21st Century Skills
These are
some examples of Best Practices on
21st Century Skills in Latin America
(with the links to access further
information): |
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The Partners in
Learning initiative
Aula Virtual launched the
E-Summer
program in Argentina.
It was developed with Red
Qualitas and 900 teachers were
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Caso Atenea in
Chile, in
partnership with
Universidad de la
Frontera, provides
training for teachers to
raise children's
education levels. This
is a replicable
experience for
technology in the
classroom.
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It is financed by the
Ministry of Education as
a public education
policy and is now
expanding throughout
country. |
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The
NATI
project (Niños aplicando
las tecnologías de la
información: children using
Information Technology) in
Uruguay
was developed in
partnership with Red Qualitas.
Its purpose is to help children
from lower income families’
access Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)
in their last year of primary
education. This is a Classmate
PC pilot project which rolled
out in rural schools of Soriano
Department, Uruguay, integrated
in Microsoft’s Partner’s in
Learning initiative. The pilot
project was launched by the
Minister of Education, Mr. Jorge
Brovetto, and the Director of
the Primary Level Council, Mrs.
Edith Moraes, on April 27th.
This pilot covers 5 rural
schools, 9 educational
supervisors, 13 teachers and 106
students. 50 Classmate PCs and 8
PCs donated by Intel & Microsoft
(running Windows XP, Office 2003
and Learning Essentials) were
given to these communities. The
50 devices are used jointly by
the 106 students with a plan
designed by their teachers
serving Uruguayan educational
purposes.
The first phase was a
teacher training program
delivered by our local partner
Red Qualitas which included:
• Coordination meetings
with educational authorities.
• Press coverage in order
to raise public awareness of the
project value.
• Collaborative design of
the working plan (with
supervisors and teachers).
• Survey to diagnose
teacher’s skills using ICTs for
teaching.
• 7 Workshops on
technological and pedagogical
aspects for teaching including:
Introduction to ICTs use at
schools, Technological aspects
of ClassmatePC held by Intel,
Windows XP and Office 2003
educational uses and Internet.
• E-learning space
released for teachers community
to implement collaborative
activities and projects.
Upon the completion of
this stage the devices were
distributed on July 30. The
pictures of the first
activities and feedback of
teachers and students are
presented in
http://200.40.198.140/campus/
nati_paginas/
primeras_experiencias.htm
This pilot project aims to
share the power of
Microsoft’s platform on
Classmate PC’s and also
Microsoft’s expertise in
training leaders and
teachers through the
Partners in Learning Program
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Latin American Primary and
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Self
Learning
Courses
21st
Century
Skills:
Curriculum:
Digital
Curriculum
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The
Self
Learning
Courses
are 9
self-learning
courses
developed
by
Microsoft
Mexico
(Partners
in
Learning
content)
based in
a CDROM
and
targeted
via TV.
to
Primary,
Secondary
and High
school
audiences.
There is
also a
video in
the
CDROM,
explaining
step by
step how
to use
the
courses,
projects
of
innovative
teachers,
curriculum
plan of
the
courses
and
providing
direct
access
to a web
page
where
Internet
available.
It can
be
monitored
by
Global
Soft—the
local
Content
Partner.
Primary
(1 to 4
of
Primary):
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learning
objects.
Additionally
the
courses
help
teachers
learn
about
technology
and how
to use
it, plus
teachers
can be
evaluated
and get
recognition
after
taking
the
courses
After
completion
of the
course,
Microsoft
will
prepare
them to
be
Innovative
Teachers
and
encourage
them to
post
information
on the
Innovative
Teachers
Network
(ITN)
portal
and
share
experiences
and
ideas
with
other
teachers
from
Latin
America
countries.
Why do
we
recommend
it for
Latin-
America?
The
project
can be
replicated
in other
Latin
America
countries
because
it can
reach
more
Public
K12
teachers
–Federal
Ministry
of
Education
simply
by
delivering
the CD
ROMs.
It is
not
mandatory
to be
100%
connected
to
Internet
while
the
person
is
taking
the
course,
the
person
only
needs to
be
connected
6 times
to take
evaluations:
registration,
diagnostic
evaluation,
evaluation
of
modules
1, 2, 3
and
final
evaluation.
For
more
information
contact:
Adriana
Herrasti
Coqui:
adrianah@microsoft.com
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A Model School
program pilot has been
developed in Uruguay
with the Comité para la
Democratización de la
Informática (CDI).
The school is in Montevideo
(the Escuela N16 Suecia del
Barrio Sur), where
Information and
Communication Technology
(ICT) is incorporated in
teaching and learning.
Microsoft donated the PCs
with the required software
and CDI provided the
training for the teachers.
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In
Mexico, Microsoft has
developed a set of
Self Learning Courses on
CDROM. This program shows how
training can be provided with no
Internet connection and will
become a replicable experience
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Through an
alliance with the Secretary
of Public Education (SEP),
the Partners in Learning
Curriculum (9 self study
courses on CD and a book)
was chosen by the Federal
Ministry of Education in
Mexico
as the “approved”
Information and
Communication Technology
(ICT) Skills curriculum to
be used in self study
training for the 5th and 6th
grade teachers from the
schools that had the benefit
of the Enciclomedia project.
Teachers received a training
kit provided by the Federal
Ministry of Education that
included all the materials
on how to use ICT in the
classroom plus all the
Enciclomedia materials. All
5th and 6th grade teachers
nationwide received the
Partners in Learning (PIL)
Curriculum as “the” material
to self-study ICT Skills. It
includes training on
Encarta, PowerPoint, Word,
and Internet. As a result,
120,000 teachers were
trained and 6, 000,000
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In
Costa Rica,
Guatemala,
Puerto Rico and
Dominican Republic,
Microsoft, in partnership
with the Ministries of
Education, provides self
learning courses in Spanish
delivered on CD ROM and
through the innovative
teachers websites of the
Ministry of Public Education
from Costa Rica:
www.docentesinnovadores.mep.go.cr;
the Ministry of Education
website in Guatemala:
www.mineduc.edu.gt, and
in Dominican Republic
through:
www.educando.edu.do. If
you are a teacher and wish
to access these trainings
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In
Honduras, in
partnership with New
Horizons, five hundred
teachers are receiving
face-to-face
Technology Tours
trainings using Digital
Literacy and Learning
Essentials in Education.
They also visit Innovative
Teachers Networks, learn
from our Help Desk Support
Program, and learn the
fundamentals of On-Line
Security and sharing
computers in a classroom
environment. As they acquire
more ICT skills and learn
how best to apply them in
schools, they also have
access to templates,
downloads and ideas on how
to impact their day-to-day
activities and increase the
quality of education in
Honduras. Teachers
volunteered to replicate
their learning with two
colleagues resulting in the
involvement of 1,500
teachers in San Pedro Sula
and Tegucigalpa. For more
information please contact
or visit:
www.newhorizons.com.
This is an ongoing program
that will continue to
provide trainings throughout
the country.
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Learning Objectives
These are
some examples of Best Practices on
Learning Objectives in Latin America
(with the links to access further
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The
Learning Objects (LOs)
in Brazil
are learning tools that use
interactive computer
animation to support the
teaching of educational
content. Since 2004
Microsoft has partnered with
the School of the Future –
University of Sao Paulo
(USP), the Bradesco
Foundation and São Paulo
State Government. This
involves 4,744 students, 58
teachers and 34 schools. The
School of the Future
develops LOs in Chemistry
and Physics, and stores them
in the Virtual Didactic
Laboratory – LabVirt,
coordinated by USP to be
used by teachers across the
country. Brazil has 260
Learning Objects created
with University of São Paulo
and 150 with Bradesco
Foundation.
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In
Mexico
Grupo
Educare
created 27 Learning Objects,
ranging in topics from math
and science to geography,
and have put them on a CD.
These digital resources
provide a variety of
solutions for educating and
training students ranging
from kindergarten through
the twelfth grade. “Grupo
Educare” handed the CD
to Microsoft Mexico, which
then made close to 35,000
copies for distribution to
schools throughout Mexico.
To help with the
distribution process, Grupo
Educare turned to Microsoft
Mexico´s partner Informática
Servicios y Desarrollo (ISD)
and to the Union of
Entrepreneurs for
Educational Technology
(UNETE), an NGO dedicated to
raising computer funds for
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Learning Objects were
developed in Mexico
in partnership with
Concius. Concius wanted
to create a program that
would help teachers design
Learning Objects for poor
schools and rural
communities in Mexico. For
the pilot program Concius
chose a group of 10 male and
female professors from the
"Centro Escolar del Paseo".
The Learning Objects ranged
from core subjects such as
math to more specific topics
such as the Presidents of
Mexico. All of the objects
were created by using
Microsoft® Office software
donated by Microsoft Mexico.
The participants received
diplomas of certification
that credited them as
Innovative Teachers in IT
curricula adoption.
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Interactive Multimedia
These are
some examples of Best Practices on
Interactive Multimedia in Latin
America (with the links to access
further information): |
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In
Brazil, Microsoft
partnered with the Instituto
Ayrton Senna and the Roberto
Marinho Foundation (that
owns the Canal Futura TV
channel) to create
Escola Digital Program,
a TV training program to
communicate Information and
Communication Technology
(ICT) initiatives
nationally. Escola Digital
presents 13 programs in
Portuguese and subtitled in
English and Spanish that
discuss interesting examples
of how real-world educators
are deploying ICT solutions
in their schools.
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A
National Video Contest for
children
took place in Panama
through which 37 teachers
were trained to use Movie
Maker so they could teach
their students. The Gabriel
Lewis Galindo Foundation,
Microsoft and the Ministry
of Education organized the
festival to reward the best
videos. Review the details
here
and video of the winners
here.
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Knowledge Management
These are
some examples of Best Practices on
Knowledge Management in Latin
America (with the links to access
further information): |
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Neodocentes
is an innovative
teachers network project
in Argentina
through the Microsoft
in Argentina website, in
partnership with
Foro 21. Teachers
can share all their ICT
class experiences
through videos and share
projects, ideas and
suggestions for
incorporating technology
incorporation in the
classroom.
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Experts’ opinions and
teachers’ actualization
courses, workshops, and
recommended reading are
also included. This
initiative will be
replicated in Uruguay to
create an Innovative
teachers network in this
country. It received an
average of 13,800 unique
visits over the last 10
months. |
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Links to National Curricula
These are
some examples of Best Practices on
Links to National Curricula in Latin
America (with the links to access
further information): |
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In
Argentina, Microsoft
and the Ministry of Education
partnered in the Par@Educar
website. Curricula specialists
offered teachers professional
development in subjects such as
History, Geography, Literature,
Language, Math, Physics,
Chemistry and Biology. As part
of this initiative the
Contest Par@ Educ.ar was
developed through which
innovative teaching proposals by
Middle School teachers were
presented that included
Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) in different
subjects: History, Geography,
Literature, Language, Math,
Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
100 teachers received PCs as an
award for providing content for
the national campaign for
digital literacy. The content is
available for all teachers who
want to include ICT in their
classrooms to enhance the
learning process. |
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The
Innovative Teachers Network
was launched in the National
Education Portal in
Chile, under an
agreement with the Ministry
of Education, Fundación
Chile and the Higher
Education Institution
(INACAP) including 12
learning units for curricula
available on the Innovative
Teachers website:
www.educarchile.cl. The
project, now in its second
phase, plans on reaching
10,000 new Innovative
Teachers and to develop six
new learning units with the
direct participation of
Innovative Teachers, who are
welcome to contact the
Network (click above to
collaborate).
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Microsoft
Chile, the Pontificia
Universidad Católica de
Valparaíso (PUCV), the Ministry
of Education, along with
language and Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)
specialists, developed
@ Escribo which are writing
skills courses for teachers and
students in the 5th and 8th
grades. So far the program has
benefited 500 students and now,
in the 2nd phase, will develop
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Microsoft
Chile
and “Fundación País Digital”
partnered to develop the
program “Chile
@prende” to help 1st to
4th grade teachers
incorporate technology into
their Language and Math
classes. The content is
completed and has been
delivered to the Ministry of
Education, which included it
as part of the Information
and Communication Technology
(ICT) public policies in
education. For more
information visit:
http://www.chileaprende.cl/
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In Chile
Unidades Multimediales de
Aprendizaje
was developed in partnership
with Universidad de la Frontera
from Chile. This program
developed courses for multilevel
classrooms in 3,500 rural
schools. These courses will be
replicated in other rural areas
of Latin America and are in the
process of being assessed to use
in Argentina.
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Innovative
Teachers experiences are
supported by Microsoft in
Uruguay. In 2005
Professor Saúl Tenenbaum
was honored because of his
development of two sites; one
for Chemistry and the other for
Math:
www.quimica.com.uy
and
www.x.edu.uy. These sites
are now used by other teachers
as part of their work with their
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In
Uruguay
a specialization course for
tutors of the Primary Education
Council was developed in
collaboration with the
Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
and Red Qualitas in Uruguay.
Partners in Learning promotes
the specialization of 42
national tutor leaders who
create the content for teachers’
e-learning trainings through a
postgraduate course “Tutoría
Virtual para la Formación
On-line”, that is made available
by the Uruguayan government.
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Office
2003 and
Windows
XP TV
Programs
Mexico:
21st
Century
Skills:
Training
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As
part of
the
Partners
in
Learning
Initiative,
thirteen
TV
courses
for
Office
2003 and
Windows
XP have
been
developed
in
partnership
with
ILCE and
are now
being
transmitted
by the
EduSat
net for
free.
DVDs
of these
programs
are
being
produced
to offer
to all
the
States
who have
signed
Memorandums
of
Understanding
(MoUs)
so they
can also
transmit
through
their
open TV
channels.
IMPACT:
These
courses
are now
being
aired
through
channel
13 of
EduSat
to
35,000
schools.
Closed
TV
channel:
Channel
13 of
EduSat:
Monday
through
Friday
at 1pm
from
March
21st
until
April
6th.
This
channel
is
dedicated
to
teachers’
professional
trainings.
Open
TV
channel:
channel
16 of
EduSat:
Wednesdays
and
Fridays
at 11am
from May
18th
until
June
29th.
This
channel
transmits
also
through
channel
22 in
the
Metropolitan
area of
Mexico
City,
Mexico
State,
Queretaro
and
Hidalgo,
22 state
television
stations;
cable
national
TV,
PCTV,
SKY,
Cablevision
and
CANITEC.
It
will
also be
distributed
for the
32
states
of the
country.
For
more
information
contact:
Angelica
Valdez
San
Roman:
i-anvald@microsoft.com
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In
Mexico, the First and
Second
Contests
“La tecnología en el aula
Experiencias y propuestas
innovadoras” have been developed
to gather all the Innovative
Teachers’ experiences.
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Office 2003 and Windows XP
TV Courses
have been produced in
Mexico
to train teachers, students
and the general public.
These 13 TV programs have
been developed with ILCE and
will be aired for free
through EDUSAT. So far they
have been shown at 35,000
public schools by Channel
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The
Alfabetización Digital TV
programs in the
Andean Region
offer Information
Communication Technology (ICT)
TV Training. 77 TV programs that
include basic computer skills in
Windows and Office were
developed with Bethel IVS for
the Andean Region in Spanish. |
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Desktop
technician and Software
Specialist are two careers
offered as part of the High
School specialty training in
Costa Rica, giving
students a technical title. The
Ministry of Education asked
Microsoft to train the teachers
who would teach in these two
areas, so the students are
trained in Microsoft content.
For more details please visit:
www.mep.go.cr
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Curricula Adoption is a
project requested by the
Ministry of Education of
El Salvador through
which Information Communication
Technology (ICT) Curricula
Design for Middle School
Education has been developed to
train 520 teachers using
Microsoft Partners in Learning
Office Curriculum. |
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