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The opportunity to learn and grow in
educational institutions applies to educators as
well as students. Fortunately, 21st Century Learning
institutions can develop support systems to inspire
all to become lifelong learners – a vital 21st
century skill. Training is the essential ingredient
that will enable educators to form this support
system. Microsoft, in collaboration with educators
and IT experts, has devised a training framework
composed of two elements:
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Lifelong learning
that starts in the classroom but doesn’t end
there. A vital skill of 21st Century living
is the ability to keep acquiring knowledge
long after a student has left school. With
the exponential pace of technological
innovation, the ability to learn new things
is the distinguishing characteristic of a
successful 21st Century citizen. The process
starts in early childhood learning and
continues on through higher education and
beyond. What defines a lifelong learner?
Someone who needs or wants to continue to
learn –whether for work or for personal
achievement – long after formal education
has ended. Microsoft, in collaboration with
educational institutions and
private/industry partnerships, has
constructed a framework of programs to
assist students in developing lifelong
learning skills. The Local Software Economy
plan helps drive innovation, jobs and growth
in high-tech industries, which emphasizes
teaching individuals how best to make use of
available resources. The Microsoft IT
Academy helps students get the skills and
certification they need to enter the 21st
Century workforce.
Teacher Effectiveness programs,
where educators learn to grow and harness
their enthusiasm for teaching into effective
learning methods in the classroom and
beyond.
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In order to create students who
become lifelong learners, educational institutions
must hire and train effective educators: with
literacy in today’s digital media, effective
interpersonal and communication skills, and who have
developed their own thinking and problem-solving
skills to a high level of competence.
To support these efforts, Microsoft offers
programs like School Leader development, the Peer
Coaching Program, Professional Development programs,
and more. Educators learn how to lead change in
their schools, become advocates for new ways of
learning in their own education settings and
optimize the tools and technologies available to
them.
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21st Century skills
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Professional Skills
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Pedagogical Skills
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Personal Competence
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Lifelong Learning
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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
Peer Coaching program in
Brazil
was implemented in three
versions to integrate the
Information and
Communication Technology
(ICT) curriculum and use the
methodologies to train local
principals to use ICT in
their professional
development. It was also
used in the management of
public schools to train the
local facilitators and the
coaches for Help Desk
Student. It emphasized
sustainability by training
all pedagogical staff to
become facilitators of the
program— from principals,
vice principals,
coordinators, and teachers,
to the secretary of
education.
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In the state of São Paulo,
Brazil, the
Learning to Lead Change
program was applied through
the Building System Capacity
School program through which
the school administrators
were shown how to support
creative Information and
Communication Technology
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The ProForm.Net program in
Brazil
has been developed through
Microsoft’s Technology
Innovation Centers
initiative. This initiative
has developed technology
training for university
research students to enhance
their skills in computing
and programming using the
Microsoft platform. Through
this training, called
ProForm.Net, students learn
the first steps in software
development. There are 20
Innovation Centers across
the country implementing
ProForm.Net, which is based
on Microsoft .Net. The
motivation for this
initiative is the lack of
qualified professional
available. According to the
Ministry of Technology and
Science, there currently are
20,000 job positions
available in technology, and
this number will grow to
100,000 within three years.
The Partners in Learning
Program in Brazil sponsored
the development of this
training to make it
available within the Help
Desk Student Program
trainings. This training
will be available as a
specialization module, then
when students have finished
their Help Desk Student
Training, they can choose to
continue their training in
programming.
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Costa Rica has
developed the National
Certification Program,
whose first step started
in 2004 with the
Certification of Master
Trainers: MMSIs
(Microsoft Master
Trainers). Costa Rica is
the leader in Latin
America with the highest
number of Master
Trainers in the region.
The second phase was the
training to Certify
Teachers, through which
the Ministry of
Education won the
Champion of Digital
Literacy Award in 2006.
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third phase is taking
place in 2007 with the
Students Certification
program that helps
students achieve better
job opportunities.
CERTIPORT will give a
prize named Inspiration
Award to the "Colegio
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In
Puerto Rico, Peer
Coaching methodology was
implemented in 50 schools
through our Partners In Learning
(PIL) partner Escuela Digital, a
teacher development program at
the Universidad de Puerto Rico
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The
REDES program was
developed in Uruguay
with the Centro de Educación
para la Participación,
FUSAT, Centro Cultural
Florencio Sánchez and
UNESCO’s support. It is a
program to generate a
participation space for
youth, and the topic they
chose was: “youth against
violenceâ€, as this was
presented in a low-income
area where the young
children had not finished
their high school education.
This project showed them how
the incorporation of
technology could assist
them. Training was aimed at
leaders, adults and teachers
who will be in charge of the
project. |
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Professional Skills
These are
some examples of Best Practices on
Professional Skills in Latin America
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The
Aula Virtual program, a
free online training
opportunity for teachers,
was launched during January
2006 by Microsoft for
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Paraguay
and Uruguay.
This virtual classroom has
trained 8,000 teachers so
far. These e-learning
courses help teachers
include technology in their
classes and to use of
technology for the teaching
process. For more
information click
here. If you are a
Spanish-speaking teacher you
are welcome to do the
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In
Argentina, the
INTENT.AR
LIVE trainings for teachers
are the first training in
new technologies for those
teachers who have no
knowledge in Information and
Communication Technology
(ICT) use. These courses
were held in San Luis and
Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Watch
video
of the seminars and read
further information
here. Microsoft plans to
provide these trainings
throughout the country where
requested.
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The
Chicos.net
partnership experience in
Argentina
provided a training course
in the inclusion of
Information and
Communication Technology
(ICT) tools in class and the
use of Office for 600
teachers in the rural areas
of Corrientes province.
Chicos.net has also
partnered with Microsoft to
provide leader trainings in
the province of Santa Fe,
including school principals
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Entre Pares is a Peer to
Peer teachers training
developed in
Argentina, as well
as in other countries in
Latin America. This program
trains 25 leaders, who in
turn train 36 (25x36= 900)
who then train 2 teachers in
their school (900x2= 1800),
so in one year the peer
coaching program trains
1,800 teachers in Argentina.
Having begun in 2006, within
three years 20,000 teachers
will be trained, affecting
1,200, 000 students. This
program was developed in
partnership with Fundación
Evolución.
http://www.fevolucion.org/
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Teacher
trainings were held in the
province of
Entre RÃos,
Argentina, in
partnership with the
National University of Entre
RÃos. These teachers
belonged to the schools that
were also included in an
infrastructure program to
deploy computers for their
schools. This model will be
used in other projects in
other provinces in which
schools receive computers
with specific teachers
trained before the
deployment to be ready to
incorporate Information and
Communication Technology
(ICT) in their classrooms.
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A teacher
training program trained 900
teachers in Bolivia
through an agreement with
Ministry of Education and
COGNOS.
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In
Brazil, “Aprender
em Parceria†has,
trained 10,000
administrators and 377
teachers in 3,000 schools,
impacting 2,062,040
students. |
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The
GET, ICT for Principal’s
Program, was developed in
Brazil in
partnership with the
Pontificia Universidade
Catolica and Secretaria de
Educaçao dos Estados,
National Council of State
Secretaries of education -
CONSED. As of 2006, 23,952
administrators, 11 states,
1251 cities and 6,246
schools were included in
this program impacting
5,393,842 students.
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The
Peer to Peer Coaching
program was developed in the
State of Paraiba,
Brazil. In a short
period of time, the ParaÃba
pilot program has achieved
impressive results,
including 25 master teachers
and 100 coaches. 15 local
facilitators were trained in
2005 alone and 92 schools
are participating in the
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In
Brazil, the
Digital Literacy program
goal is to teach and assess
basic computer concepts and
skills so that people can
use computer technology in
everyday life to develop new
social and economic
opportunities for
themselves, their families,
and their communities. The
Digital Literacy Curriculum,
also developed in Brazil,
consists of five courses:
Computer Basics, The
Internet and the World Wide
Web, Productivity Programs,
Computer Security and
Privacy and Digital
Lifestyles. After studying
these courses, anyone can
take the Digital Literacy
Certificate Test to become
certified in the content. A
printable certificate is
available upon successful
completion of the Test.
These courses can be
accessed on the Internet and
downloaded or in off-line
versions that are
distributed on CD-ROMs.
Microsoft has distributed
3,000 off-line CDs to
teachers and students in
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Chile
has developed a network of
Innovative Teachers.
This is an initiative in
partnership with INACAP (the
most important High
Education Institute), the
Education Portal Educar
Chile, and the Ministry of
Education. The focus is on
teachers who lead in the use
of technology in schools,
providing all Latin American
Primary and Secondary
Education Roadmap Chilean
teachers with digital
curricula units using
technology in their
classrooms. If you are a
teacher please visit and
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Colombia
was the first country to
implement a
Peer to Peer Coaching
program in Spanish and
Brazil
was the first country in the
Latin America Region and in
the world to implement Peer
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In
Ecuador, Escuelas
Interactivas is a training
program in which several
Municipalities are
participating: Quito,
Guayaquil, Ibarra, Gonzalo
Pizarro, Nabón, Chaco and
very soon Esmeraldas. The
teacher training program is
offered in two options: Live
training in Quito, Guayaquil
or live training that
focuses on local leaders who
will then become a
replicator of the program,
as in Gonzalo Pizarro,
Ibarra, Nabón and Chaco.
Because of the need to
transfer knowledge and
expertise, these
municipalities provide
counterpart funding in order
to cover the costs with the
main goal of reaching 100%
of the teachers. This
program is developed in
partnership with
Fundación Chasquinet.
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Mexico
Ministry
of
Education
and Peer
Coaching
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The
Estado
de
Mexico
Ministry
of
Education
has
decided
to
engage
two
program
coordinators,
three
program
administrators,
25
facilitators,
and
354
coaches
in
embracing
the
Peer
Coaching
curriculum,
which
will
benefit
708
teachers
and
reach
21,000
primary
and
secondary
students.
Estado
de
Mexico
is
participating
in
the
Peer
Coaching
Web
site,
using
all
the
collaboration
tools
and
creating
Web
lessons
to
share.
The
Peer
Coaching
content
is
part
of
the
process
to
get
registered
in
the
state
training
catalog,
meaning
points
to
increase
teachers'
salaries.
This
project
will
exist
as a
pilot
until
September
2007,
when
full
deployment
begins,
expecting
to
reach
4,990
school
principals,
30,565
teachers,
and
850,159
elementary-school
students.
For
more
information,
please
contact
Belen
Martin
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Grado Digital in
El Salvador is a
free online training and
certification program that
allows teachers, students
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Jamaica
280 teachers were
trained in Information
and Communication
Technology (ICT) skills
in partnership with the
Ministry of Education
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Peer to Peer Coaching
programs started during 2006
when Microsoft
Mexico
launched the first
generation of 45
facilitators trained by PSC
and Concius (the Mexican
implementation partner). In
one year, Peer Coaching
reached 1,995 teachers and
59,850 students. The Peer
Coaching program consists of
160 hours of face-to-face
training. The Local
Facilitators are trained and
they then train Coaches who
support the participating
teachers from their school.
The Ministry of Education is
supporting Peer Coaching
through their website as
well. During 2007 2,532
teachers and coaches trained
with 75,960 children
reached. Overall,
180,000 teachers and
leaders have been trained in
technology courses. The
value of these scholarships
is more than 90 million
dollars. Why do we recommend
this program for Latin
America? Because Concius,
our local Partner Content
developer, has localized the
Peer Coaching portal,
focusing on teacher needs
with the coach’s support.
There is also a section of
the website specifically
designed to access and
review the plans, with
reports for every country
and state. Concius has the
capability to deploy the
portal in every Latam
country and can localize and
translate the portal even
into Portuguese. Want to
find out how to implement
this project? If you are in
Mexico just contact Concius
or in other countries
contact your local Microsoft
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In
Mexico, a Technical
Support Course was developed
on video with the
Universidad Tecnológica de
Monterrey. This Help
Desk Student training is
used to provide TV trainings
that include 9 subjects
developed in 30 chapters of
45 minutes each. It provides
a professional career
possibility for students who
can then provide technical
support in their school labs
or at their jobs. These TV
programs have been
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IT ACADEMY is a global
IT learning solution and
certification program
developed in Mexico
that connects students,
teachers and communities.
The purpose is to offer the
credited institutions a
first quality education in
information technology. IT
Academy provides the
education institutions with
faculty training, Microsoft
Software licenses and
discounts on courseware and
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UNETE is the
authorized Microsoft
refurbisher in
Mexico
that also participates in
teacher training. Through an
alliance between Microsoft
and UNETE more than 40,000
teachers have been trained
in the country with each
receiving a CD of the
self-learning courses. These
9 Courses provide training
in technology skills. They
are divided into 3 blocks of
30 hours each and
participants must register
and be evaluated online at
www.educandocontigo.com.
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TV Programs to
train teachers are being
broadcasted in
Panama
and Costa Rica.
In Panama, beginning May
2006, every Wednesday
Channel 5 broadcasts a
program originally developed
in Mexico by the University
Tech Monterrey to train
teachers and students to
provide Help Desk services
in their school’s computer
labs. It has trained 6,000
teachers from this country.
In Costa Rica the same
programs are available
through Channel 13 from the
national radio and
television. The main focus
of this training is to
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The Peer
to Peer coaching program
was developed in
Panama,
El Salvador,
Dominican
Republic
and
Costa Rica.
Training took place in
two levels with For
Group A training one
week in Panama (the
partner was Fundación
Gabriel Lewis Galindo)
and a 2nd week in El
Salvador (partner:
FUSALMO).
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Dominican Republic
(Partner: Fundación
Global Democracia). For
the Costa Rica
experience with
Fundación Omar Dengo,
view the presentation
here
and the
abstract.
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In an
agreement between
Microsoft and the
Education Department of
Puerto Rico
the 44,000
teachers of the 84
school districts will be
trained through
materials prepared for a
self-study DVD. This
course will be included
in their professional
development credits and
when they receive their
certification teachers
will also receive a
benefit towards their
professional skills.
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A “loud launch†took
place June 6, 2007
during which the
materials were
delivered. Microsoft
will also deliver
44,000 accounts of
live @ edu.
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In 2004 an
agreement between Microsoft
Uruguay, Grupo
Eidos, Grupo EIDOS
Latinoamérica, Red Qualitas
and the Consejo de Educación
Primaria was signed to train
2,000 teachers to use new
technologies. This agreement
included the donation of an
e-learning platform license
to the
Consejo de Educación
Primaria
by the Grupo Eidos. Then,
during 2005, several events
took place to train 500
teachers. There was a free
training on June 2, June 30
and August 18 2006, with
conferences from
international experts such
as Edith Litwin from
Argentina, Ricardo Rosas
from Chile, Jorge Grandi
(UNESCO) and the Regional
Manager for Partners in
Learning David Naranjo.
Also, 42 leaders were
trained for Technology
Centers which created the
national tutors network, and
2000 teachers were trained
in the Administración
Nacional de Educación
Pública (ANEP) E-learning
platform to include new
technologies in their
classrooms and to use Office
in their education projects.
These live trainings will
continue for teachers
throughout the country, the
dates are to be determined.
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During
2006, as part of the
Aula Virtual
E-Learning initiative in
Uruguay,
teachers had the
opportunity to train
online for free. 1,500
teachers registered, and
498 certificates were
given (201 for level 1
ICT in Education, 214
for level 2 Use of
Office in Education and
58 for level 3 Use and
design of webs for the
classroom, and 25 for
level 4 which is Data
Base).
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teachers are invited to
start your online
training right now! |
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Pedagogical Skills
These are
some examples of Best Practices on
Pedagogical Skills in Latin America
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In
Uruguay
seminar was developed to
build pedagogical strategies
and to analyze the
opportunities and challenges
of new technologies. 200
leaders from throughout the
country, and the directors
of all the Teachers Career
Institutes attended the kick
off in the City of
Montevideo. The seminar was
created through an agreement
with the Distance Education
Department for Teacher
career development, the
Administración Nacional de
Educación Pública (ANEP) in
Uruguay and Microsoft. It is
available to replicate for
principals and policy makers
in partnership with local
communities in the South
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In
Puerto Rico
Microsoft, in partnership
with
ASPIRA
organization, has
cosponsored the yearly
Technology Tools Conference.
School leaders from Puerto
Rico, Dominican Republic and
the Caribbean attend to
update their pedagogical
skills and their knowledge
in the use of IT. Programs
such as School of the
Future, MS Partners in
Learning and many of MS
technologies, solutions and
experiences in education
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In
Dominican Republic,
Microsoft has coordinated
events such as
Virtual Educa Caribe
2006 and 2007 in agreement
with Fundación Global
Democracia (FUNGLODE).
School leaders from
Dominican Republic come to
update their knowledge in
the use of IT and their
pedagogical skills. Programs
such as School of the
Future, MS Partners in
Learning and many MS
technologies, solutions and
experiences in education
have been presented and
transmitted live via VTC and
web cast to all over the
country. |
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Personal Competence
These are
some examples of Best Practices on
Personal Competence in Latin America
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The Help Desk
Student Program was offered
at the
Tobias Barreto School in
Catende,
Brazil.
This Program, provided
through Microsoft Partners
in Learning, trains students
to provide technical support
to their school technology
laboratory and gives them
skills for future
employment. |
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In
Argentina, Partners
in Learning participated
during the “33
Feria del Libro†with an
award-winning booth that
provided training for
teachers, students and
parents. One of these
trainings was “Las nuevas
tecnologÃas en el diseño de
propuestas pedagógicas
innovadorasâ€, by Rosa
Kaufman, which included the
use of digital maps,
multimedia and Internet
support related to Language,
Math, Social Studies and
Science. Mr. Nussbaum
provided training in using
portables and wireless
connection in class, and the
Innovative Teachers from the
Tomas Alva Edison School
from Mendoza, who use Tablet
PCs for their 9th year
students were also present. |
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Lifelong Learning
These are
some examples of Best Practices on
Lifelong Learning in Latin America
(with the links to access further
information): |
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Secondary Education Roadmap |
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Mexico
Ministry
of
Education
and Peer
Coaching
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The Estado
de Mexico
Ministry of
Education
has decided
to engage
two program
coordinators,
three
program
administrators,
25
facilitators,
and 354
coaches in
embracing
the Peer
Coaching
curriculum,
which will
benefit 708
teachers and
reach 21,000
primary and
secondary
students.
Estado de
Mexico is
participating
in the Peer
Coaching Web
site, using
all the
collaboration
tools and
creating Web
lessons to
share. The
Peer
Coaching
content is
part of the
process to
get
registered
in the state
training
catalog,
meaning
points to
increase
teachers'
salaries.
This project
will exist
as a pilot
until
September
2007, when
full
deployment
begins,
expecting to
reach 4,990
school
principals,
30,565
teachers,
and 850,159
elementary-school
students.
For more
information,
please
contact
Belen Martin
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The Ministry
of Education of
Mexico
offers the
Peer Coaching program
through their website. This
includes 257 web-lessons for
students to use in class to
resolve problems using
technology tools. |
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