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Educ.ar: Using Technology to Improve the Outcomes of Education. Rebuilding Educ.ar. From Educational Portal to Global Project: The use of technology within a curriculum to improve education Focuses on efficient deployment and cost reduction Reach a much wider audience of educators.
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Educ.ar: Using Technology to Improve the Outcomes of Education
Rebuilding Educ.ar From Educational Portal to Global Project: The use of technology within a curriculum to improve education Focuses on efficient deployment and cost reduction Reach a much wider audience of educators
2005-2006 Goals • 15.000 learning objects • Multimedia contents & tools to enrich MECyT projects • Collaborative building blocks (p2p) • Educ.ar Collection: 15 Educational CD-ROM • RAPORT: Argentinian Educational Portals Network
Educ.ar Collection • CD1: ICT Basics • CD2: Multimedia Educational Resources • CD3: Living with diversity • CD4: Internet for educative purposes • CD 5: Berni for kids & teachers • CD 6: MS Office classroom activities • CD 7: Open source software: classroom activities • CD 8: Let’s talk about AIDS at school • CD 9: Multicultural education • CD 10: Schools for Identity
Computer Recycling Project • Public & Private Donors
Connectivity • Satellite connectivity to a 17 rural schools network • 2006: 5000 schools with broadband
Teacher’s Training: ViTec Network Training teachers of primary, secondary and technical education centers and teachers institutes on the educational use of ICT through Universities • First Stage Goals • 600 courses • 15.000 teachers trained • From basics to educational use of ICT
Educ.ar Today • 800.000 monthly visitors; • More than 15.000 learning objects; • 500 recycled computers; • 250.000 CD delivered all around the country; • 500.000 CD delivered through national initiatives; • 5.000 schools communicated trough Puentes Network; • Satellite connectivity to 17 rural communities; • 3 newsletters & 20 weblogs; • Free e-mail & chat services; • 5000 students in ICT Competitions (ThinkQuest, Sister Classrooms, Intel Award)