Proyectos: Tecnología de Información y Comunicación para la Educación

Metas del Proyecto:

El propósito del proyecto de la educación TIC es mejorar la disponibilidad y la calidad de la educación en escuelas rurales y urbanas marginales a través de profesores del entrenamiento, de estudiantes y de otros miembros de la Comunidad en cómo utilizar la información y la tecnología de comunicación para enseñar y para aprender con eficacia, también como genera eventual mayor renta para sí mismos. Las metas del proyecto de la educación TIC son ayudar:

• Mejore la educación de computadoras y de la tecnología
• Tecnología del uso de la juventud para mejorar su trabajo y empleo
• Mejore el sostenibilidad de las actividades del proyecto de los laboratorios educativos de la comunidad

Actividades del Proyecto:

• Ayudar que los profesores enseñen en una manera más interactiva y efectiva.
• Mejorar la proficiencia técnica de los profesionales de computadoras.
• Integrar la tecnología en las actividades de los grupos juveniles.
• Ayudar que los jóvenes usen la tecnología.
• Entrenar los comités comunitarios para que sepan manejar sus laboratorios de computadoras y que sean proyetos sostenibles.

Descripciones Del Proyecto Individuales:

• Betsy Bruner (en inglés)
• As the ICT volunteer in the small municipality of about 5,000 in the eastern province of El Seibo, I am assigned to the computer center set up by the First Lady through one of her many community service programs. The center was built just over a year ago and my "project" is to help foster self-sustainability, community support and to work with the development of the CTC (Community Technology Committee) in general.
  
  What does that mean? So far, it's helping to develop and implement a curriculum for the preschool that we started in June. It's also providing advanced and continuing training for the computer teachers and encargados ( computer lab caretakers), by means of workshops, manuals, scholarships to courses, or even just activity ideas to use in the classroom.
  
  This center also includes an adult literacy program and a beautiful library complete with shelves of real books (rare in this material-poor educational system). This means we are working for literacy, a strong interest for me, on all fronts-with the niños (children) in the Ludoteca (homework room), the adults in the evenings, the school kids that flock to the library in the afternoons to complete homework assignments, and the computer classes that we offer throughout the day.
  
  We have a myriad of other angles as well, with a big one being capacitating the youth so they are equipped for furthering education (either in the university or in technical fields) and for finding better jobs. Classes, youth groups, homework groups, access to information and resources, and especially emphasis on the importance of education and taking the initiative for one's decisions all teaming together to give at least a few high school students the chance to succeed. And hopefully, one day invest back into the community, the region, the country and the world some of the values that they picked up along the way.
  
• John Mitchell (en inglés)
• Aided by various grants of national governments, the World Bank, and private companies, the Dominican Secretary of Education is working to create a technically savvy population that can use technology to improve their education, communication, and work opportunities. As a part of this initiative, I work in conjunction with the Secretary of Education, local Community Technology Center, and various elementary and secondary schools. My work focuses on expanding the knowledge and use of technology in local education, work, and community life.
  
  During this, my first year of service, our local Community Technology Committee and I have established a variety of goals and projects. We are training dozens of local elementary and secondary school teachers to use computers, the internet and digital projectors to improve their teaching. Due to the utter lack of books available to local residents, these trainings allow teachers to use digital encyclopedias, books, plays, and educational software in their classrooms. Moving beyond traditional "chalk and blackboard" techniques, the teachers are also learning to incorporate videos, music, presentations, and pictures into everything from history to biology lessons.
  
  We also offer community computer classes that allow local residents to improve their technological skills. This summer, we hosted the community's first Youth Summer Camp focusing on reading, writing, environmental protection, safe sexual practices, and abstinence from drugs. Working with a team of some twenty community members, we are creating the city's first newspaper and also the high school's first yearbook with the assistance of the school's first Youth Technology Club. These initiatives are a fabulous way to improve local education, technical training, and provide a culture of reading and writing.
  
  Beyond my primary project, I assist with a women's economic development course through the local chapter of the Federation of Women. Moreover, I am working with the local Lyon's Club in an environmental initiative that aims to improve local sanitation, water quality, and access to latrines. I also teach a weekly English course for adults and have given a variety of workshops from global warming to forming healthy relationships to youth at the local Catholic Church.

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El Cuerpo de Paz ha cambiado mi vida y me ha dado una nueva forma conocer gente.Julie MullenVoluntaria previa en la República Dominicana.