Guatemala
Centro TICs/Intecap
Agenda for TechCamp: Guatemala- Day 1
Friday, July 13th.
| 9:00-9:30 |
Registration, networking, coffee and tea |
| 9:30-9:35 |
Welcome to TechCamp Guatemala
US Embassy Guatemala or VicePresidency |
| 9:35-9:45 |
What is TechCamp and Why do I care?
Britannie Anderson – e-diplomacy – , United States Department of State |
| 9:45-10:30 |
Interactive Plenary: Exploring Perspectives
Kara Andrade – HablaGuate / Maria Zaghi – Campus Tec |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
10:45-11:45 Fast-paced Project Presentations
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Topic
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Presenter
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| #1: Artegnos, trabajo en diseño instruccional y cursos e-Learning |
Lidia Guerra – Campus Tec |
| #2: Uso de Creative Commmons en Educacion |
Maria Isabel Carrascosa – Creative Commons Guatemala |
| #3:Educacion 2.0 |
Maria Quezada – Fundacion Rose |
| #4: Alfabetizacion Digital en Polochic |
David – Kando
Lichutam/Northeastern University |
| #5: La tecnología y el proceso de enseñanza y por competencias |
Jaime Reyes / Byron Lopez
Mineduc |
| #6: Software Libre para Maestros y Estudiantes |
Julio Gonzalez – Argos |
| #7: Proyectos de e-educacion con el Depto. De Estados Unidos y Guatemala |
Mario Morales – Funrural |
| #8: Proyectos de e-educacion de UVG (Abejotas) |
Douglas Barrios – UVG |
| #9: Educacion multilingue en Guatemala |
Matias Gutierrez -Enlace Quiche |
| #10: Politica educativa y tecnologia |
Veronica Spross – Empresarios por la educacion |
| #11: Tecnologia para Educar |
Jessica Hammer – Funsepa |
| #12: Proyectos educativos en apoyo a Mineduc |
Mario Torre – COED |
11:45-11:55 Plenary Session
11:55-12:45 Small Group Topical Breakout Discussions
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Topic
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Facilitator
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| #1: Designing Mobile Education Programs in Rural Areas |
Jimmy Palma GIZ |
| #2: Measurement and Evaluation |
Veronica Spross – Empresarios por la educacion |
| #3: Multi Language Learning Options |
Matias Gutierrez – Enlace Quiche |
| #4: Taking Advantage of Learning Networks |
Jessica Hammer – Funsepa |
| #5: Uncovering Education Data through Mapping |
Mario Torres – COED |
| #6: How to Transform the Classroom and content for rural areas |
Maria Quezada – Fundación Rose |
| #7: Using Games for Learning |
Wendy Ruiz – Campus Tec |
| #8: Improving Children’s use of Technology |
Lidia Guerra – Campus Tec |
| #9: Learning Communities w/students and educators |
Jaime Reyes – Mineduc |
| #10: Teacher Development |
Douglas Barrios- UVG |
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-13:55 Plenary
13:55-15:00 Interactive Training Stations
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Topic Number
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Tech Facilitator
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| #1 Mobile for Management: Using FrontlineSMS to Manage Schools |
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| #2 Setting up Learning Communities for Effective Learning |
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| #3 Collaborative Project Development for Learning |
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| #4 Developing Mobile Education Learning Options |
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| #5 Learn to Make Maps for Education Data |
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| #6 Designing Online Learning |
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| #7 Making OLPC effective |
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| #8 Teaching Children Programming |
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15:00-15:20 Afternoon break
15:20-15:30 Plenary
15:30-16:20 Small Group Work on Brainstorming Problems
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Station Number
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Facilitator
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| #1 Mobile Learning Options |
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| #2 Assessment and Measurement |
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| #3 Collaborative Project Development |
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| #4 Learning Communities w/students and educators |
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| #5 Mobile Language Learning |
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| #6 Mapping Options |
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| #7 Improving Children’s use of Technology |
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| #8 How to Transform the Classroom and Content in Rural Areas |
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| #9 Using games for learning |
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| #10 Teacher Development |
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16:20-16:30 Briefs on Brain Storming Sessions
16:30-17:00 Presenting the Results of the Brainstorming Session
18:00-20:00 Happy hour – Campus Tec
Agenda for TechCamp: Guatemala – Day 2
Saturday, July 14th.
9:00-9:30 Registration, networking, coffee and tea
9:30-9:35 Opening Plenary Kara Andrade – HablaGuate / Maria Zaghi – Campus Tec
10:00-11:15 Small Groupwork on Identifying Solutions
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Topic Number
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| #1 How can we use technology to improve monitoring and evaluation systems, in terms of formative assessment information, timing and feedback, ease of input/use and cost? |
| #2 How to use SMS in rural areas with indigenous communities to monitor and evaluate the project development and management life-cycle (data collection, measurement indicators, analysis, needs assessment, monitoring, impact evaluation) |
| #3 How can teachers, administrators and parents in Guatemala take advantage of large scale online learning communities to maximize impact of different IT-based education initiatives in Guatemala? |
| #4 How can we use SMS to include parents in the education process (homework, news, events) |
| #5 How do we create a network of horizontal cooperation between Latin American countries to share good and bad practices in the use of ICT in Education? |
| #6 How can technology help improve math, science and English Language acquisition levels in Latin America for K-12? |
| #7 How can we improve literacy and numeracy within marginalized populations and rural areas in Latin America including afro-descendants and indigenous? |
| #8 Can data visualization of education data help us to be more efficient while providing better situational awareness to people working in the education space |
| #9 Policy Question: How can we work with the ICT industry, social media platform companies to better meet the needs of parents, society and teachers, promote the good use of technology and encourage better content development? |
| #10 Policy Question: How can we leverage technology to improve professional development and training for teachers to ensure they meet the appropriate competencies and skills to teach our kids? |
| #11 Policy Question: For rural schools in Ecuador without internet connectivity or funding, what technology options should we try improve education, and then how can we share this approach across the country? |
| #12 Policy Question: How can we awaken interest in educators (teachers) to pursue online professional training, and socialize ICT activities within the entire education community? |
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:10 Small Group Discussions Continued
12:10-13:10 Lunch
13:10-13:40 Final Small Group Discussions
13:40-14:10 Final Presentations
14:10-14:40 Capstone Discussions
14:40-14:45 Acknowledgements
14:45-14:55 Call to Action and Closing Remarks
