Motorola Contributes To The Education In Colombia And Latin America
With the support of Motorola, and management of the NGO Give to Colombia, FGPU implemented between primary and secondary teachers, the SCRATCH project, a useful tool to help students develop their vulnerable populations skills in mathematics, algorithmic thinking, logic, and ability to solve problems. The project, which will be implemented with the support of the University of Cali Icesi, aims to promote students develop higher order intellectual skills through computer programming language with Scratch, promoting digital inclusion Asia, focusing on teachers training schools by Cali with vulnerable populations. Credit: Code.org-2011. All material developed during the project duration will be available at Virtual Education Portal a offering quality content for free to over 400.
American teachers and administrators who visit each month, to contribute to Improvement of Basic Education to the effective use of Information Technology and Communication (ICT) in educational processes and aims for looking after the upgrade and transformation of the educational institutions. Since 2007, the FGPU has closely monitored the project SCRATCH, new programming language for young students developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at MIT Media Lab. This application as well as being free and available in Spanish, can become one of the most useful tools to help students develop math skills, algorithmic thinking, logic, and ability to solve problems. Able to realize this project, with support from Motorola, is a decisive step in the mission that our Foundation has been proposed, consisting a promoting the improvement of the quality of primary and secondary education in America Latinae Colombiaa and using e effective integration of technologies Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in educational processes. .