The Oracle Education Foundation Helps Educators in Africa and Europe Prepare Students For Success In A Global Economy
New 21st Century Learning Institute Showcases How to Introduce Project Learning and 21st Century Skills Development Into The Classroom
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Johannesburg
14-JUL-2008 04:54 PM
The Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) has launched its first regional 21st Century Learning Institute in Africa to help educators successfully integrate project learning and 21st century learning skills training into their curriculum and prepare students for success in a global economy.
The 21st Century Learning Institute was held in Sandton, South Africa from June 30 - July 3 at the e-Skills Academy.
The four-day program brought together 58 educators from six countries in Africa and Europe, including Egypt, Hungary, Kenya, Lesotho, Romania, and South Africa.
Teachers learned to design and implement online learning projects that help students develop 21st century skills.
The course used OEF's global technology programs, Think.com and ThinkQuest, to showcase exceptional project learning examples and help teachers produce projects as a part of their training experience.
Supporting Quotes
"The 21st Century Learning Institute is designed to help educators around the globe successfully incorporate project learning into everyday curriculum, so that students walk out the school door with the skills needed for life and work in the 21st century," said Clare Dolan, Vice President, Oracle Corporate Citizenship.
"Think.com's learning environment has helped get both teachers and pupils excited about what otherwise could have been fairly routine work,"said one of the attending teachers, Erika Horn, Irene Primary School. "We are eager to use Think.com, learn how to integrate 21st century skills into our projects and to align this new approach with curriculum standards. The institute has opened the door to new possibilities and ideas for project work. And best of all, we have managed to'hook' other subject teachers in as well."
Supporting Resources
Oracle Education Foundation
About the Oracle Education Foundation
The Oracle Education Foundation sponsors ThinkQuest and Think.com, free online technology programs for the primary and secondary education community. It also makes grants to select schools and nonprofits to bridge the digital divide and promote global collaborative learning with technology. For more information, please visit http://oraclefoundation.org.
About Oracle
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