teacher training & ICT

07.02.2008 Several programmes have been implemented in recent years for capacity building of teachers in the use and integration of information and communication technology. UNESCO’s recent publication: ICT in Teacher Education: Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific Region contains a collection of examples of ICT in Teacher Education programmes.

21.03.2006 A recent conference focused on how to ensure all schools, libraries and local governments from around the world could access information technologies within the next decade.

08.03.2006 Becta is pleased to announce that the ICT Excellence awards are now open for entries.

04.01.2006 The NGO iEARN-Netherlands will organize the international iEARN World Conference and Youth Summit in 2006 in Enschede in The Netherlands.

09.05.2005 This catalogue contains a range of resources in the form of books, CD-ROMs, online publications, websites and articles from e-journals that aim to provide teachers, senior school managers, curriculum developers and administrators with guidelines and strategies for integrating ICTs effectively into teaching and learning.

25.02.2005 The Jordan Pilot Expansion Program, launched in cooperation with the Jordonian Ministry of Education, will train 1,000 teachers in using technology in providing quality learning in classrooms. Through this Project, World Link will integrate ICTs into the school curriculum.

26.05.2004 Educators were trained in the use of ICTs for educating people with special needs at a workshop organised by UNESCO recently in Yerevan, Armenia. The workshop was part of a seminar for school educators, being conducted by the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education.

23.11.2003 Secondary schools in Zambia recently came together in an informal meeting to exchange share their difficult experiences in using the computers and other information and communication tools. They exchanged ideas on how to address the sustainability of computers and the Internet use in their schools and developed a set of strategies.

01.10.2003 This tool, created by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, allows educators and school adminstrators to measure how well they are integrating ICT literacy and other 21st century skills into the curriculum.

11.09.2003 UNESCO is providing extensive training to Cambodian teachers in the use of information and communication technologies. Teachers are expected to return to their colleges and impart the newly learned skills to both fellow teachers and students.

08.09.2003 A South African satellite television network has launched an educational TV channel, which focuses on mathematics, science, English and an educator development programme. The channel is targeting learners, educators and schools, but educationists are sceptical of its success.

17.08.2003 This book provides a global overview of how information and communication technologies (ICTs) relate to education. Published by Unesco and the Academy for Educational Development, the entire book is available for downloading.

25.05.2003 UNESCO is organising this week a training seminar in Druskinenkai, Lithuania, for teachers and teacher trainers. The seminar aims to promote developing strategies and syllabi for ICT integration in Lithuania's general education.

22.05.2003 With the proliferation of corporate-sponsored computer centres, rural areas of South Africa are set for an IT revolution. The arrival of computers and software in rural high schools has sparked incredible excitement among students and teachers alike, bringing teens to school at all hours of the day.

23.04.2003 A South African education organisation is using the medium of radio to teach English as a second language. The English language teaching programme has a participatory method, which is new to most teachers, and reaches parts where other teaching methods cannot reach.

02.04.2003 Four new projects focusing on the use of ICTs for education have been launched in Asia and the Pacific region. The projects will include training and professional development of teachers for effective use of ICTs in improving teaching and learning.

09.03.2003 A project in South Africa and Egypt shows that the impact of using ICTs in the classroom extends further than pupil achievement and classroom practice. It also benefits teachers' professional identities and the community as a whole.

19.02.2003 The African Virtual University's information technology programme seeks to empower teachers to integrate IT into their classes to make learning interesting for students.

16.02.2003 Rwanda has launched a national programme to provide computer laboratories, Internet access and computer training for teachers in secondary schools.

10.02.2003 Teachers in Gambia's senior secondary schools recently attended a workshop to learn not only how to use software but also when it is effective to use ICT for teaching and learning and when it is not.