Technological Enrichment in Venezuelan Classrooms

Summary

Strengthening the capabilities of teachers and young people by providing them with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and training for ICT use.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $416 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Until now, schools located in the poor areas of Venezuela hardly provide students with skills that will allow them to successfully face the challenges of contemporary society. The poor communities in Venezuela present high indexes of non-schooling and receive a very low quality of education. Consequently, the children of these areas have very little possibility of overcoming their conditions of poverty. This project will benefit teachers and young people excluded from the educational system.

Activities

Recollection and recovery of 100 computers to be installed in schools; Preparation of training and instructional materials for teachers; Carrying out the training cycle with 30 students and 80 teachers; systematization and evaluation of the project.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $416

Funding Policy: partial

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $416as of Jun 09 2004.  The original project funding goal was $65,923.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

To provide students will computer skills that will help them in their future.

Project Message

The children never thought they would have computers in this school. Aulas Tecnologicas Comunitarias makes their dream real and improves the education that we use to prepare students for the future.
- Claudia Cova, Executive Director, Via Tecnologica

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Claudia Cova,
Executive Director, Via Tecnologica
Urb. Juan Pablo II, Park 10
PB, local 4, Montalbán
Caracas, Distrito Metropolitano 1020
Venezuela
58 212 4717398
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Vía Tecnológica (VT)
Urb. Juan Pablo II, Park 10
PB, local 4, Montalbán
Caracas, Distrito Metropolitano 1020
Venezuela
+58 212 4717398
http://www.viatecnologica.org.ve

Learn more about Vía Tecnológica (VT) and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Venezuela and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Venezuela, read the Human Development Report on Venezuela or the Wikipedia entry for Venezuela.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 01, 2003.