1. Carlos F. Camargo Page 1 September 2006
My vision for ICT would include:
1) Continuing the current work on products and services in support of the
Intel initiative and all the technology curriculum currently under-
development and to continue expansion into the areas of NUMERACY for
students and MULTIMEDIA LITERACY as professional development
workshops to train the teachers that will lead our students into the
Information Society of the 21st
century.
2) Expand the earned income programs & campaigns for curriculum and
training services by expanding the trainer corps and also the partner eco-
system to include international agencies and partners—see appendix
below for details on a series of partnerships to foster adoption of ICT
methods and materials across East, South and SE Asia and then moving
into Latin America and beyond. I’d like to focus on Asia in the first 24
months, then Latin America in the following two years and by year five, I’d
like to begin a push for Africa & Middle East.
3) Seed curriculum into the CalSAC organization, with 20,000 afterschool
education practitioners this is an idea partner for ICT to extend it’s reach
here at home in California, but also an opportunity to provide a model-
program for replication in other states w/ professional associations for
ASP, like America’s Promise run by Mrs. Colin Powell or Afterschool All-
Stars program in Boston, San Jose and New York.
4) Develop an online portal of resources and materials for use within the
DOE’s Community Technology Centers by staff, instructors and students
at CTC’s nationwide—this would involve planning w/ municipal and
regional Lead Education Agencies and school districts. Make this content
suitable for formal and informal educational settings
5) To forestall the loss of competitiveness and to ensure long-term gains in
worker productivity we should continue to engage in a pro-active
awareness & advocacy campaign in support of funding for technology,
science and mathematics education in public schools and the expansion
of after-school program opportunities and also push for universal
kindergarten for all in US.
6) Internationally, join efforts by UNESCO and the UN under the auspices of
the Education for All program throughout Asia and also to participate as
an advisor to UNESCO and UN agencies on economic and community
development projects dealing with human capacity building and education
initiatives to promote education of girls, women and ethnic minorities in all
nations of the world
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The above mentioned projects would entail an expansion in program staffing and
staff professional development training, and the recruitment and establishment of
strategic partnerships for content distribution, product training, TOT training, and
end-user training delivery thru certificated or registered and authorized partners
& trainers to build the ICT brand. As such, the above programs would have to be
matched with an equally aggressive development and fundraising campaign in
support of ICT staff, training partners, distributors and educators.
Project Ideas for ICT International Expansion & Growth:
Indonesia
Dr. Fuad Abdul Hamied
Deputy Minister for Education & State Administration
Ministry of National Education
Jakarta, Indonesia
Project: teacher training in ICT methods & materials for informal and formal
sectors in Jakarta and Jopjakarta.
India
Orphanage and dailit training--for OBC (other backward castes)
Drs. Thom & Linda Wolfe Dr. P.J. Mungekar
President Minister of OBC Affairs (untouchables)
University Institute Ministry of OBC Affairs & Education
New Delhi, India New Delhi, India
Projects: teacher training and curriculum adoption for the OBCs and also for UI’s
programs throughout India, Pakistan, & Nepal
Prahkabar Tennetti
CEO
Signette Technology Corp.
Andra Pradesh State
India, South Asia
Project: Training and provisioning curricular content to orphanages catering to
the dailit (untouchable) children and youth in urban slums of Mumbai and Delhi,
and in Andra Pradesh State.
Mongolia
Dr. Jop Amaara
Director of Science Education
UNESCO-Ulam Bator
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Ulam Bator, Mongolia
Projects: 50 community learning centers need technology curriculum b/c English
is new official language, ICT content would be ideal for youth instruction and
economic development in Ulam Bator
China
Dr. Yakazuki Aoshima, Executive Director & UN Representative
UNESCO-Beijing
Sun, Lei, Director of Education Programs for China
United Nations Education, Science, Cultural Organization (UNESCO-Beijing)
Beijing, China
Projects: Curriculum localization for Mandarin and ethnic languages in the 14
Western Provinces of rural China
Dr. Sujin Hong, Vice President of External & International Affairs (& English
Department Chair)
Yanbian University of Science and Technology
Yanzi, Yanbian Province, China
Projects: Teacher training in Computer Science teaching & instruction, and
English for Special Purposes (ESP) in time for Beijing 2008 Olympics
Dr. Zuang Zheng
President
Central Institute of Ethic Administrators
Beijing, China
Project: 102 ethnic universities and 500 ethnic middle & high schools in among
non-Han Chinese, groups like the Hui, Mongols etc. Teacher training is desired
and instruction both in English and Mandarin would be greatly welcomed. They
would handle localization themselves and we could seed curriculum and
pedagogy among the Chinese ethnic populations.
Hong Kong
Dr. Robert D. Adamson, Chair & Group Leader, Action Research Center
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Hong Kong Institute of Education
10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, N.T.
Hong Kong SAR
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Projects: He would love to host a demonstration TOT & teacher training w/ a
built-in structure for communication, assessment, tracking and reporting results
of “actions” & “ pedagogical interventions using ICT curriculum in both English &
Mandarin. Technology for instructional purposes is are new area of research and
having evaluations & assessment of program is something we could partner with
them on.
South Korea
Dr. Soyoung Choi, Director of the Center for Gifted & Special Education
Korean Educationa D Institute
14 centers in Korean provinces: educational center would love CS tech and
training, annual conference can facilitate trainig, and regional meets
Dr. Paul Kim (social entrepreneur & well-connected philanthropist)
Vice Chairman
Parakletos Ventures, Inc.
100 Jubilee Center
San Jose, California
Pastor Sungkook Kim
Head Pastor
Saranghe Korean Baptist Church
Seoul, South Korea
Projects: teacher training and summer/winter English & Technology camps
around metropolitan Seoul and Gyeonggi Provice. Adoption of content and
pedagogy w/ certified training and learning center opportunities among the South
Korean hak-won markets for technology and English.
United States
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bill Waters, Chief
Center for School Improvement
Office of Indian Education Programs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
US Dept. of Interior
Projects: Reservation training, and ICT training at community centers.