IT in Education Program Fe y Alegría promotes the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) n in educational processes, networking and institutional management of the Movement. The scope is to promote the processes of communication, the exchange and construction of knowledge between different actors and levels of Fe y Alegría and to contribute to the dissemination and construction of knowledge throughout the student community. From our website, Mundo Escholar, we promote education and management in our students, faculty and participants, and guide the process of allocation and adequacy of thematic classrooms, so that they are appropriate to the contexts of schools, non-formal education, and special education. We develop strategies for promoters, teachers and local communities, extending training for the use of ICT in education.
Projects: Currently, the program runs in joint manner with Quality Educational Programs and Teacher Training, the project “Strengthening the System of Improving Quality Educational within Fe y Alegría” which seeks to, as the same states, deploy the system to improve the quality of education within 562 Fe y Alegría schools in the Movement within the 18 countries involved in the project (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela), in order to achieve changes in the processes and outcomes that occur at each school. . The project is funded by AECID through Entreculturas—Fe y Alegría Spain.
“I approached and stayed with educational computing.”—Adelita a teaching preschool expert on new communication technologies—ICT “I am María Adelita Pacanchique Pérez, I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Colombia Incca. I have been working within the Fe y Alegría Movement for 14 years, and I am currently teaching basic third grade at Colegio Fe y Alegría San Ignacio, which I have done since 2011. One of the characteristics of Fe y Alegría is that it is in less-favored areas, where humility and despair are common, this implies that the formation of children, youth, women and men cannot just provide academics, but should be strengthened through spirituality as well, through the construction of values, which are integral development within their ideals and practice. People want to build lives for themselves, with aspirations to be citizens who contribute to society and from their personal growth contribute to the building of better communities. In April 2000 I joined the Movement and began my teaching experience. Over the years I have had the opportunity to share experiences, meet people and participate in training processes, which have allowed me to grow personally, spiritually and professionally. Fe y Alegría has given me spaces that have allowed me to interact in the world of computing, social networking and everything related to the new Information and Communication Technologies.
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