UPDATE: October 2nd, 2008
World Links has begun to train 30 teachers, along with some ministry staff, and are currently establishing computer labs in 11 schools. Aprotrain, our local partner, bid out the computer lab equipment and translated Teacher Professional Development (TPD) 1 and 2 in preparation for training. The enthusiasm and seriousness of the Vietnamese teachers and instructors was very impressive. Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is very interested in World Links continuing actively in Vietnam. In the view of the MOET staff, the World Links Program is superior to Intel Teach, and they would like to have all four phases of the program delivered in Vietnam. MOET was receptive to us delivering our full program in Deepika Sharma, the Workshop Facilitator notes on her last day of the workshop.
“Overall, there is a marked improvement in participant involvement and enthusiasm on workshop tasks. The group is very lively and extremely task-driven. They are a cohesive group and have worked well with any combination of colleagues as may have been given to them during the course of the workshop. Relatively quiet in the initial sessions, the group, toward the end, is able to articulate a lot of ideas for tele-collaboration and its implication for teaching and learning.”
