Friday, July 13^th.

9:00-9:30	Registration, networking, coffee and tea
9:30-9:35	Welcome to TechCamp Guatemala US Embassy Guatemala or VicePresidency
9:35-9:45	What is TechCamp and Why do I care? Britannie Anderson – e-diplomacy – , United States Department of State
9:45-10:30	Interactive Plenary: Exploring Perspectives Kara Andrade – HablaGuate / Maria Zaghi – Campus Tec
10:30-10:45	Break

 

10:45-11:45       Fast-paced Project Presentations

Topic	Presenter
#1: Artegnos, trabajo en diseño instruccional y cursos e-Learning	Lidia Guerra – Campus Tec
#2: Uso de Creative Commmons en Educacion	Maria Isabel Carrascosa – Creative Commons Guatemala
#3:Educacion 2.0	Maria Quezada – Fundacion Rose
#4: Alfabetizacion Digital en Polochic	David – Kando Lichutam/Northeastern University
#5: La tecnología y el proceso de enseñanza y por competencias	Jaime Reyes / Byron Lopez Mineduc
#6: Software Libre para Maestros y Estudiantes	Julio Gonzalez –  Argos
#7: Proyectos de e-educacion  con el Depto. De Estados Unidos y Guatemala	Mario Morales – Funrural
#8: Proyectos de e-educacion de UVG (Abejotas)	Douglas Barrios – UVG
#9:  Educacion multilingue en Guatemala	Matias Gutierrez -Enlace Quiche
#10: Politica educativa y tecnologia	Veronica Spross – Empresarios por la educacion
#11: Tecnologia para Educar	Jessica Hammer –  Funsepa
#12: Proyectos educativos  en apoyo a Mineduc	Mario Torre – COED

11:45-11:55       Plenary Session

 

11:55-12:45       Small Group Topical Breakout Discussions

Topic	Facilitator
#1: Designing Mobile Education Programs in Rural Areas	Jimmy Palma GIZ
#2: Measurement and Evaluation	Veronica Spross – Empresarios por la educacion
#3: Multi Language Learning Options	Matias Gutierrez – Enlace Quiche
#4: Taking Advantage of Learning Networks	Jessica Hammer – Funsepa
#5: Uncovering Education Data through Mapping	Mario Torres – COED
#6: How to Transform the Classroom and content for rural areas	Maria Quezada – Fundación Rose
#7: Using Games for Learning	Wendy Ruiz – Campus Tec
#8: Improving Children’s use of Technology	Lidia Guerra – Campus Tec
#9: Learning Communities w/students and educators	Jaime Reyes – Mineduc
#10: Teacher Development	Douglas Barrios- UVG

12:45-13:45       Lunch

13:45-13:55       Plenary

13:55-15:00       Interactive Training Stations

Topic Number	Tech Facilitator
#1 Mobile for Management: Using FrontlineSMS to Manage Schools
#2 Setting up Learning Communities for Effective Learning
#3 Collaborative Project Development for Learning
#4 Developing Mobile Education Learning Options
#5 Learn to Make Maps for Education Data
#6 Designing Online Learning
#7 Making OLPC effective
#8 Teaching Children Programming

15:00-15:20       Afternoon break
15:20-15:30       Plenary

 

15:30-16:20       Small Group Work on Brainstorming Problems

Station Number	Facilitator
#1 Mobile Learning Options
#2 Assessment and Measurement
#3 Collaborative Project Development
#4 Learning Communities w/students and educators
#5 Mobile Language Learning
#6 Mapping Options
#7 Improving Children’s use of Technology
#8 How to Transform the Classroom and Content in Rural Areas
#9 Using games for learning
#10 Teacher Development

16:20-16:30       Briefs on Brain Storming Sessions
16:30-17:00       Presenting the Results of the Brainstorming Session
18:00-20:00      Happy hour  – Campus Tec

 

Saturday, July 14^th.

9:00-9:30       Registration, networking, coffee and tea

9:30-9:35       Opening Plenary Kara Andrade – HablaGuate / Maria Zaghi – Campus Tec

10:00-11:15       Small Groupwork on Identifying Solutions

Topic Number

#1 How can we use technology to improve monitoring and evaluation systems, in terms of formative assessment information, timing and feedback, ease of input/use and cost?

#2 How to use SMS in rural areas with indigenous communities to monitor and evaluate the project development and management life-cycle (data collection, measurement indicators, analysis, needs assessment, monitoring, impact evaluation)

#3 How can teachers, administrators and parents in  Guatemala take advantage of large scale online learning communities to maximize impact of different IT-based education initiatives in  Guatemala?

#4 How can we use SMS to include parents in the education process (homework, news, events)

#5 How do we create a network of horizontal cooperation between Latin American countries to share good and bad practices in the use of ICT in Education?

#6 How can technology help improve math, science and English Language acquisition levels in Latin America for K-12?

#7 How can we improve literacy and numeracy within marginalized populations and rural areas in Latin America including afro-descendants and indigenous?

#8 Can data visualization of education data help us to be more efficient while providing better situational awareness to people working in the education space

#9 Policy Question: How can we work with the ICT industry, social media platform companies to better meet the needs of parents, society and teachers, promote the good use of technology and encourage better content development?

#10 Policy Question: How can we leverage technology to improve professional development and training for teachers to ensure they meet the appropriate competencies and skills to teach our kids?

#11 Policy Question: For rural schools in Ecuador without internet connectivity or funding, what technology options should we try improve education, and then how can we share this approach across the country?

#12 Policy Question: How can we awaken interest in educators (teachers) to pursue online professional training, and socialize ICT activities within the entire education community?

11:15-11:30       Break

11:30-12:10       Small Group Discussions Continued

12:10-13:10       Lunch

13:10-13:40       Final Small Group Discussions

13:40-14:10       Final Presentations

14:10-14:40       Capstone Discussions

14:40-14:45       Acknowledgements

14:45-14:55       Call to Action and Closing Remarks