Supporting Teachers to Succeed with ICT for Education - UNESCO (Myanmar/ English)

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Summary

TLDRThe UNESCO Yama ICT for Education project focuses on integrating ICT into education, particularly in rural and semi-rural areas, by providing professional development for teachers. Efforts began with basic technological skills and gradually advanced to include tablets and mobile learning applications. Despite initial fears and challenges, ongoing support and training were provided to help teachers grow more confident in utilizing technology to engage students better. Over time, teachers have become leaders in ICT within their schools, even training their peers, significantly contributing to the ICT learning culture.

Takeaways

  • 🔧 UNESCO is implementing ICT in education for rural areas.
  • 🌐 Focus on developing basic digital skills initially.
  • 📱 Use of educational apps and tablets in classrooms.
  • 👩‍🏫 Teacher support and confidence-building are crucial.
  • 🤝 Continuous training is essential for success.
  • 🎓 Teachers have become ICT leaders in their schools.
  • 🏫 Onsite support helps in practical application.
  • 🧑‍🏫 Peer training among teachers enhances learning culture.
  • 📈 Significant progress seen after eight months.
  • 🚀 Teachers now engage students using technology effectively.

Timeline

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    The UNESCO Yama ICT for Education project is working to introduce mobile technologies to rural and semi-rural areas in a certain country, addressing the slower adoption compared to urban centers. The project focuses on enhancing the professional development of teachers through ICT pedagogy integration, recognizing teachers as pivotal in using technology to improve student learning. Initially, teachers are taught basic skills and gradually introduced to tablets and an English mobile learning application developed by UNESCO. Despite initial fears and challenges, including a lack of confidence and concerns over device usage, ongoing support and training have led to successful engagement with students, turning some teachers into leaders in ICT use at their schools. Over eight months, this support has transformed teaching methods, with participating teachers becoming trailblazers in integrating mobile ICT into education in their region.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the UNESCO Yama ICT for education project?

    It is an initiative aimed at integrating ICT in education, focusing on rural and semi-rural schools.

  • Why are mobile technologies growing slowly in rural areas?

    Mobile technology growth is slower in rural areas due to limited access and infrastructure compared to cities.

  • How does UNESCO support teachers in using technology?

    UNESCO provides professional development on ICT pedagogy integration and supports teachers with tools and resources.

  • What challenges did teachers face initially?

    Teachers were initially afraid of using new technology and lacked confidence in managing it during teaching.

  • How did UNESCO address these challenges?

    UNESCO offered ongoing support, training, and resources like Khan Academy videos to help teachers build confidence and skills.

  • What change was seen in teachers after eight months?

    Teachers became more confident in using ICT, engaged students effectively, and started training other teachers.

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    and I'm working as a program assistant
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    with UNESCO Yama ICT for education
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    project everyone is talking about the
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    growth of mobile technologies in my
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    country and it is very exciting but in
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    rural areas like my village the use of
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    these devices is happening more slowly
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    than in the cities UNESCO is targeting
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    these marginalized communities by
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    introducing ICT for education to teacher
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    and students at 31 school in rural and
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    semi-rural areas in the partnership with
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    the Department opposite education UNESCO
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    happened deliverance professional
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    development on ICT pedagogy integration
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    because we know that teachers are the
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    key to ICT being used to improve student
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    learning because so many of our teachers
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    have very little access to technology
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    two years ago we needed to begin with
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    the basic skills war processing
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    presentation software crashes we taught
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    them how to access the internet and file
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    resources as they became more
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    comfortable we introduced them to tablet
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    and the English mobile learning
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    application UNESCO developed that allows
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    teachers to interact with students this
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    was a big step for many of the teachers
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    and they did great but too often in many
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    development projects teachers attend
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    trainings and feel excited but then
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    after the training they return back to
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    their schools alone and they lose the
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    momentum of their learning when I met
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    with the teachers for the last time
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    before school year began the teachers
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    were afraid they were afraid the student
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    would not listen they were afraid that
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    devices would break in their hands they
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    were a phrase because they were about to
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    begin teaching differently than they
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    have ever done before I told them that
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    UNESCO and the Department of business
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    education team members were support them
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    and to begin step by step just after
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    school began we travel to the schools it
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    is not always easy but it is essential
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    to support teachers in their old schools
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    during our first races the teachers were
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    struggling because it's what the first
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    time they were not confident in front of
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    their students but we listened to them
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    we encourage them and we provided more
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    training of the English mobile learning
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    application and the other resources such
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    as can Academy math video is nima
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    subtitles we also modern techniques to
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    successfully manage 60 to 70 students
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    with tablets in one classroom after
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    eight months of trainings and support
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    the teachers are now using ICT to engage
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    their students and create students and
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    elections and I'm see them being more
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    confident their colleagues now see them
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    as leaders on the use of ICT for
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    education many have even begun to try
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    other teachers at their schools one day
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    in the future when we look back at this
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    time we will know that we were first
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    teachers of yemma to use mobile ICT to
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    teach our students and give them a
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    bright future
Tags
  • UNESCO
  • ICT
  • Education
  • Rural Development
  • Teacher Training
  • Mobile Learning
  • Technology Integration