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Think.com to promote education in Peru

(LIP-do) -- As part of the APEC (Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation) activities, the Ministry of Education, the Oracle Education Foundation and the Association of Entrepreneurs for Education will launch Think.com program in Peru, a protected online community that facilitates learning. Think.com is an online community that facilitates project learning and the use of technology to help students develop vital skills for life and work in the 21st century.

The protected, teacher-mediated environment allows members to: collaborate on learning projects within their own class or with other schools globally; create web pages with text, pictures, multimedia components, and downloadable files; interact in online message boards, brainstorms, and debates; send messages within the protected community; participate in ThinkQuest, an international project learning competition; browse an extensive library of educational resources created by students for students.


Peru and Australia sign agreement to strengthen teacher's training

(LIP-do) -- A cooperation bilateral agreement that will allow improving and strengthening teacher's training was signed today by Peru and Australia ministers of Education in the framework of the 4th APEC Education Ministerial Meeting which ended today in Lima. The document - signed by the Peruvian minister Jose Antonio Chang and his counterpart of Australia, Maxine McKew - will help to strengthen the quality capacities and standards of superior education institutions supporting the training of the teachers, as well as the research and development of resources. To continue reading article, click here.


News Source: Andina