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My vision for ICT would include:

1) Continuing the current work on products and services in support of the Intel initiative and all the technology curriculum currently under-development and to continue expansion into the areas of NUMERACY for students and MULTIMEDIA LITERACY as professional development workshops to train the teachers that will lead our students into the Information Society of the 21st century.

2) Expand the earned income programs & campaigns for curriculum and

training services by expanding the trainer corps and also the partner eco-system to include international agencies and partners—see appendix below for details on a series of partnerships to foster adoption of ICT methods and materials across East, South and SE Asia and then moving into Latin America and beyond. I’d like to focus on Asia in the first 24 months, then Latin America in the following two years and by year five, I’d like to begin a push for Africa & Middle East.

3) Seed curriculum into the CalSAC organization, with 20,000 afterschool education practitioners this is an idea partner for ICT to extend it’s reach here at home in California, but also an opportunity to provide a model-program for replication in other states w/ professional associations for ASP, like America’s Promise run by Mrs. Colin Powell or Afterschool All-Stars program in Boston, San Jose and New York.

4) Develop an online portal of resources and materials for use within the DOE’s Community Technology Centers by staff, instructors and students at CTC’s nationwide—this would involve planning w/ municipal and regional Lead Education Agencies and school districts. Make this content suitable for formal and informal educational settings

5) To forestall the loss of competitiveness and to ensure long-term gains in worker productivity we should continue to engage in a pro-active awareness & advocacy campaign in support of funding for technology, science and mathematics education in public schools and the expansion of after-school program opportunities and also push for universal kindergarten for all in US.

6) Internationally, join efforts by UNESCO and the UN under the auspices of the Education for All program throughout Asia and also to participate as an advisor to UNESCO and UN agencies on economic and community development projects dealing with human capacity building and education initiatives to promote education of girls, women and ethnic minorities in all nations of the world

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The above mentioned projects would entail an expansion in program staffing and staff professional development training, and the recruitment and establishment of strategic partnerships for content distribution, product training, TOT training, and end-user training delivery thru certificated or registered and authorized partners & trainers to build the ICT brand. As such, the above programs would have to be matched with an equally aggressive development and fundraising campaign in support of ICT staff, training partners, distributors and educators.

Project Ideas for ICT International Expansion & Growth:

Indonesia Dr. Fuad Abdul Hamied Deputy Minister for Education & State Administration Ministry of National Education Jakarta, Indonesia Project: teacher training in ICT methods & materials for informal and formal sectors in Jakarta and Jopjakarta.

India Orphanage and dailit training--for OBC (other backward castes) Drs. Thom & Linda Wolfe Dr. P.J. Mungekar President Minister of OBC Affairs (untouchables) University Institute Ministry of OBC Affairs & Education New Delhi, India New Delhi, India Projects: teacher training and curriculum adoption for the OBCs and also for UI’s programs throughout India, Pakistan, & Nepal Prahkabar Tennetti CEO Signette Technology Corp. Andra Pradesh State India, South Asia Project: Training and provisioning curricular content to orphanages catering to the dailit (untouchable) children and youth in urban slums of Mumbai and Delhi, and in Andra Pradesh State.

Mongolia Dr. Jop Amaara Director of Science Education UNESCO-Ulam Bator

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Ulam Bator, Mongolia Projects: 50 community learning centers need technology curriculum b/c English is new official language, ICT content would be ideal for youth instruction and economic development in Ulam Bator

China Dr. Yakazuki Aoshima, Executive Director & UN Representative UNESCO-Beijing Sun, Lei, Director of Education Programs for China United Nations Education, Science, Cultural Organization (UNESCO-Beijing) Beijing, China Projects: Curriculum localization for Mandarin and ethnic languages in the 14 Western Provinces of rural China Dr. Sujin Hong, Vice President of External & International Affairs (& English Department Chair) Yanbian University of Science and Technology Yanzi, Yanbian Province, China Projects: Teacher training in Computer Science teaching & instruction, and English for Special Purposes (ESP) in time for Beijing 2008 Olympics Dr. Zuang Zheng President Central Institute of Ethic Administrators Beijing, China Project: 102 ethnic universities and 500 ethnic middle & high schools in among non-Han Chinese, groups like the Hui, Mongols etc. Teacher training is desired and instruction both in English and Mandarin would be greatly welcomed. They would handle localization themselves and we could seed curriculum and pedagogy among the Chinese ethnic populations.

Hong Kong Dr. Robert D. Adamson, Chair & Group Leader, Action Research Center Department of Curriculum and Instruction Hong Kong Institute of Education 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, N.T. Hong Kong SAR

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Projects: He would love to host a demonstration TOT & teacher training w/ a built-in structure for communication, assessment, tracking and reporting results of “actions” & “ pedagogical interventions using ICT curriculum in both English & Mandarin. Technology for instructional purposes is are new area of research and having evaluations & assessment of program is something we could partner with them on.

South Korea Dr. Soyoung Choi, Director of the Center for Gifted & Special Education Korean Educationa D Institute 14 centers in Korean provinces: educational center would love CS tech and training, annual conference can facilitate trainig, and regional meets Dr. Paul Kim (social entrepreneur & well-connected philanthropist) Vice Chairman Parakletos Ventures, Inc. 100 Jubilee Center San Jose, California Pastor Sungkook Kim Head Pastor Saranghe Korean Baptist Church Seoul, South Korea Projects: teacher training and summer/winter English & Technology camps around metropolitan Seoul and Gyeonggi Provice. Adoption of content and pedagogy w/ certified training and learning center opportunities among the South Korean hak-won markets for technology and English.

United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Bill Waters, Chief Center for School Improvement Office of Indian Education Programs Bureau of Indian Affairs US Dept. of Interior Projects: Reservation training, and ICT training at community centers.