Innovative Teachers Forum kicks off in YerevanDecember 16, 2009 - 13:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Innovative Teachers Forum (ITF) organized by Microsoft Corporation kicked off in Yerevan on December 16. The goal of the event is to make school educational process more interesting and efficient.The head of Partners in Learning initiative in Armenia, Christine Genjyan said teachers from Yerevan and regions of Armenia showed interest in the event. 19 innovative projects will be selected by the jury. The winners will have the opportunity to take part in the world competition of innovative teachers. Microsoft will invest a total of almost $500 million worldwide over the course of 10 years in Partners in Learning, an initiative that provides technology access and training to teachers and administrators to help ensure that students have the essential skills they need to succeed. As part of this, Microsoft is extending its flagship Partners in Learning into 10 additional countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cyprus, Georgia, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro and Uzbekistan. Partners in Learning focuses on three areas that have the greatest potential to empower and transform education: Innovative Schools, Innovative Teachers and Innovative Students, which aim to encourage collaboration among educators worldwide on new approaches to learning and provide students with access to programs and curriculum that integrate technology into the learning process. Partners in Learning has reached more than 130 million students and teachers in 110 countries. More than 1.6 million teachers from 80 countries participate in the Innovative Teachers Network. Earlier this year, Partners in Learning announced that it will expand its Innovative Schools program to reach more than 72,000 schools in 100 countries by 2013. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |