Draft World Links Pitch Deck

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World Links-NCET Program Launch China, Beijing
April 24, 2005
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World Links is proud to present its
History Mission Deliverables Accomplishments and
An overview of our China Program, in partnership
with NCET
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History

• 1997 World Links For Development (WorLD) Program
  founded as an initiative by Mr. James D.
  Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank
• 1998 WorLD program expands beyond its initial
  three African countries to Latin America
• 1999 World Links is officially spun-off from
  the World Bank, as an independent non-profit
  organization
• 2000 World Links introduces its Community
  Telecenter and Policymakers courses
• 2002 World Links recognized by World Economic
  Forum as 1 Educational Program Bridging the
  Global Digital Divide
• 2005 World Links is operational in India, Asia,
  Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Arab
  Region, and Eastern Europe

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World Links at a Glance
Mission To improve educational outcomes,
economic opportunities, and global understanding
for youth through the use of information
technology and new approaches to learning

• Core Activities
• Feasibility Assessment of educational,
  economic, institutional, and technological
  feasibility of planning and implementing small
  and large scale education technology initiatives
• Connectivity Solutions Assistance in the
  design, planning, financing, implementation,
  marketing, and maintenance of community learning
  centers
• Teacher Professional Development Six 40-hour
  training modules on ICT integration in the
  curriculum
• Project Based On-Line Collaboration on-going
  online collaboration among teachers and students
• Sustainable Programs through Telecenters
  Assistance in establishing revenue generating
  learning centers that enable schools to manage
  program in the long term

Example Partners AED iEARN Intel UNDP US
Peace Corps UNESCO Oracle ETS CISCO EDC
Funders
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Professional Development Training
World Links professional development training
program includes six 40-hour training modules

• Teacher Training
• Phase 0 Computer Literacy
• Phase I Introduction to the Internet for
  Teaching and Learning
• Phase II Integration of Technology into the
  Curriculum
• Phase III Tele-Collaborative Project-Based
  Learning
• Phase IV Using Technology to Create New
  Curricular Content
• Entrepreneurship/Sustainability Training
• Phase V Schools as Community Learning/Business
  Centers
• Policy Maker Training
• Phase VI Education Policy Makers Course

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Monitoring and Evaluation

• World Links evaluation tools focus on measuring
  teacher pedagogical activities, the use of
  computers to support these activities, and the
  teachers assessment of the impact of the
  computer use on student learning.

The tools track student and teacher improvement
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• Information reasoning and active learning skills
• Global knowledge and communication skills
• Digital literacy and technical skills

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Success to Date
Schools are the most effective, initial access to
the community

• Over 1,400 communities empowered through
  technology
• Impacted 22,000 teachers, reaching over 500,000
  students in 30 countries
• 52 of people impacted are women and girls
• 2/3 of communities impacted are outside urban
  areas
• 98 of schools connected through World Links
  programs are still connected in 2004
• Semi-autonomous Arab Regional Program based Amman
• Deployed first satellite (VSAT) network for
  educational use in Africa
• Introduction of first dual-use school-based
  community learning centers
• Development of the first externally evaluated
  teacher training program for the incorporation of
  technology in the classroom
• Enabled the creation of 85 school-based
  telecenters for community access in Africa, India
  and Brazil
• Created online knowledge base of educational
  technology tools for educators
• Get the community involved
• Administrators buy-in is critical to success
• Computer labs in developing countries take time
  and money but they work

REACH
INNOVATION
LESSONS LEARNED

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• World Links China Program

This Pilot program was very important in our
efforts to use teamwork to learn. Before when we
divided into groups we just had one person from
each group report back to the class now all
students have the opportunity for their voices to
be heard, and this process can take place much
more quickly. Wo Ye, Teacher, China
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World Links China Accomplished
Timeline Pilot
Dec 02 Feasibility Mission
June 03 Customization Translation
July 02 Jan 04 Training Implementation
March 04 World Links China Expo Event
Feb 04 ME Begins
May 04 ME Report Completed
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World Links China Looking Ahead
Timeline Phase II Preparation for Expansion
and Launch
Aug 04 Feasibility Mission for Program
Expansion
March/April 05 School site selection

• April 05
• Program Launch
• Principals Workshop

Timeline Phase II Master Trainers Local
Workshops
July 05
June 05 Master Training I
Aug 05
Sept 05
Oct 05
Nov 05
Dec 05
Jan 06
Feb 06
March 06
Master Training II

• Expo Conference
• Program Closing

- Strategic Planning - Monitoring Evaluation
Local Workshops I
Collaborative projects
Local Workshops II
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• PROGRAM YEAR (EXPECTED)
• 9 Provinces Kunming, Xian, Taiyuan, Jilin,
  Yanji, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing
• 173 Schools
• 62 Core Master Trainers
• 2,100 Teachers trained
• 60,000 Students reached
• Monitoring and Evaluation Report
• International Tele-collaborative Projects via
  Oracle World Links

LOCAL PARTNER FUNDERS
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Principals Workshop Overview

• Concept, Strategies, and Methods of ICT
  integration in Education

• Key Areas of Workshop
• ICT Policy in Basic Education in China
• Collaborative learning with the Internet
• Integration of ICT and Curriculum
• Tele-collaborative Learning Program
• Education Technology in the U.S.A.
• Student Center Instruction in the Class
• Change Concept and Integration Promotion

• Workshop Objectives
• Familiarize participants with World Links
  mission and objectives
• Raise awareness and support of ICT use in the
  classroom
• Learn the concepts and pedagogy involved in
  incorporating technology and ICT in the
  classroom.

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Professional Development Training
World Links professional development training
program in China

• Master Trainers Workshop
• New Master Trainers will receive two five-day
  long training sessions
• (Alumni Master Trainers will receive a
  refresher training workshop on the same topic
  over two days)
• Workshop I (June 2005)
• - Introduction to the Internet for Teaching and
  Learning
• - Using Technology to Create New Curricular
  Content
• Workshop II (October 2005)
• - Pedagogical Training in Tele-Collaborative
  Learning Projects
• Local Workshops
• Master Trainers deliver 58 five-day workshops
  to teachers in local schools (alumni teachers
  will receive two-day refresher local
  workshops).
• Local Workshop I (July September 2005)
• Local Workshop II (November January 2006)

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• World Links is grateful to have the opportunity
  to work with everyone in a concerted effort to
  increase educational opportunities and
  skills through ICT in Chinese schools.
• We look forward to a very exciting and
  successful program year.
• Thank you