Mr. Joseph Dunn, 7th grade social studies teacher at John Marshall Middle School, Wichita, KS and Mr. Bill Theobald, classroom teacher at Waterloo Junior High School, IL arrived on 16 February 2009 in Bangladesh to participate in a two week long Teacher Exchange Program implemented by Relief International-Schools Online and sponsored by the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State.
During this exchange visit the teachers will be visiting several Internets Learning Centers (ILC) established by RI-SOL as part of the Global Connections and Exchange Program, an ECA supported program that promotes use and integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for cross cultural dialogue and collaboration. They will visit Internet Learning Centers at Uttar Badda Islamia Kamil Madrasha in Dhaka, Sirajuddin Sarker School in Gazipur, Chowara Girls High School and Yusuf Multipurpose High School in Comilla. They will also visit several institutions namely the Institute of Education and Research in Dhaka University, DemocracyWatch, informal education school for underprivileged children run by Dhaka Ahsania Mission and a school for street children run by Ekmatra- a charity organization in Mirpur. The teachers will be organizing a video conference between students and teachers in Bangladesh and in USA, Italy and Spain. They will be speaking about use of technology in everyday class room teaching and learning in the USA at a GCE Youth Camp to be organized simultaneously with the Exchange Program.
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