200 thousand students in the schools "España" and "Eduardo de Geyter" will be benefit with this initiative in the future, it hopes to implement in all facilities of the Municipal Corporation.
From next March, 1,200 students of municipal schools will have modern interactive English labs . This was announced the morning of Monday 19 by Mayor Eduardo Soto and Councilman Juan Ramon Godoy, supporters of this initiative. The investment reached $ 80 million (CLP).
The initiative considers the training of teachers in digital technologies to improve English learning in more than a thousand students. In addition, teachers acquire the skills to incorporate into their teaching technological tools that allow lower current digital divide, improving the achievement levels of language learning.
"These labs are the most modern in the country. There is no other place in town that is making an investment of this nature. It is an initiative that we worked together that comes from the personal concerns of Councillor Godoy. Now that we have done respective contracts and commitments, we are able to announce its implementation, " said Mayor Eduardo Soto.
Meanwhile, Councilman Juan Godoy, president of the Education Commission of the City Council, said the implementation of these laboratories are looking forward to the indicators that will come, as is the case Simce of Physical Education, English and ICT. "Hopefully in the coming years this will be implemented in all schools of Rancagua".
The Principal of the College "España", Jacqueline Ramirez, said that this initiative is able to demonstrate that quality can be given in public school, "we should not be postponed," he said.
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The laboratory allows all students, regardless of their physical location in the class, listen and be heard by the listener to the same audio level. Give the student privacy, avoiding the normal inhibitions and helping shy students.
Luis San Jorge, director of the company Celestron, responsible for the supply and implementation of these interactive labs, said his experience supports that have implemented such projects in Chile.
"We will implement these two laboratories with their respective languages and software for students to get the most progress in learning English," he said. "With this technology, students can connect to a wide range of activities in computational form, individually or in groups at the desired pace, and where you can have video, write text and even have conversations with students online or abroad through Internet or Skype. "
