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Welcome to the US-Brazil consortium on technology integration! Our project focuses on enriching the experience of Brazilian and American pre-service teachers through exchange and cooperation. Students will gain experience in educational technology theory and practice focusing on distance education, instructional design, and development tools.

News - February, 2008
Dr. Harriman delivered the final version of the evaluation of this project. It is here for you to review. Final Evaluation

September, 2007
Prof. Orey, Amiel and McClendon present their work on wiki e-books and the WAET at the SBIE conference in São Paulo (Nov 07).
The project continues with a new course on Learning Objects with Multicultural Affordances taught at all four locations (Fall 07).
Two graduate USU students doing internships at UFC with Prof. Aires
Projects completed Fall 2006 between UFC and UGA: Virtual Trip, RAP, Genetics
See the students who participated in the project over the past four years.
External funds delivered to public school Gustavo Barroso in Fortaleza in 2004, construction completed in 2006!
Visit an outcome of the project: World Almanac of Educational Technologies

   
Recent news coverage  
TV: PPJoel, author and community advocate for the Lagamar neighborhood talks about our visit to his community
 [MOV streaming, Quicktime]
Print: "Americanos participam de projeto no CE" Diário do Nordeste
[PDF portuguese] Nov 20, 2005
TV: "Intercâmbio aproxima culturas bem diferentes" TV Verdes Mares
[MOV, PDF, HTML portuguese] Nov 30, 2005
   
Projects completed 2006
From EDIT 6600 (UGA)
 
Getting to know the media center
Diversity campus tour
Cultures in the classroom
Inventors of the world
Kindergarten exploring the world
Teaming up for tolerance
The Gardiner Project http://www.arches.uga.edu/%7Estrawhat/multicultural_project.html
Read to your children http://www.arches.uga.edu/~roxyaw/roxy-assignments.html
Music and ethnicity http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=313571&ck=
 
Projects completed 2005
From the exchange program
  
Video exchange project
Brazicano or Amelireiro?
Newspaper project
Solar calendar project
Earth Science project
Little pen-pals project
Bigger pen-pals project

Watch a Quicktime video about our program: Small: [short version 3 min] Small: [complete version 11 min]
Large: [complete version 11 min]
This project is sponsored in part by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education and the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) in Brazil. Email us: brasilusa@gmail.com