Educational products made in Venezuela

I heve been asked to share educational materials produced in Venezuela.

Here you have an example. Next link will take you to an educational product made in Venezuela. It was developed and copyrighted by Learningshuttle (a small national company where I worked two years ago).

http://www.portafolioseducativos.org.ve/mecl101/index.html (Science Project for kids)


The following educational products were translated into Spanish for the Compasslearning company (located in USA). All translations were made in Caracas.

Spanish title: De vuelta a ti

http://www.compasslearningodyssey.com/sample_act/34sm_backatyou.html
Spanish version of Right Back at You. Students will identify and classify angles as right, obtuse, or acute.


Spanish title: Si la llave encaja

http://www.compasslearningodyssey.com/sample_act/34sm_keyfits.html
Spanish version of If the Key Fits. Students will apply a slide, flip, or turn to a plane figure. Predict the result.


Spanish title: Compañia de Empaques

http://www.compasslearningodyssey.com/sample_act/34sm_package.html
Spanish version of Package Company. Students will identify the attributes of polygons (vertices, sides, and angles) and sort by particular characteristics of the plane figure.


Spanish title: Probablemente

http://www.compasslearningodyssey.com/sample_act/34sm_probably.html
Spanish version of Probably a Favorite. Students will interpret line and stem-and-leaf plots, compare data, and draw conclusions.


I worked on those projects during almost two years and learnt a lot on how to produce interactive multimedia materials. I’m really proud of my venezuelan production team (especially instructional designers, graphical designers, Flash programmers).

Actually we do not use these types of educational products in our schools due to many reasons. I would like mentioning the following:

1. Venezuelan Educational System is not ready to fully support eLearning and bLearning.
2. Our schools need to improve Internet connectivity.
3. National Educational Standards must be updated as to the use of educational technology.
4. Venezuelan teachers feel frustrated since they don't have Internet access at their schools.

Meanwhile you could find very talented professionals for producing those kind of educational materials (experts who normally keep working for oversees companies, as in my own case).

In RedPE (Red de Portafolios Educativos) we are working to change this situation. I'm sure we could learn from the experience of those who participate actively in educational networks.

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