Education for Justice: The 2nd Annual Anchin Center Conference
After guiding students through a global pandemic that exposed so many long-standing inequalities that exist in the education system and serve as a barrier to achievement for all students, teachers and administrators are returning to the world of education...
Creating Conditions for Powerful Technology Use
September 8, 2021 | By Carol Lopez and Odelia Younge Instructional technology is a critical component of teaching and learning in today's world. Technology, when aligned to research-based practices, supports teachers in delivering instruction that is adapted to meet the needs of all students. However,...
Global Education Exchange Opportunities for our youth with disabilities, in alliance with the Associated Secretary of Special Education and the Puerto Rico Vocational Rehabilitation Administration.
By: María Ortiz Mojica, MEd., PEV and ARV Project Director Reiterating its commitment to contribute to the strengthening of special education programs for youth (ages 14 to 21 inclusive) with disabilities in transition, Global Education Exchange Opportunities, Inc. (GEEO) has...
Global Learning Innovation Institute: A Dynamic Response to Pandemic Outcomes
By: Ana Milena Lucumi, Ed.D. Innovation Learning Design and Results Manager In a time of extended quarantine for the country's public and public schools, school communities were faced with a surprising reality with the knowledge of teamwork, crisis management, technological tools and the...
Our educators are satisfied with the new professional self-learning modality: Micro credentials.
By: Judith Santos Guisona, Ed.D. Director of Micro Credentialing at GEEO PR As part of high quality professional development, educators in Puerto Rico's public education system had the opportunity to complete micro credentialing to strengthen their competencies in the use of the micro credentials....
Educators at the Forefront with Micro Credentials
The education scenario for the 2020-2021 academic year was an unusual one, marked by new challenges and big lessons. By way of an emergency, face-to-face education was replaced by inescapable remote education. Educators, abruptly, had to adopt new methodologies of teaching and learning....
Coaches Use Micro-credentials to Support 21st Century Tech Skills
The vision of Alberto Meléndez Torres High School is to develop the technological skills necessary for the 21st Century for students, teachers and the community at large. This also includes achieving and transforming educational excellence, access and equity in education.
Technology competency results available to teachers
During the past school year, the teaching staff of the Department of Education (DE) participated in various training and professional development activities and evaluative measures in order to develop technopedagogical competencies and skills for the creation of learning scenarios tailored to the needs of the students....
Celebrating our Flag
Global Education Exchange Opportunities, Inc. (GEEO) joined the celebration of the Institute of Culture of Manatí and citizens of the town commemorated the flag of Puerto Rico and its creator Don Antonio Vélez Alvarado, a native of Manatí. The activity began at ten o'clock in the...
What the pandemic gave to Puerto Rican education
Education is considered by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of the basic pillars for a country's economic growth and competitiveness. At its meeting in January 2021, the WEF anticipated that the fourth industrial revolution will demand a pro-education labour infrastructure...
Department of Education teachers will be able to see the growth of their technology skills
Educators and support staff in the public school system will be able this week and next week to complete the Technology Use and Perception Survey (TUPS), which will validate the effectiveness of targeted professional development initiatives and the...
PRDE educators take up the challenge of digital certifications
PRESS RELEASE PRDE educators accepted the challenge of digital certifications Educators in Puerto Rico's public education system are committed to optimizing their technopedagogical competencies. Thanks to a collaborative effort between Global Education Exchange Opportunities, Inc. (GEEO),...