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Hands-on, interactive curriculum to promote 21st century learning |
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The Intel® Learn Program is a hands-on, interactive curriculum comprised of two 30-hour units entitled Technology and Community and Technology at Work. These units are designed to tap into children's interest in their own communities while nourishing their curiosity with creative, technology-driven projects. A trained community-center staff member guides learners through the program activities in a series of two-hour sessions.
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| Technology and Community curriculum |
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Through exploring the institutions, organizations, and values that impact learner's lives, the Technology and Community curriculum teaches technology skills such as word processing, graphics, spreadsheet, multimedia and Internet search skills.
Using a project-based approach, the curriculum's activities and projects demonstrate to learners how technology can contribute to and help improve their communities.
For instance, using word processing and graphics software, learners create a calendar of notable events in their community, as well as community news articles. Using multimedia software, they create presentations that address community issues.
Learners not only develop new technology skills and learn about their communities, they develop critical thinking skills as they collaborate to collect information, analyze that information, and finally, present it to their fellow learners, families, and community leaders. To facilitate this combination of technical and critical thinking skills, each lesson is divided into sections entitled "Plan it", "Do It," "Review it," and "Share it."
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| Technology at Work curriculum |
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Intel® Learn Program Technology at Work shows learners how computers are used in a variety of jobs and careers. Using increasingly sophisticated software tools, students create projects ranging from designing a survey that a health care worker might use to assess health needs to developing a project management plan that a local engineer might create before starting a building project.
As with Technology and Community each lesson is divided into sections entitled "Plan it", "Do It," "Review it," and "Share it" in order to help the students develop the critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration skills they'll need to succeed in today's knowledge-based workplace.
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"This is one of the best courses that I have seen, [it's] so professional. The children should feel fortunate to get a world-class program like this by Intel."
Mr. Prakash Kumar
Secretary IT, Government of National Capital Territory(NCT) of Delhi
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