1. Transforming School from the Inside Out
Claudia Urrea
MIT – Media Lab

2. Content Goals Approach Theoretical Principles
Model for Change from Inside-Out
Valuating Change
Where we are
What we are doing next

3. Goals
The idea is to launch pilot programs on the following identified key points of action: learning environment transformation, integration and transition, continuous development, and support and follow-up in order to facilitate a holistic change.
The proposed strategy is to bring change from the inside out by collaborating with several teachers within a particular school (s) in order to design and implement fundamentally different learning environments that have the potential of infusing new meaning to the school as a whole.

4. Theoretical Principles
Participatory action research (PAR)
Constructionist theory

5. Model for Change from Inside-Out
Fundamental change in the learning environment
involves a new definition of the
learning culture, learning time, learning tools and space
Integration and transition
increase the level of participation and involvement by
working defining and working on
what we are going to change, how we can change it,
face the real change and planning the future change
Continuous development
collaborating with others to strengthen the
school itself, the family and the community
Support and Follow up
Creating and putting in place support
and communications
mechanisms for participating teachers

6. Valuating Change Mechanisms Observations Interviews Video
Data collections
Expectations
Changes in the classroom and school culture
Collaborations among teachers
Relationship between school and community
Children attitude
Family participation

7. Where we are Education for Peace Project
The general goal of the project is to empower low-income communities in Colombia to both generate and use knowledge that is relevant to its basic needs by developing its local capacity to use information and communication technologies in a creative way. Therefore they can construct and improvement their quality of life.

8. Where we are Selecting the schools Meeting the teachers
Proposing the new classroom setting
Building communication platform

9. What we are doing next

10. Thank you!