Friday, May 18, 2012 at 03:30PM Save the Date for TOCA COLOMBIA on September 28, 2012 in the New World Center in Miami Beach.
Don't miss this amazing musical experience!
Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 10:16AM We are proud to announce TOCA COLOMBIA, our new initiative in alliance with Fundación Bolívar Davivenda.
This event will showcase the Colombian Youth Philharmonic in concert at the state of the art concert hall of the New Wold Center in Miami Beach on September 28th, 2012.
Composed of young musicians from different social backgrounds, the Colombian Youth Philharmonic is truly a reflection of the new Colombia where all can be given an opportunity to excel. Through a spectacular musical performance these young musicians hope to raise funds that will not only benefit their music program, but will also help to inspire excellence and to provide better opportunities for children and young Colombians in underserved communities.
With their instruments, the young musicians will be the spokespersons for thousands children in need of a good education and better opportunities.
TOCA COLOMBIA promisses to be an unforgettable experience you can´t miss!
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 10:22AM Claudia Giardinella, Genesis Foundation's Development & Fundraising Director, was interviewed by CNN so that she could give advice to two women on how to create their own non-profits in the U.S.
Watch this interview and learn more about Genesis Foundation!
http://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/video/health-2375242/un-ser-con-mucha-luz-29242902
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 02:52PM Check out the new section in our website called Education Articles under the media link. You will find opinion articles, editorials, papers and studies about education, education in Colombia and general themes of interest related to education!
Now you can refer to our site to learn more about education and be up to date with the current discussions, trends, topics and methodologies.
To visit the section on education articles click here
Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 03:46PM Marta is a teacher at CEDEPRO, a public school in Medellin, located in a low socioeconomic neighborhood that is affected by the armed conflict. Some students showed signs of aggressive behavior and a lack of discipline and she had difficulties maintaining the students’ attention and motivation while teaching Math, Spanish, and Social Sciences.
Since 2009 the program Learning to Learn was introduced as a playful and innovative pedagogical program that provides quality education by improving teaching skills and by strengthening the thinking and reasoning processes of students. Marta as well as 4 other teachers were curious about the program, but also worried about the extra time it demanded.
The training team easily established a strong working relationship with the group of teachers. Marta and her colleagues realized that Learning to Learn is not simply a set of toys and manuals for students, but rather it seeks to change the way teachers teach through the use of a playful methodology and the appropriation of theoretical knowledge of thinking and reasoning in children.
With the introduction of the program and the use of toys with a pedagogical purpose, Marta started to see positive changes developing in her classroom. Her students had a better attitude towards learning, and the use of toys creates a nontraditional learning-teaching environment and allowed the children to create and participate actively in their learning process. The general classroom atmosphere changed and conflicts decreased which enabled Marta to establish better relationships with her students through innovative strategies and tools, and to improve her pedagogical skills.
