APSSSNET - Social Sciences School Network
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APSSSNET is an education venture between UNESCO's Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP) and the Suankularbwittayalai Nonthaburi School in Thailand.
Its member schools are located in 19 countries and work toward UNESCO's objective of spreading ideas and bringing people together to promote and reinforce collaboration among members of the associated schools.
Fifteen teachers formed the first wave in a unique plan to bring more classrooms into what is quickly becoming a useful social sciences tool: the Asia-Pacific Social Sciences Schools Network (APSSSNET).
The teachers, selected from the 171 schools that now comprise the APSSSNET, took part in a workshop on introducing ICT use in schools as well as computer assisted instruction (CAI) on Social Sciences issues. The 15 participants from India, New Zealand, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand will now run workshops in their own countries and thus pass the knowledge and tools on to more teachers.
During the four-day training workshop in Bangkok, the teachers practiced and developed lesson plans and teaching aids by using autoware of CAI. Moreover, they were provided with and focused on three manuals containing introductory information about the Internet, video conferencing, steps in using the RUSHSAP chat room, creating websites using HTML, quick steps to Microsoft FrontPage software, Outlook Express, PowerPoint Basic, placing photos and clip arts, and producing slide shows. This material can be accessed on the APSSSNET website.