Student Presenter(s): Anthony Song Lara, Fatemeh Mohamadi Asli
Faculty Mentor: Gregory Gerber
Department: Instructional Technology-Management in Information Systems
School/College: College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Vancouver

The “Instructional Technology Literacy Program for Teachers in Low-Income Communities in Lima, Peru” focuses on facilitating teachers to effectively bring technology-based learning into their learning/teaching programs. Most communities in Peru do not have enough resources to invest in educational technologies, including green screen equipment. We made this possible through the Edward Guiliano Fellowship Program and provided the Simon Bolivar School with everything they needed to continue and maximize their learning. We delivered interactive instructional technology training to teachers in Lima, Peru, to become masters at choosing, using, and applying digital learning tools in a k-12 education system with an outstanding 21-century teaching methodology. We seek to empower teachers to grow as critical thinkers who are competent and digitally literate. This is a unique digital literacy plan that seeks to address and rectify the education and information access inequities caused by socio-economic status – exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.