The Ministry of Education (MEC) released a statement last Monday (20) about the agreement reached with the search giant Google to provide academic support tools to educators and students. This partnership was signed during a ceremony that took place at the Planalto Palace, with the presence of ministers and President Jair Bolsonaro.
Check out more information about the agreement that was closed between MEC and Google.
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To reduce dropout rates and improve student performance, the National Policy for the Recovery of Learning was launched last month and brought this initiative with Google as an ally in improving of education.
In this way, the idea is that these two major consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, which placed schools of the public network closed for a good period, are softened by this policy launched by MEC and Google.
Services provided by Google
According to the MEC, based on the agreement, four services will be offered by Google.
See what they are below:
Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals
This is a set of free tools that provide a flexible and secure foundation for learning, communicating, and collaborating. Adhesion by educational networks will take place through the signing of simplified adhesion clauses, whether municipal, state or federal networks, which will be voluntary and not onerous.
Be Awesome on the Internet
It is a digital citizenship program that offers educators training courses, lesson plans and activities. In addition, it teaches children the basics of safety and digital citizenship so they can explore the online world with more knowledge and confidence.
Grasshopper
Free application designed to teach programming to beginners. This Google application was developed to teach the Javascript language (used by more than 70% of programmers).
Google Cloud Enable+
This is Google's new learning center, which brings together all of Google Cloud's education-focused programs. It is a free online program for training professionals in cloud technologies.
New tool: MECPlace
Another tool that is being made available is MECPlace, which is a platform integrated into a open and collaborative environment, offering technology solutions as a way to support networks educational. This system was developed in partnership with federal universities in the country: Ceará (UFC), Juiz de Fora (UFJF) and Alagoas (UFAL).
