Two Silicon Valley colleges have held a free workshop and presentation in Jakarta to enhance Indonesian teachers' skills on using technology in the classroom.

Dubbed Teaching with Technology and held between July 30 and Aug. 1 at Sampoerna University in South Jakarta, the event began with a workshop joined by 24 teachers from high schools across Indonesia.

Representatives from the Foothill–De Anza Community College District in California familiarized the Indonesians with technology tools like teaching website TodaysMeet, online voice recorder SpeakPipe and video-making tool Adobe Spark.

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Dubbed Teaching with Technology, the event began with a two-day workshop joined by 24 teachers from high schools across Indonesia.(Sampoerna University via Foothill-De Anza/-)

“These tools are easy to use and showcase how technology can be integrated into the classroom to further meet the goals of teaching and learning,” Foothill–De Anza's international students dean Vinita Bali told The Jakarta Post. She highlighted that all the tools presented were free and thus accessible to teachers and students at no cost.

“Although technology is never a substitute for direct human interaction, it can help enhance student engagement and learning. Technological advances in teaching are designed to meet the next generation of learners in the form they embrace quite naturally and effortlessly.”

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Following the workshop, a presentation that focuses on the potential of integrating technology in classrooms was held at the Culture and Education Ministry in South Jakarta and attended by around 400 people, including teachers, policymakers and other stakeholders, who participated in person or online.

Nestled in California's Silicon Valley, the Foothill–De Anza Community College District focuses on providing lower-level tertiary education with the opportunity of transferring into universities for students to pursue a higher academic degree.

“Foothill-De Anza have many students from Indonesia. We consider Indonesia to be a strong partner in our common educational goals,” said Vinita. (kes)