Collaboration and innovation in focus: CCBEU Campinas and Sorocaba strengthen 21st century skills with hands-on training and
mobile makerspace tools.
June 9th and 10th, 2016 were very productive days for CCBEU Campinas staff members involved with the project Achieving
21st Century Skills. On June 10th, CCBEU Sorocaba staff members joined the group for a lively hands-on session. Among the
topics addressed, the group talked about the scope of the project Achieving 21st Century Skills – Promote U.S. foreign
policy objectives through the active use of curated content from the Smithsonian Institution to stimulate learning in science,
technology, engineering, arts & design, and math (STEAM) fields. Daniela Lyra and Maria Lucia Machado took a mobile makerspace
for the training sessions, and the enthusiastic group worked collaboratively to design rich programs linked to ICS: Integrated
Country Strategies goals.