L@S: Fourth Annual ACM Conference on Learning at Scale April 20 – 21, 2017 @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology organized with the Association for Computing Machinery (www.acm.org). In 2007, Plan Ceibal became the first nationwide ubiquitous educational computer program in the world based on the 1:1 model. It is one of the most important programs implemented by Uruguay’s Government to minimize digital divide and is based upon three pillars: equity, learning and technology. As of 2007, Plan Ceibal has covered public schools, providing every student and teacher in kindergarten, primary and middle school with a laptop or tablet and internet access in the school, as well as a comprehensive set of educational software platforms. Plan Ceibal reached 85% of the students in Uruguay (100% of public education 1 to 9 grades students) reducing significantly the digital divide between the “have” and the “have-nots”. After the massive deployment of devices, platforms and connectivity, as well as educational resources, now the focus is particularly on teachers training, development of new pedagogies as well as a new culture for understanding teaching and learning (i.e. new pedagogies for deep learning). This presentation summarize the "computational thinking" and the "maker culture" promoted by this public policy in Uruguay. http://www.fundacionceibal.edu.uy/en/page/about-us by @cristobalcobo

1. Computational Participation:
Towards a National Education
Policy in Uruguay
Cristóbal Cobo
@cristobalcobo
Center for Research –
Ceibal Founda7on, Uruguay

2. 715.000 users with laptops, tablets and Internet
52.000 laptops, tablets and Internet
in libraries in schools
767.000 beneficiaries
All students in
public educa=on
Grades 1 to 10
Tablets
1-3
Laptop
4-6
7-10
2007 - 2017
Building Technology Infrastructure for Learning ...

3. Digital PlaGorms
Educa=onal Resources
On-line Evalua=on
Digital library
LMS
Remote
Teaching English
Math Adap=ve
PlaGorm
Progamming
Robo=cs & digital labs

4. Digital Inclusion Public Policy
Provide Infrastructure /Tools – Co develop teacher training Programme–
ecosystem of innovation -

5. Vision
Computational thinking: learning to use computational concepts to solve problems
Technological Understanding (not enough) + know the context in which tools operate
+ Understand the context that these interactions generate

6. Solving problems with others – Learning when sharing /Negotiating Knowledge
understand ethics & social implications of Algorithms
There's a false dichotomy between learning to code and learning to be

7. Pedagogical Approaches
Constructionism – Tools for Thinking – Enquire/Problem/Project BL – beyond STEAM
◎Integrated within disciplines + ⦿ experimentation
teacher as learners

8. it's not about leaving kids alone, but supporting their own intellectual structures
@cristobalcobo

9. Vision (ii)

16. For more information please visit
www.ceibal.edu.uy
blogs.ceibal.edu.uy/labted
www.fundacionceibal.edu.uy