Plan CEIBAL One Laptop per Child and per Teacher Miguel Brechner Kigali June 2009

The Three If If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when?" [2]. [2] Rabbi Hillel, year 1 BC When will our societies be prepared for any school child of today to be an Engineer or Doctor in 2029, and a President in 2049 Plan CEIBAL

CEIBAL Data of Uruguay Population 3.3 Million Size Km2 Dividided in 19 Areas 80% Urban 20% Rural Very strong Public School (85%). Alfabetization 97%. Total number of beneficiaries (children and teachers)

Pillars of Plan Ceibal Equality – All Children &Teachers in Public School get a Laptop Learning – New tools for learning, new contents, new forms of education. Teachers teach and learn, Kids teach and learn. Technology – Wireless Internet Connection in Schools, Public Places and many homes. Commitment – Strong leadership of President Vazquez. We will not only reduce the gap of the Digital Divide, but more important we need to eliminate the Knowledge Divide Plan CEIBAL

Main Goals ●Insure equal access to information and knowledge. ●Increase the learning and education opportunities. ●Achieve social inclusion. ●Invest in human capital to position Uruguay as a leader in the region. ●Reach sustainability after 2009 (0.1% GNP) ●Country and people empowernmen

Plan CEIBAL Pilot May 2007 Delivered until today laptops, servers, connectiity 86% To be delivered 2009, laptops, 1000 severs, full connectivity Connectivity 300 mts maximum walk for internet (2010)

Parallel Action Technology Independance. Region Definition Teacher Training and delivery of notebooks Server and School Preparation Connectivity Children List Parents Meeting Delivery of notebooks to children Warranty and Tech Support Plan CEIBAL

 Preparing and training teachers is needed  Children teach the teachers  Parents get involved and want to be trained.  Teachers resistance is overcome once 1:1 starts  School is centre of life in town.  Collaboration in all aspects is natural in IT environment  Voluntary work is needed  New learning paradigm  Teacher motivation empowers project and new  ways to teach flourish What have we learned Plan CEIBAL

Activities of Children an Parents Usage for search of information at school and home Taking Pictures, Video, Music & Games Increase of children interaction using Chat. TV watching by children diminishes Sharing of the Laptop in the family

Impacts Homes with computers will grow by (20%). Half ot them belong to the poorest 20% of the population. School attendance has grown, and class repetition has diminished very much. High motivation of teachers and children Parents participate actively in the School environment. Opportunities for the development in music, video, photograpy, programming, that without Ceibal would be almost null

Results are shown immediately Equal Opportunities for the future. New individual rights. Who should implement it?. Courage is needed to do it. Every year we dont do it, thousands of kids loose their rights. If we dont do it know, when should we do it?? Main Conclusions Plan CEIBAL

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