Plan CEIBAL Plan CEIBAL

One Laptop per Child One Laptop per Child and per Teacherand per Teacher

Miguel Brechner Montevideo August 4 2009

Conferencia Interamericana Seguridad Publica

Pillars of Plan CeibalEquality – 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

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 2008-2009

• Pilot May 2007• Delivered until today

282.000 laptops, 1.632 servers, connectiity 88% To be delivered rest of 2009, 95.000 laptops, 540 severs, full connectivity

• Connectivity 300 mts maximum walk for internet (2010)

Homes of INAU (Institute of Children and Adolescense) Programs for Adolescents that have dropped out of school. Promesec. Program for young people that have broken the law

Other Participants of Ceibal

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 after one year

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New homes with computers will rise by 220.000. (20% of total homes)

Half of these homes belong to the poorest quintil of the population Children Identity restored . Growth of Children and Teacher Motivation Parents participate actively in school environment. Oportunities for the development in music, video, photography and

programming in children that without Ceibal would not exist.

Impact Measurement

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Results are shown immediately

Equal Opportunities for the future. New individual rights..

Courage is needed to do it.

Every year we dont do it, thousands of kids are lost.

If we dont do it know, when should we do it??

Main Conclusions

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Muchas Gracias.

• 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

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