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Carlos Rabassa

Online XO Instruction in Uruguay

Do you remember the joint presentation at Squeakfest Brasil 2009, by
Leticia Romero from the UFRGS auditorium in Porto Alegre and Lino
Bessonart, remotely from Salto, Uruguay?

I'm happy to report this effort is continuing successfully.

We have just received these pictures from Paolo Benini ([hidden email]
), one of the most active volunteers of the RAP Ceibal group, in
these subject of remote connections. Paolo tells us:

Today, we had an online session with participants at 17 different
locations in Uruguay.

These pictures were taken at Consejo Comunal No. 14, in Paso Molino (a
neighborhood in Montevideo),

As you probably recall, Lino explained to those in Porto Alegre, the
purpose of this remote sessions is to allow a few instructors to reach
many individuals interested in learning in remote areas of the country.

Also, in cases like the one shown in these pictures, allows the
participation of groups small enough to be able to meet at locations
with adequate facilities which are easier to find than a huge hall for
all together.

Carlos Rabassa
Montevideo, Uruguay

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Rita Freudenberg

Re: Online XO Instruction in Uruguay

Carlos Rabassa wrote:
> I'm happy to report this effort is continuing successfully.
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> We have just received these pictures from Paolo Benini
> ([hidden email]), one of the most active volunteers of the
> RAP Ceibal group, in these subject of remote connections.
Thank you very much for sharing this!

> Paolo tells us:
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> Today, we had an online session with participants at 17 different
> locations in Uruguay.
That's amazing! Are these meetings in the afternoon or on the weekends?
Do they teacher also give feedback about what works good in classroom
and what not? I would really like to hear how the participants use what
they learn in this sessions. A re there plans to have a survey or analysis?

Greetings,
Rita

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> As you probably recall, Lino explained to those in Porto Alegre, the
> purpose of this remote sessions is to allow a few instructors to reach
> many individuals interested in learning in remote areas of the country.
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> Also, in cases like the one shown in these pictures, allows the
> participation of groups small enough to be able to meet at locations
> with adequate facilities which are easier to find than a huge hall for
> all together.
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> Carlos Rabassa
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Rita Freudenberg
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Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
http://isgwww.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/isg/rita.html

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teefal

Re: Online XO Instruction in Uruguay

In reply to this post by Carlos Rabassa

We are pleased to transmit answer for

Rita Freudenberg in Germany from

Lino Bessonart in Uruguay:

This was the fourth edition of these chats.

Our goal from the first one has been only one:

Eliminate some minor cultural roadblocks on the path of teachers and parents to get to use these tools as their own.

Cultural roadblocks as obvious as the apprehension to use computer technology, laptops, computer programs, internet.

Also other cultural roadblocks that are less evident and more complex, such as how to acquire knowledge. These tools have been conceived to get into them playing, proving, making mistakes and on the way get to use more and more of the potential they offer. Many of us in Uruguay have to win over the custom of acquiring knowledge through someone who facilitates it to us through classes, lectures, books.

The results from these first experiences are what confirms the value of these chats:

- A great percentage of those who participated in Squeakfest Brasil 2009 in Porto Alegre, started this way their path, individually or in groups, towards using Etoys or TurtleArt. But once again, the objective we had for them: To get them started on their personal path.

- The use of the Etoys Book as a tool to synthesize the concepts coming from the activities in the classroom became obvious after the first tests. For this reason, the current talks start with this subject.

- The use of Book as a tool that the parents could also use and thus reduce the digital gap is something we are betting to.

Carlos & Nenny Rabassa
Montevideo, Uruguay
Volunteers
RAP, Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal,
organization distributing
One Computer Per Child in Uruguay

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