<html><head><base href="x-msg://27/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF1314">Traducción al Español después del texto en Inglés</font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Caryl</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">May I comment on one of the many interesting points you brought up in your recent message:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">I quote two paragraphs from your message, to refresh our memories.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; ">You say:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span style="font: 18.0px Arial">>> <i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">I</span></font></i></span><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">n part (1), you recognize teachers as the experts in getting students to learn. I wish this were always true. As a retired teacher from Los Angeles, California, I can tell you that many teachers really don't know how to teach students the most important thing, how to learn. </span></font></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 18px; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Most of them are teaching "to the test," because they will be judged on how well their students can perform on yearly exams. Their jobs, careers, and pay can depend on their students getting good marks on these tests. The students memorize facts and methods to use on the tests, and may never, ever use them again in their lives. Sad, but true.</span></font></i><span style="font: 18.0px Arial"> <<</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">The subject has been discussed for a long time.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Today, it seems to be a universal problem.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Seymour Papert explains it very clearly in his book "Mindstorms" while talking about teaching math:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">The way math is taught comes from the need of evaluating students. It is not fun. They don't learn. But it allows for easily evaluating the students.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">I am quite optimistic the solution is in sight.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">How close to reality will probably depend on all of us discussing and letting others know about these solutions that seem to be ready today for this old problem.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">During a recent event organized in Montevideo by Plan Ceibal, we had a chance to listen, among many others to two speakers who, together, gave us the feeling they hold the key to success.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">One speaker explained how they are testing students in Uruguay.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">The other explained how, with the availability of good student testing methods and the availability of computers for each and all children, we could finally scale up to today's large numbers of students, the successful methods used centuries ago by artisans to teach their apprentices.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">May I now refer you to my notes on those two lectures, that took place November 29, 2010 at LATU, Laboratorio Tecnologico del Uruguay in Montevideo:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; font-size: medium; ">Dr. Andrés Peri - On-line system to evaluate learning</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; font-size: medium; "><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1pySXok9xqorOtmW0xow7n6z18PJHFoWSFLI8vBIt15M">https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1pySXok9xqorOtmW0xow7n6z18PJHFoWSFLI8vBIt15M</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; text-indent: 48px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; ">Dr. Luis Osín<span style="font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Arial; "> - </span>Learning rates heterogeneity</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1bRVCnY-o8bdjl7XWJje21xXhkUaQSyrrgUZnAq_PXbw">https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1bRVCnY-o8bdjl7XWJje21xXhkUaQSyrrgUZnAq_PXbw</a></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><br></span></font></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Would be nice to hear comments from many of you!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Maybe all together, we find an even better solution!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Maybe some of you propose improvements to this solution!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><div style="font-size: medium; ">Carlos Rabassa</div><div style="font-size: medium; ">Volunteer</div><div style="font-size: medium; ">Plan Ceibal Support Network</div><div style="font-size: medium; ">Montevideo, Uruguay</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF1314">Traducción al Español</font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF1314"><br></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF1314"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Caryl</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Permíteme comentar uno de los muchos puntos interesantes en tu reciente mensaje:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Transcribo dos párrafos de tu mensaje, para refrescar nuestras memorias.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Dices:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">>> </span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF1314"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; display: inline !important; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">En la parte (1), reconoce a los maestros como los expertos en la enseñaze de lo que los estudiantes nescesitan aprender. ¡Ojalá fuera siempre así¡ Como docente jubilada de los escuelas de Los Ángeles, California, les puedo decir que, en realidad, muchos maestros no saben cómo enseñar a los estudiantes la cosa más importante, cómo aprender. </span></font></i></div></span></div></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></i></div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF1314"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; display: inline !important; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">La mayoría de ellos están enseñando "a los exámenes", porque serán juzgados por los resultos de sus estudiantes en los exámenes anuales. Sus trabajos, carreras, y sueldos puede depender de sus estudiantes obtener buenas calificaciones en estos exámenes. Los estudiantes memorizan hechos y los métodos a utilizar en los exámenes, y despues es posible ellos nunca, nunca usarlos de nuevo en sus vidas. Triste, pero la verdad.</span></font></i> </div></span></div></font> <<</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">El tema se ha discutido durante mucho tiempo.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Hoy, parece ser un problema universal.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Seymour Papert lo explica muy claramente en su libro "Mindstorms" al hablar sobre la enseñanza de la matemática:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">La forma como se enseña hoy matemática, viene de la necesidad de examinar a los alumnos. No es divertida. No aprenden. Pero permite examinar fácilmente a los alumnos.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Siento con optimismo que la solución está a la vista.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Cuán cerca de la realidad, tal vez dependa de todos nosotros. Tal vez de cuanto discutamos y hagamos conocer a otros estas soluciones que parecen estar listas hoy para este viejo problema. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Durante un evento organizado recientemente por el Plan Ceibal en Montevideo, tuvimos oportunidad de escuchar, entre muchos otros, a dos oradores que, juntos, me dieron la sensación de que tienen la clave del éxito.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Uno de los oradores explicó cómo están evaluando alumnos en Uruguay.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">El otro explicó como, con la disponibilidad de buenos métodos para evaluar alumnos y de computadoras para cada niño, podríamos finalmente ampliar a la escala suficiente para el gran número de alumnos de hoy, los exitosos métodos que usaban hace siglos los artesanos para enseñar a sus aprendices.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Me permito referirles ahora a las notas que tomé durante estas dos conferencias, que tuvieron lugar el 29 de Noviembre de 2010 en LATU, Laboratorio Tecnologico del Uruguay en Montevideo:</div></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt; direction: ltr; "><span class="c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Dr. Andrés Peri - </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; font-size: 19px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Hacia un sistema en línea de </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; font-size: 19px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">evaluación de aprendizaje</font></span></div></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1wCNNQeood3H4sx-lNNxxu52jYk5KpCKxRevPyf1WjH4">https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1wCNNQeood3H4sx-lNNxxu52jYk5KpCKxRevPyf1WjH4</a></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt; direction: ltr; "><span class="c1 c7" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Dr. Luis Osín - </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; font-size: 19px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Heterogeneidad de los ritmos de aprendizaje</font></span></div></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=17Cng3S-8-m_P16wn0l7oDIuUUuRyJeSJgKlxsCQJHXg">https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=17Cng3S-8-m_P16wn0l7oDIuUUuRyJeSJgKlxsCQJHXg</a></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; font-size: medium; "><br></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Sería bueno oír comentarios de muchos de ustedes!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Tal vez entre todos, podamos encontrar una solución aún mejor!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Tal vez algunos de ustedes propongan mejoras a esta solución!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Carlos Rabassa</div><div>Voluntario</div><div>Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal</div><div>Montevideo, Uruguay</div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Jan 8, 2011, at 8:25 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(255, 19, 20); "><b style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">English version follows the Spanish text</b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">¡Hola Carlos y Todos! </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">Estoy de acuerdo con las cosas que están diciendo, pero tengo un par de comentarios. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">En la parte (1), reconoce a los maestros como los expertos en la enseñaze de lo que los estudiantes nescesitan aprender. ¡Ojalá fuera siempre así¡ Como docente jubilada de los escuelas de Los Ángeles, California, les puedo decir que, en realidad, muchos maestros no saben cómo enseñar a los estudiantes la cosa más importante, cómo aprender. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">La mayoría de ellos están enseñando "a los exámenes", porque serán juzgados por los resultos de sus estudiantes en los exámenes anuales. Sus trabajos, carreras, y sueldos puede depender de sus estudiantes obtener buenas calificaciones en estos exámenes. Los estudiantes memorizan hechos y los métodos a utilizar en los exámenes, y despues es posible ellos nunca, nunca usarlos de nuevo en sus vidas. Triste, pero la verdad. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">Todos en la comunidad educativa, incluyendo nosotros, nescesitan trabajar para ayudar a cambiar esta situación. Tenemos que reconocer este problema y ayudar a los docentes y las universidades de formación de profesores aprender los beneficios del construccionismo y la colaboración. Docentes todavía puede enseñar a los mismos hechos y métodos que los estudiantes deben aprender. Al mismo tiempo, los estudiantes aprenderán a descubrir las respuestas y resolver problemas en formas que les ayudará a tener éxito en cualquier cosa que decida hacer en sus vidas. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">Finalmente, Ud. habla sobre el uso de los jubilados en el programa. ¡Esta es una idea maravillosa! Hay unos pocos de nosotros haciendo esto ya, pero muchos más podrían estar involucradas. ¿Cómo podríamos encontrar a estas personas? Maestros, enfermeras, agricultores, banqueros todos jubilados... casi no hay fin a los tipos de experiencia que pueda ser útil. ¿Alguien tiene alguna idea de cómo podemos contactar a esta gente en grandes cantidades? En muchos países existen centros especiales para la "jubilados". Tal vez podríamos empezar por ahí? </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">¡Saludos!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">Carolina (Caryl) Miembro del equipo de vo<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">luntarios</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>de ayuda del OLPC</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><br></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(255, 19, 20); "><b style="text-indent: 0px !important; ">************************************************************************************************</b></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Hello Carlos and All,</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">I agree with the things you are saying, but I do have a couple of comments.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">In part (1), you recognize teachers as the experts in getting students to learn. I wish this were always true. As a retired teacher from Los Angeles, California, I can tell you that many teachers really don't know how to teach students the most important thing, how to learn. </span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Most of them are teaching "to the test," because they will be judged on how well their students can perform on yearly exams. Their jobs, careers, and pay can depend on their students getting good marks on these tests. The students memorize facts and methods to use on the tests, and may never, ever use them again in their lives. Sad, but true.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Everyone in the educational community, including those of us who are involved with OLPC, need to work to help change this situation. We need to recognize this problem and help teachers and teacher training institutions learn the benefits of constructionism and collaboration. They can still teach the same facts and methods that the students are expected to learn. At the same time students will learn to discover answers and solve problems in ways that will help them succeed in whatever they decide to do in their lives.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Near the end, you talk about using retirees in the program. This is a wonderful idea! There are a few of us doing this already, but so many more could be involved. How do we find these people? Retired teachers, nurses, farmers, bankers... there is almost no end to the types of expertise that would be helpful. Does anyone have any ideas of how we can reach these folks in large numbers? In many countries there are special centers for "seniors." Maybe we could start there?</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Cheers!</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Caryl OLPC Support Team Volunteer</span></font></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:carnen@mac.com">carnen@mac.com</a><br>Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 12:27:29 +0100<br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:olpc-sur@lists.laptop.org">olpc-sur@lists.laptop.org</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:olpcpuno@gmail.com">olpcpuno@gmail.com</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:olpc-bolivia@lists.laptop.org">olpc-bolivia@lists.laptop.org</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:america-latina@squeakland.org">america-latina@squeakland.org</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:squeakland@squeakland.org">squeakland@squeakland.org</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:etoys-education-team@googlegroups.com">etoys-education-team@googlegroups.com</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:maho@realness.org">maho@realness.org</a><br>Subject: [Sur] Saber y Aprender - Knowledge and Learning<br><br><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 19, 20); "><b>English version follows the Spanish text</b></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><b>Saber y Aprender</b></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">El saber no ocupa lugar pero ...</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">--- aprender toma mucho tiempo y esfuerzo.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Una laptop cargada de cosas nuevas que nunca antes vimos, puede llegar a enloquecer o por lo menos a asustar a muchos de nosotros.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">¿Qué hacer?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Todo lo que oímos que estudian unos y otros, son temas interesantes. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">A nadie molestaría conocerlos y dominarlos todos. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">El saber no ocupa lugar.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Pero al tratar de aprender todo y aprenderlo rápido muchos terminamos no aprendiendo nada. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Aprender toma mucho tiempo y esfuerzo.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Tratemos, entre todos, de encontrar una solución.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">¿Qué necesitan saber los maestros, los alumnos, los familiares, los voluntarios?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Por lo que vemos y oímos hay tres grupos importantes de conocimientos útiles relacionados con las laptops en la enseñanza:</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">1) Conocimientos necesarios para hacer que los alumnos aprendan.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Esto es lo que aprenden los maestros durante su preparación profesional. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Ahora necesitarán ajustar su enseñanza para aprovechar las laptops de que disponen los alumnos.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Al hablar mucho de computadoras parece que frecuentemente nos olvidamos de este hecho obvio pero tan importante, es necesario saber enseñar.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Los educadores son los expertos en enseñanza de que dispone la sociedad.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Se prepararon durante toda una carrera profesional para dominar estos temas.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">2) Conocimientos sobre computadoras y sus programas</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">El conocimiento de lenguajes informáticos y la creación de programas son temas importantes.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Ejemplo: Conocer Sugar y saber usarlo para crear nuevas aplicaciones.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">3) El uso y aprovechamiento de aplicaciones creadas por otros. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Ejemplo: Etoys y todas las aplicaciones pre-instaladas en las laptops escolares.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Si deseamos ser útiles a la sociedad y a nosotros mismos, </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">¿cuánto necesitamos saber de los temas en cada grupo?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">El ideal sería que todos supiésemos todo.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">No necesitaríamos recibir ayuda de nadie.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Pero lo mejor es el mejor enemigo de lo bueno.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Fijémonos metas más alcanzables.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Tratemos que cada uno de nosotros, haciendo lo que más le gusta o aquello para lo que siente tener más facilidad de aprender, podamos ser útiles lo antes posible.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Un buen maestro, que sepa como entusiasmar a sus alumnos y que no tenga vergüenza en hacerse ayudar con lo que no sepa, puede ofrecer muchísimo.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Puede beneficiar a sus alumnos, a la sociedad y a sí mismo en términos de satisfacción personal y profesional.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Esto es cierto aún que sepa poco o nada sobre lenguajes informáticos, programación o las aplicaciones que se distribuyen con las computadoras escolares.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Los entusiastas de Sugar y otros lenguajes pueden crear nuevas aplicaciones interesantes, sobre todo si trabajan en equipo con educadores.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Pueden adaptar a condiciones locales aplicaciones creadas en otros países. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Pueden también transmitir su vocación y entusiasmo a los más jóvenes.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Todos esperan se necesiten muchos programadores en el mercado de trabajo que encontrarán los estudiantes de hoy. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Sería ideal que todos fuésemos programadores expertos, nos entenderíamos mejor entre nosotros, pero la sociedad necesita también muchos otros trabajadores y especialistas en todos los campos.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Un viejo jubilado que no tenga idea de cómo enseñar o de cómo crear nuevas aplicaciones, puede contribuir mucho estudiando y aprendiendo aplicaciones que ya existen, tales como Etoys.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Puede publicar sus proyectos para que maestros y niños vean como están hechos y aprendan, al mejorarlos y complementarlos.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Mientras lo hacen se inspirarán y entusiasmarán para hacer sus propios proyectos.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">¿Qué piensan?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">¿Soy el único al que la inteligencia y el tiempo no le alcanzan para aprender todo a la vez?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Y si hay muchos en mi situación, como creo es el caso,</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">¿Qué hacer?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Carlos Rabassa</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Voluntario</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Montevideo, Uruguay</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(255, 19, 20); "><b>English version:</b></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><b>Knowledge and Learning</b></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Knowledge doesn´t take any room but ...</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">--- learning takes lots of time and effort.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">A laptop loaded with new things we never saw before, may scare us or even drive some of us crazy.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">¿What to do?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">All we hear people study, are interesting subjects. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Knowing and mastering them all wouldn´t hurt anyone. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">We don´t need room to accumulate knowledge.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">But many of us end up learning nothing while attempting to learn everything and learn it fast. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Learning takes lots of time and effort.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Lets try, all together, to find a solution.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">What do teachers, students, relatives and volunteers need to know?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">There are three important groups of useful subjects related to the laptops in schools. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">This is what we see and hear:</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">1) Knowledge needed to get students to learn</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">This is what teachers learn during their professional studies and training.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Now, they will have to fine-tune their teaching to take advantage of the laptops available to the students.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">When talking a lot about computers it seems we frequently forget this obvious but so important fact; it is necessary to know how to teach.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Educators are the experts in teaching available to our society.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">They were trained during years at specialized teaching schools to master this subject.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">2) Knowledge about computers and their programs</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Computer languages and writing programs are important subjects.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Example: Knowing Sugar and knowing how to write new applications.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">3) Using and taking advantage of applications written by others.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Example: Etoys and all the applications that come pre-installed in the school laptops.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">If we wish to be useful to society and to ourselves, </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">¿how much do we need to know about the subjects in each group?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">The ideal would be for all of us to know everything. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">We would need no one to help us.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">But the best is the best enemy of the good.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Let´s establish more reasonable goals for ourselves.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Let´s try to have each one of us work on what we like most or on what we feel we can learn easier.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">This way we will be useful as soon as possible. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">A good teacher, who knows how to stimulate the students and who is not ashamed of asking for help with what he doesn't know, can be very useful.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">This teacher can benefit his students, society in general and himself in terms or personal and professional satisfaction, even if he knows little about computers, computer languages or even the applications in the school laptops.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Sugar and other computer language enthusiasts may create interesting new applications, particularly if they work in teams with educators.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">They may adapt to local conditions applications created in other countries.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">They can also transmit their vocation and enthusiasm to younger generations.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Everyone expects many programmers will be needed in the work market that today's students will enter. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">It would be ideal if we could all become expert programmers, we would understand each other better than we do today. </div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">But our society also needs many other workers and specialists in all fields.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">An old retiree with no idea about how to teach or about creating new applications, may contribute a lot by studying and learning existing applications such as Etoys.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">These retirees may publish their projects so teachers and students may see how they were created and learn when improving them and adding new features.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">While doing this, they will get inspiration and enthusiasm to create their own projects.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">¿What do you think?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">¿Am I the only one whose intelligence and time available are not enough to learn everything at once?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">If there are many others in my situation, as I believe is the case,</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">¿What should we do?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; ">Carlos Rabassa</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; 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