<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Thanks very much!<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Alan<br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Organización eduJAM! 2011 <edujam2011@ceibaljam.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Alan Kay <alan.nemo@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Sugar Devel <sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org>; It's An Education Project List <iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, June 22, 2011 2:09:21 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [IAEP] A question about adult education in Uruguay<br></font><br> <div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-style:italic;">On a related topic, does Uruguay have anything like free online courses for adults, perhaps available in public libraries?</span></div> </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are all over the country what we call "Centros MEC", from the ministry of education, where there are computers with connectivity and focus mostly on digital literacy for adults. </div> <div><br></div><div>However I'm not aware of any "online course for adults". </div><div><br></div><div>One excellent Uruguayan resource for adults to start learning is "the cuckoo of the computers" (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ludo.com.uy/cuco/en/">http://ludo.com.uy/cuco/en/</a>), which also has a version that runs on the XOs (in Spanish): <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="ftp://200.40.200.101/juegos/rayuela/cuco/CucoXO.xo">ftp://200.40.200.101/juegos/rayuela/cuco/CucoXO.xo</a></div> <div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <br style="font-style:italic;"><br>Cheers,<br><font color="#888888"><br>Alan<br></font></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br><span> <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a></span><br></blockquote></div><br> </div></div> </div></body></html>