<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF1314">English text follows the Spanish text</font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Este video es una simulación de un vuelo y accidente real:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tE_5eiYn0D0#t=109">http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tE_5eiYn0D0#t=109</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Poco después de despegar, l</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">os motores se le apagaron después de tragar algunos gansos que se le cruzaron.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Los pilotos lograron bajar sobre un río cercano, sin víctimas.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">El avión, en condiciones aparentemente no muy malas, fue retirado del río.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Hace poco tiempo lo trasladaron por carretera a un museo:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><a href="http://holanoticias.com/charlotte/?p=14567"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">http://holanoticias.com/charlotte/?p=14567</span></font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Imagino que, los educadores tal vez puedan usarlo como base para introducir muchísimos temas en sus labores diarias de enseñanza.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Pienso que el video puede mostrar la relación entre lo que se aprende en los institutos de enseñanza y la vida real de los adultos en sus trabajos.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">"¿Para qué me va a servir esto?" sospecho es una pregunta muy frecuente a todos los niveles de aprendizaje, en todos los países, en todos los tiempos.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">El tema está muy bien explicado en el video "Squeakers" que oí se repartiría durante Squeakfest Uruguay 2011. Si no se hizo así, y aún interesa, tengo un CD original en Inglés con subtítulos en varios idiomas, que entiendo se puede copiar legalmente.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Seymour Papert lo explica muy bien en su libro "Mindstorms". </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Para los que no les haya llegado ninguna de las dos cosas:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Video de Seymour Papert:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7q79cx_307cftmhgwt" id="e2tt" title="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7q79cx_307cftmhgwt">http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7q79cx_307cftmhgwt</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(255, 19, 20); "><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; ">Algunos de los temas para los cuales se podría usar este video como base de discusiones:</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">==========</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Los pájaros cerca de aeropuertos son un problema en muchos lugares del mundo, incluyendo Uruguay. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Este video explica muy bien, cómo se encara el problema en el Aeropuerto Nacional de Carrasco que, sirve al área metropolitana de Montevideo.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sRIPVYkB3U"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sRIPVYkB3U</span></font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">¿Cuántos estudiantes de hoy saben que existen trabajos como los de estas personas en el video?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">¿Cuántas personas imaginaban que en Uruguay hay gente que contribuye con medios muy naturales y amigos del medio ambiente, a resolver problemas creados por los aviones</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "> </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">==========</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Todos aceptamos viajar en avión porque nos ayuda mucho.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">No por eso los aviones dejan de ser una tremenda intrusión en el medio ambiente y grandes consumidores de recursos no renovables.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Muchos de los críticos que oímos constantemente, cambiarían su actitud frente a muchos problemas, si pudiesen ver oír tanto las opiniones a favor como las contrarias, para cada tema.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">¿Tendría sentido dejar de volar, y volver a usar caballos como hacen los Amish?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish">http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">¿Y si lo hiciésemos, nadie nos criticaría?</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Las cuatro etapas de crueldad</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_cuatro_etapas_de_crueldad">http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_cuatro_etapas_de_crueldad</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">==========</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">El mundo no es perfecto.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Debemos criticar lo que no nos parece bien o que pensamos podría ser mejor. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Debemos responder a los que nos critican con nuestras mejores respuestas.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Debemos usar la tecnología moderna para compartir</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "> estos diálogos.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Así todos aprenderemos y todos enseñaremos.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">==========</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">En el ángulo inferior derecho, en el video del avión, aparecen las palabras, que también se oyen, del controlador en la torre del aeropuerto, el capitán y el primer oficial.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Las palabras ilustran lo difícil que es entendernos. No hay tiempo para grandes explicaciones. El avión se está cayendo. Los que están tratando de controlar el avión tienen una visión del mundo. El que está en la torre de control hace su trabajo a la perfección pero no imagina la situación real, ¿Quién podría imaginarla? Les habla de aeropuertos alternativos, Teterboro primero, que ya lo pasaron como muestra la flecha vertical, Newark cuando están a punto de tocar el agua. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">El video ofrece mucho para pensar sobre la importancia de expresarnos bien. Estos profesionales muy bien entrenados para explicar todo con precisión, usando</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "> pocas palabras, mantienen un diálogo que no ayuda mucho a resolver el problema. Nuestra limitación para resolver problemas, frecuentemente es la dificultad que tenemos para hacer entender a otros lo que deseamos expresar.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Pienso en la importancia de las herramientas llamadas multimedia que ofrecen las computadoras. Etoys es, sin lugar a dudas, una de ellas, nos permite expresarnos no solo con palabras sino con dibujos, colores, movimiento, sonido y compartir fácilmente los resultados.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">==========</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Las aves que se cruzaron con el avión eran gansos canadienses. Los educadores seguramente podrán explicar mejor que yo las costumbres migratorias de estas enormes aves.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Las costumbres de estos gansos canadienses en la zona del aeropuerto desde donde salió el avión, cambiaron notablemente en los últimos años, agravando el problema. Los gansos siempre visitaban la zona, con mucha regularidad. Llegaban con el final del invierno. Nacía la nueva generación en la primavera. Crecían y se fortalecían con los alimentos abundantes del verano. Con los pequeños ya crecidos, volvían a emigrar al final del verano.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Luego el cambio del clima se hizo muy notable. Muchos veranos se prolongaron hasta fechas tradicionales de frío. A los gansos parecía darles pereza emigrar, no hacía ya tanto frío. Los vecinos se encariñaban con estos visitantes, ya eran de la familia, se les daba de comer como a las mascotas domésticas. Con más comida, sin tener que volar grandes distancias cada seis meses y con el clima que frecuentemente parecía mejorar, se reproducían cada vez más y se quedaban más tiempo en la zona. El problema para los aviones se fue agravando.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">==========</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Era muy divertido darles de comer a los gansos. No tienen miedo a los humanos. ¿Será que no nos conocen bien y suponen que somos muy buenos? Me llevan a recordar una canción de la obra muscial "South Pacific" cuyo tema es "Para odiar y temer te tienen que enseñar".</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Estos enlaces:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHKzn8aHyXg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHKzn8aHyXg</a></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><a href="http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/southpacific/youvegottobecarefullytaught.htm">http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/southpacific/youvegottobecarefullytaught.htm</a></span></font></div></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">llevan a un video y a la letra de la canción:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">You've got to be taught To hate and fear, ... (Te tienen que enseñar a odiar y a temer....)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">El cantor pronuncia muy bien cada palabra mientras vemos sus expresiones faciales.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Pienso podría servir para tocar el tema de la discriminación mientras se oye cantar en Inglés clarísimo y se disfruta de este clásico de Broadway.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Hoy, las historias horribles de discriminación nos están llegando con frecuencia desde los mismos países que antes criticaban a otros por discriminar.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Si se discutieran estos problemas de frente, con la información correcta, sin prejuicios, sin la urgencia tradicional de tomar partido a favor o en contra de todo lo que oímos, sería posible llegar a enseñar y que todos llegáramos a aprender, lo complejos que son algunos de estos problemas sociales.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">==========</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Al darles de comer, los gansos frecuentemente cambiaban sus planes de viaje. ¿Para que volar lejos si aquí tenemos comida?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Se hace gran esfuerzo por enseñar al público sobre el daño que causamos a los animales, ofreciéndoles comida fácil sabiendo que no podremos seguir ofreciéndosela eternamente. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Esto trae muchas otras preguntas.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">¿Hacemos bien en ofrecer traducciones de cuanto material encontramos? </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Lo que hacemos ¿no será equivalente a ofrecerle alimento fácil a los gansos?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Sugata Mitra nos dejó pensando después de su reciente estadía en Uruguay, en su sistema de computadora en el agujero de la pared. El material estaba en Inglés. Los niños aprendieron Inglés como primer paso de su auto aprendizaje. ¿Qué habría sucedido si el Dr. Mitra hubiese podido conseguir billones de voluntarios para traducir internet antes de que esos niños comenzaran a navegar?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">==========</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Videos como este del avión sirven para entrenar a muchísima gente en muchísimos trabajos.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Si digo esto no faltará quien me diga que también así funcionan los aviones militares sin piloto que vuelan sobre Pakistán.</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Sí, es cierto pero ¿qué debemos hacer con información como este video y con enseñanzas como las que podrían derivarse de él?</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">¿Formar un comité entre los que nos consideremos los más sabios y decidir que información hacer llegar a los demás y que información esconder?</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 19, 20); ">English text starts here</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 19, 20); "><br></span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">This video shows the simulation of a real flight and accident:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 19, 20); "><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tE_5eiYn0D0#t=109">http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tE_5eiYn0D0#t=109</a></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; ">Shortly after take off, both engines shut down after swallowing some geese that crossed the plane's path.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; ">The pilots were able to touch down on a nearby river, without any casualties.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; ">The airplane, in not such bad shape, was picked up from the river.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; ">Not long ago, it was moved over roads, to a museum:</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="http://holanoticias.com/charlotte/?p=14567">http://holanoticias.com/charlotte/?p=14567</a></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">I imagine educators might like to use it as the introduction to many subjects, during their daily teaching jobs.</span></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></span></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">I believe the video might show the relationship between what is taught in learning institutions and the jobs of adults in real life.</span></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></span></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">"What am I going to use this for?" I suspect is a frequent question at all levels of learning in all countries since the beginning of teaching.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">The subject is very well explained in the "Squeakers" video I heard was going to be distributed during Squeakfest Uruguay 2011. If this didn't happen and there is interest, I do have an original CD in English with subtitles in several languages, which I understand may be legally reproduced.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Seymour Papert explains this subject very well in his book "Mindstorms".</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">For those who never saw either of the two things:</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Seymour Papert's video:</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="https://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7q79cx_307cftmhgwt" id="e2tt" title="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7q79cx_307cftmhgwt">http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7q79cx_307cftmhgwt</a></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Some of the subjects for which this video could be used as a primer to start discussions:</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">==========</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Birds near airports are a problem in many places in the world, including Uruguay.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">This video explains very well, how the problem is tackled at Carrasco National Airport, serving Montevideo´s metropolitan area:</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sRIPVYkB3U"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sRIPVYkB3U</font></span></font></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">How many of today's students know there are jobs like those of these people in the video?</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">How many people imagined, there are people in Uruguay contributing through very natural and environment friendly means, to resolve the problems created by airplanes?</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">==========</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">We all accept air travel because it helps us tremendously.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">This doesn't mean airplanes are not a tremendous encroachment in the environment and big consumers of non-renewable natural resources.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Many of the critics we constantly hear, would change their attitude in front of many problems if they could hear both opinions, those in favor and those against each issue.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Would it make sense to quit flying and go back to horses like the Amish do?:</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish">http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish</a></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">And if we did it, would anyone still criticize us?</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The four stages of cruelty</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_cuatro_etapas_de_crueldad"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_cuatro_etapas_de_crueldad</font></a></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">==========</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The world is not perfect.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">We have to criticize what we think is not right or could be better.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">We have to answer those who criticize us with our best answers.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">We have to take advantage of modern technology to share these dialogs.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">This way all of us will learn and all of us will teach.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">==========</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; ">In the plane´s video, o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; ">n the lower right angle, they show boxes with the words that are also heard, of the traffic controller, the captain and the first officer.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; ">The voices illustrate how difficult it is for us to understand each other. There is no time for great explanations. The airplane is about to crash. Those trying to control it have a vision of the world. The controller at the tower is doing a perfect job but doesn´t imagine how bad the real situation is. Who could imagine it? He talks about alternate airports, Teterboro first, after they have already passed it as shown by the vertical arrow, Newark by the time they are about to touch the water.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; ">The video offers a lot to think about the importance of expressing ourselves well. These professionals, very well trained to offer precise explanations, using only a few words, maintain a dialogue that doesn´t help much towards solving the problem. Our limitation to solve problems frequently comes from our difficulty to make others understand what we want to say.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; ">I think about the importance of the so called multi-media tools, offered by computers. Etoys is certainly one of them. It allows us to express ourselves not only with words but also with drawings, colors, movement and sound and to share the results with others around the world.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">==========</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The birds that crossed the plane´s path were canadian geese. Educators will certainly be able to explain better than me the migration patterns of this huge birds.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The habits of these canadian geese near the airport from where the plane departed, changed noticeably over the past few years, making the problem worse. The geese always visited the area, quite regularly. They would arrive by the end of winter. The new generation would be born in Spring. They would grow and get strong with the abundant Summer food. With the little ones already grown up, they would emigrate again by Summer´s end.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Then, the climate change became noticeable. Many summers continued until dates when cold weather used to be the tradition. The geese seemed to be too lazy to emigrate, it wasn´t so cold after all. The neighbors became fond of these visitors, they were already part of the families, they would be fed like pets. With more food, not having to fly long distances every six months and with weather apparently improving, they reproduced faster and faster and stayed longer in the area. The problem for the planes became worse.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">==========</font></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Feeding the geese was fun. They are not afraid of humans. Could it be they don´t know us and assume we are nice? They lead me to remember a song from the musical "South Pacific" whose subject is "To hate and to fear you have to be taught'.</font></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">These links:</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHKzn8aHyXg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHKzn8aHyXg</a></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><a href="http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/southpacific/youvegottobecarefullytaught.htm">http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/southpacific/youvegottobecarefullytaught.htm</a></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; ">lead to a video and to the lyrics for the song:</span></span></div></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">"You've got to be taught To hate and fear, ... "</font></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The singer pronounces perfectly each word while we see his facial expression.</font></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">I feel it could be used to touch the subject of discrimination while listening to the words in very clear English and enjoying this Broadway classic.</font></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">The horrible stories of discrimination, are frequently reaching us today from the very same countries that used to criticize others for their discrimination practices.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">If these problems were faced, without detours, with the correct information, with no prejudices, without the traditional urgency for taking sides in favor or against all we hear, it would be possible to teach and for all of us to learn, how complex some of these social problems are.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">==========</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">When fed by humans, the geese would frequently change their travel plans. Why fly far away if we have food here?</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Great effort is spent in teaching the public about the damage we cause by feeding animals easy food, knowing we will not be able to provide that food forever.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">This brings many questions.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Are we doing the right thing by offering translations of every material we find?</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">What we do, wouldn't it be equivalent with offering easy food to the geese?</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Sugata Mitra left us thinking after his recent stay in Uruguay, about his computer in the hole in the wall. The material was in English. Children learned English as the first step of their self learning process. What would have happened if Dr. Mitra had been able to get billions of volunteers to translate internet before the children started to navigate?</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">==========</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Videos like this one of the plane are used to train lots of people to do many jobs.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">I'm sure someone will tell me this technology is also used to control military planes to fly over Pakistan without pilots on board.</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Yes, it is true but, what should we do with information such as this video and the learning that could result from watching it?</font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Should we create a committee integrated with those that consider ourselves as the wisest and decide what information should reach others and what information should be hidden?</font></span></font></div></span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 19, 20); "><br></span></span></font></div><br><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; "><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-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 style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Carlos Rabassa</div><div>Voluntario</div><div>Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal</div><div>Montevideo, Uruguay</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></body></html>