Latin American Primary and Secondary Education Roadmap

Curriculum Content
Teachers to Teachers,
Students, Parents
School to District
Group Learning


		School to District These are some examples of Best Practices on School to District in Latin America (with the links to access further information):

Aula Móvil in Argentina is a program developed with “Asociación Misión Futuro” to address the great differences between schools in the province of Buenos Aires. This program shows how training can be provided with no computers at schools or at home and no Internet connection. Since 2005 a trailer with 12 computers has been traveling to cities and rural areas in this province to teach new technologies. This is a replicable model for other provinces to implement along with partners that can provide the trailers, the hardware, and the connectivity. Microsoft will provide the required software and training content.

Adopt a School or Escuelas Conectadas was developed in Chile in coordination with the Engineering and Science School of the “Adolfo Ibáñez University”. This model was developed to provide information and Internet connection for the ENLACES hardware equipment of the Ministry of Education. A pilot is being developed in partnership with Telefónica, through which this Escuelas Conectadas project will be tested. It will then be ready to be replicated in other schools belonging to the improved infrastructure.

The Aula Móvil program in Mexico created a mobile classroom for teachers and students to show the value of technology and to generate a demand for training. This program illustrates how training can be provided with no Internet connection and no computers at schools or at home. We have served more than 20,000 visitors throughout the Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí regions to date.


	Watch the video from Mexico on the "Aula Movil" experence.

The CompuMovil initiative in El Salvador launched its first campaign in partnership with Future Kids and “Almacenes Siman”, the largest department store in the country. The next step in this program is to launch CompuMovil with FUSALMO.

This program shows how training can be provided with no computers at schools or at home and no Internet connection. Microsoft is delivering all Partners in Learning content and curricula as well as training funds.

MUNINET is a joint effort in Peru between the Municipality of Lima, Microsoft and Telefónica through which containers have been recycled to serve as classrooms. Microsoft donated computers, the software and developed the training courses.


	Watch the video here.

This program shows how training can be provided with no computers at schools or at home and no Internet connection. Begun in 2004, by April 2007 2,400 students had received computer operator certificates and 15,900 students had participated in induction courses.

The Nova Luzitânia State School in Brazil requested computers from their town hall. When the proposal was accepted, 25 new computers, along with desks and chairs, were delivered to the school and the computer room was made available to the entire community. During the week, the room now averages more than 500 students and local visitors; and on weekends, close to 150 people.


		Group Learning These are some examples of Best Practices on Group Learning in Latin America (with the links to access further information):

A “Digital Inclusion Center” was created in Brazil in partnership with the Bradesco Foundation to help tribes such as the Javaés tribe. Microsoft supplied the Bradesco Foundation with Unlimited Potential initiative grants, and these grants helped set up 22 Digital Inclusion Centers in Brazil with all the needed resources. It also helped the Foundation’s other 18 schools in Brazil with software and curriculum. They used Peer Coaching and IT Academy for Teacher Training (MSITATT) to train teachers using the Partners in Learning curriculum. A computer donation plan was also created and a group of local students asked Microsoft to configure a keyboard that could incorporate the phonemes of the Javaés native language. In addition, the Instituto Ayrton Senna, with Microsoft’s support, has created the On-line Experiences Communities (EAC) initiative offering professional development courses and trainings for educators in Brazil. This collaborative learning experience uses a virtual environment to facilitate learning how to use technology in education in innovative ways.