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Latin American Primary and Secondary
Education Roadmap |
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Colombia: Digital
Inclusion: ICT Infrastructure:
Learning Devices; Desktops
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“Computadores para Educar”
runs the National Center for Use of
Electronic Waste (Centro Nacional de
Aprovechamiento de Residuos
Electrónicos CENARE), where spare
parts of electronic equipment
discarded for refurbishment are
processed for further responsible
use. The program has developed an
integral management model for
electronic waste which supports the
refurbishment strategy for computers
positioning this initiative on a
global frontline. The program
provides support to country’s
environment, education and economic
aspects, hence avoiding thousands of
tons of equipment to be to be
disposed of in public open garbage
spots, thus creating dangerous
environmental impact, and generating
economical benefits for the
Colombian society through the
refurbishment of elements and
materials that are converted into
educational platforms for children
and generating a clean flow of
metals, thermoplastics, glass and
other materials that are processed
in the recycling market. With the
Robotic Education Project, which
will lead the program, it is evident
that the computers can not only
contribute to a better quality of
education within the traditional
model where the refurbished
equipment is being used, but also
parts and components can be used in
projects aimed to enhance Colombian
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“Computadoras
para Educar” in Colombia
is an agreement with the national government to
provide “Fresh Start” for refurbished donated
computers and integrating Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)
skills for teaching and learning. Visit:
www.computadoresparaeducar.gov.co
to watch the video about this experience
here. Also in Colombia the first two
computers arrived on a donkey in
Suesca
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“Escuelas Zulianas de Avanzada” is
an initiative from the
Gobierno de Zulia in Venezuela
which provided digital alphabetization training
until November 2006, reaching 1,253 teachers. During
April 2007 online training was provided in
partnership with Fundación AME, through which 150
teachers were trained. . The 1,253 trained teachers
also participated in the program “Educando Contigo”
through which Microsoft’s partner CTT Digital
Literacy courses were given, and Microsoft delivered
books and CD’s for them. |
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Latin American Primary and
Secondary Education Roadmap |
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Proyecto Educando con
Tecnología en Venezuela
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La firma del Acuerdo de
Colaboración para la
Implementación del Proyecto
Educando con Tecnología es
el inicio del Modelo de
Computadores para Educar en
Venezuela
La participación de la
Fundación SENIAT en la
entrega de las computadoras
a las escuelas, la
participación de la
Fundación Venezuela sin
Límites para el
acondicionamiento de las
mismas, la Fundación
Telefónica con la primera
donación registrada y
también apoyando con el
contenido del portal
Educared para los docentes
innovadores y Microsoft
Venezuela, dándole sentido a
esta alianza con el
acompañamiento educativo
vital para este programa y
que hoy nos brinda una
diferencia absoluta con
respecto a las iniciativas
de software libre en toda la
Región Andina.
Se ha firmado en junio 2007
el Acuerdo de Colaboración
entre Fundación Venezuela
Sin Límites, Fundación
Solidaridad Seniat 2000,
Fundación Telefónica y
Microsoft Venezuela, para la
implementación del Proyecto
Educando con Tecnología,
replicación del Programa
Computadores para Educar de
Colombia, el mismo que se
iniciará con una prueba
piloto de tres meses donde
se beneficiarán 11 escuelas
públicas de educación
básica.
Esta alianza fue posible,
gracias a la participación
de diferentes personas, que
de una u otra forma
apoyaron, desarrollaron,
monitorearon y sugirieron,
un sin fin de actividades
para poder hacer realidad la
alianza entre estas
Instituciones.
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For more information
contact Fabio Tellez:
fabio.tellez@microsoft.com
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convenio para dotar de
computadoras a escuelas
bolivarianas
Un convenio marco de
colaboración con las
empresas Microsoft de
Venezuela, la Fundación
Telefónica de Movistar y la
A.C. Fundación Venezuela sin
Límites firmó el servicio
Nacional integrado de
Administración Aduanera y
Tributaria (SENIAT), a
través de la Fundación
Solidaridad 2000.
Carmen Carrillo, en
representación de la
fundación del organismo
tributario, explicó que el
propósito del acuerdo ha
sido dotar a escuelas
públicas bolivarianas de
equipos de computación.
Puntualizó Carrillo que
esta iniciativa forma parte
de las directrices emanadas
por el Superintendente
Nacional Aduanero y
Tributario, José Gregorio
Vielma Mora, alineadas con
los postulados sociales y
constitucionales de la
Revolución Aduanera y
Tributaria, conceptos que se
insertan en el Plan Evasión
Cero y Plan Contrabando
Cero.
"Estas cuatro
instituciones unimos
nuestros esfuerzos para
dotar de estos equipos a las
sedes educativas que carecen
de herramientas
tecnológicas, indispensables
para realizar sus
actividades hoy en día. Es
así como Microsoft nos dona
la licencia, la fundación
Telefónica de Movistar los
equipos y a nosotros, como
Fundación Solidaridad 2000
del SENIAT nos corresponde
la responsabilidad de
donarlos a las escuelas
públicas bolivarianas",
resaltó Carillo.
Serán aproximadamente 2
mil equipos informáticos los
que se van a donar a los
planteles públicos
bolivarianos: un primer lote
de 200 se colocarán de
inmediato en algunos centros
educativos públicos del área
metropolitana de Caracas y
Posteriormente, en otras las
escuelas públicas
bolivarianas del resto del
país.
El acto de firma se llevó
a cabo en la sede del
organismo tributario en
Plaza Venezuela, en Caracas,
y contó con las presencia de
Betsy Romero, Coordinadora
del Programa Educativo de
Microsoft de Venezuela;
Liana Sosa, representante de
la Fundación Telefónica de
Movistar y Dilcia Prieto de
Ruan y Ana Carolina Torres,
Directora Ejecutiva y
representante,
respectivamente, de la A.C.
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Ecuador has
started a MAR (Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher)
program called “Renueva y Aprende” through which the
process of registering schools to be benefited by
the program began in May 2007.
Quito Educa Net experience has delivered 10,000
computers for the Quito County, in Ecuador. For more
details visit:
http://www.quito.gov.ec/.
The Municipality of Guayaquil, in partnership with
the
Fundación Gavisol, is replicating the
“Computadores para Educar” experience from Colombia
in Ecuador.
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The program
“Computadoras para Educar” from Colombia has
been replicated in Venezuela
through the agreement "Proyecto
Educando con Tecnología".
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participants in this agreement are the
Fundación SENIAT (Servicio Nacional
Integrado de Administración Aduanera y
Tributaria) through the Foundation
Solidaridad 2000 which donates the
computers for the schools; the Fundación
Venezuela Sin Límites which refurbishes
the computers; Fundación Telefónica
which provided the first donation and
collaborates with the education portal
Educared for the Innovative Teachers;
and Microsoft Venezuela. The pilot
program will take 3 months and benefit
11 public schools, with close to 2,000
computers to be delivered (200 in
Caracas and the others throughout the
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from Venezuela on the "Aula
Virtual" experence here. |
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“Renovar para Educar” in
Mexico is a Microsoft Authorized
Refurbisher (MAR) experience, through which
Microsoft and UNETE have a strategic alliance to
achieve MAR commitments.
UNETE
will store, classify, refurbish and distribute
donated computers, while Microsoft will provide
the Windows Operating Systems to the PC
refurbisher. This process authorizes the eligible
refurbisher to install licensed copies of Microsoft
Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows 2000
Professional on eligible refurbished computers. As a
result 1,000 donated PCs for 65 schools have been
renewed and delivered to public schools by the
private industry as part of the
Programa Renovar para Educar (MAR) |
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Mi
Primer PC
Chile: Digital
Inclusion: ICT
Infrastructure: Learning
Devices: Desktops
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Primer PC” offers equipment
at low cost for those who
never before had access to a
computer. As a result more
than 75,000 families
benefited from this program
from August to December
2005.
The need of developing
the use of information and
communication technologies
in Chile enabled the
Government and other
academic institutions and
companies in 2003 to pursue
the “Digital Agenda”, whose
goal is to achieve a more
developed country by 2010.
Impact: Hence, Microsoft
and other companies
responded to this “Digital
Agenda” whose main goal was
to reach by 2006 900,000
homes and 150,000 connected
companies. Microsoft Chile
developed with other retail
companies, Internet
providers and education
institutions, a strategy for
people to access a low cost
PC to also create digital
literacy in the country.
"Mi Primer PC" became the
cheapest PC, with the best
software for beginners.
For more information
visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/chile/bicentenario/agenda/miprimerpc.aspx
Or contact Hugo Martinez
Alvarado:
hmartine@microsoft.com
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Plan "Mi
Primer PC" in Chile
had a goal to connect 900,000 households and
150,000 companies to the Internet by 2006. To help
them achieve this goal, Microsoft Chile, along with
other hardware, retail, Internet provider companies
and academic institutions developed a strategy to
permit low cost access to PCs and thus enable
digital literacy.
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Plan "Mi
PC Uruguay" is a program developed through
an agreement with Intel and the national government.
The goal is to facilitate access for thousands of
Uruguayans to modern computers containing education
and office software as well as low-cost access to
the Internet for over one million users. IT courses
are a part of this program that is financed by BROU
and the Nuevo Banco Comercial. This is a replicable
model that can be successful in coordination with
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Tecnología para
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Tecnología para Educar is a
joint effort and partnership
amongst the private and
public sector, international
organizations and NGOs in
Guatemala. TPE is a MAR
(Microsoft Authorized
Refurbisher) Center located
in Guatemala. TPE’s main
objective is to design,
build and implement a
refurbishing center to
support the “Aprendo
Strategy” of the Guatemalan
Ministry of Education and as
a tool to promote digital
education and social
inclusion of children in
Guatemala.
Technicians in charge of
the refurbishing process
belong to a national social
re-insertion program for
youth in risky environments
and those who in the past
have had trouble with the
law. This is coordinated
through NGO Fundación Grupo
Ceiba and with the support
of World Bank.
TPE is established in a
more than 1,000 Mts2
warehouse and it has 12 full
time employees. The software
installed includes Windows
98, Windows ME, Windows 2000
and Windows XP; also, Office
2000, Office 2000 Premium,
Encarta 1999 or Encarta
2000.
From October through
December 2006, TPE launched
a fundraising program called
“Redondeo” in order to
accelerate their impact and
benefit more children from.
The program collected over
One Million Quetzales
(aprox. $150,000 US dollars)
thanks to Guatemalan
Citizens who donated the
cash from what they paid for
a specific product or
service (ie. If they spent
US$1.76 and paid with US$2
dollars, the remaining money
–US$0.24 cents- was
donated). 15 companies
supported the program,
including supermarkets,
video stores, hotels,
clothing stores, banks,
restaurants, etc. Companies
were Hiper Paiz,
Maxibodegas, Supertiendas
Paiz, Pecos Bill, GNC,
That´s Hollywood, Hotel
Marriott, Bennetton, La
Paleta, Distelsa, Librerías
Progreso, Canella, & Café,
Banco Uno, Banco Cuscatlán,
La Playa, Compus pa todos,
Max, Tapas & Cañas y
Hacienda Real.
IMPACT:
This initiative has
benefited 90,240 students,
3,658 refurbished computers
were donated and more than
274 schools benefited.
PARTNERS:
This program was made
possible through the
partnership of Sergio Paiz
Foundation (FUNSEPA);
Ministry of Education –
Escuelas Demostrativas del
Futuro (EDF); Microsoft and
more than 287 donors
including Embassy of Canada,
Embassy of Korea, UNICEF,
World Bank, Grupo Ceiba
Foundation, Roche
Pharmaceutical, several
Banks from Guatemala,
American Chamber of
Commerce, Pollo Campero,
several Universities,
Wal-Mart and citizens of
Guatemala.
For more information
visit:
http://www.tecnologiaparaeducar.org/quienessomos.html
Or contact Claudia Toledo:
ctoledo@microsoft.com
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Tecnología para Educar (TPE)
in Guatemala, is a partnership amongst the private and public
sector, international organizations and NGO’s. TPE is a MAR (Microsoft
Authorized Refurbisher) Center located in Guatemala.
Its main
objective is to design, build and implement
a refurbishing center to support the Aprendo
Strategy of the Guatemalan Ministry of
Education and to promote digital education
and the social inclusion of children in
Guatemala.
3,658 refurbished computers were donated,
with 90,240 students from rural areas and
274 schools benefiting from the program.
Japan donated funds for 7,300 PCs that were
implemented by the Ministry of Education in
300 Computer Labs. These computers included
Microsoft Windows Server, Windows XP and
Office as well as training materials for
teachers.
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The “Proyecto @prende” in
Honduras has been developed in partnership
with the government of Honduras, through the
“Consejo Hondureño de Ciencia y Tecnología-COHCIT”.
The partnership will fund the purchase of 30,000 PCs
by 2009 at a rate of 10,000 computers per year. The
Government will provide computers along with server,
printer and satellite Internet connections for 2,000
classrooms in rural areas and lower income urban
areas. Microsoft will provide software and training
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Johnson High School students from East St. Paul,
Minnesota, US, have 30 donated computers to the
State of Minnesota School located in Loma Cova,
Panama through a Fresh Start for
donated computers program. The school owes its name
to a group of Minnesotans who visited there in 1994,
saw a need and tried to help, but since the National
Guard delivered four computers more than six years
ago, the help has stopped. Loma Cova is populated
largely by Cuna Indians and is a very low-income
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school who attend the school in shifts, half in the
morning and half in the afternoon. Microsoft
provided Windows 2000 licenses for the donated
personal computers and copy of the software on CDs. |
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Mi Compu in El Salvador is
a program through which each teacher will have a
computer. Although this is in its initial steps, the
Ministry of Education is negotiating the possible
financing for teachers with banks. Microsoft helped
coordinate the efforts between 14 different actors:
banks, name accounts, system builders, and
multinationals. Microsoft also supported the project
management and marketing campaign. More than 5,000
computers have been sold so far. |
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"Mi
PC" Program in Argentina
was launched in March 2005 through an agreement
with the National Government, Intel, several banks
to provide financing, Internet providers, as well as
other companies. There were, initially, two plans
available to choose from with 40 monthly payments,
but a new phase is currently being developed to fit
current market needs. |
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