Una experiencia nacional en la formación de profesores: Scratch y Robótica en Uruguay

En 2007, the Uruguayan government launched the “Basic Information Educational Program for Online Learning” (“CEIBAL”). The project’s immediate objective is to provide all public primary school students and teachers with free laptop access. CEIBAL’s longer-term objective is to promote social justice. It combines the distribution of computers with a program to train teachers. In 2011 a specific program was launched to train all Informatics teachers (1600 people) in Programming and Robotics. The school of Engineering of Universidad ORT Uruguay was selected to train 800 of those teachers. In this article, we describe the characteristics of the courses and participant’s opinions. Categories and Subject Descriptors: Computers and EducationEn 2007, the Uruguayan government launched the “Basic Information Educational Program for Online Learning” (“CEIBAL”). The project’s immediate objective is to provide all public primary school students and teachers with free laptop access. CEIBAL’s longer-term objective is to promote social justice. It combines the distribution of computers with a program to train teachers. In 2011 a specific program was launched to train all Informatics teachers (1600 people) in Programming and Robotics. The school of Engineering of Universidad ORT Uruguay was selected to train 800 of those teachers. In this article, we describe the characteristics of the courses and participant’s opinions. Categories and Subject Descriptors: Computers and Educatio