San Luis Digital a 20 years plan

1. San Luis Digitala 20 years plan Alicia Bañuelos Principal University of La Punta San Luis – Argentina www.ulp.edu.ar

2. San Luis, Argentina • 76,748 km2 • Population 420,000 (1% Argentina) • Agriculture, mining, manufacturing • Per capita income $9,200 (USD) • 35% of Argentine´s freeways • 20 year plan for 100% digital inclusion

4. The Plan: San Luis Digital • Digital inclusion for entire population • Dense network of Internet users • Population with secondary education • Improve math, science and ICT skills • More professionals in Science and Engineering • Technology exports

5. The digital agenda • Infrastructure • Legal framework • Government • Technological • Productive • Technology exports The 235 initiatives of this agenda involve Digital inclusion and many other topics such as digital signature, crime map, electronic provincial identity card, car monitoring.

6. The results until December 2009

7. Free Wi-Fi in all the territory www.wifi.ulp.edu.ar www.aui.edu.ar

8. Homes with computers 12/2008 31% 12/200970%

9. 74,2% Internet penetration

10. 85% Of all the teachers and professors of primary and secondary schools has taken at least one course in La Punta´s University, in ICT and science or math.

11. 1 to 1 model

12. Main Objectives All kids on line • From the periphery to the center, from the most remote places to the most populated . • To improve the knowledge in Science, Math and Language in schools. • The students have the power. www.chicos.edu.ar

13. 30 Towns with the plan

14. 14% of all primary school kids are included in the plan until December 2009

15. All Kids Online • Intel® -powered classmate PCs • Full-featured laptops for teachers • School support software • Training for teachers in the school support software and other tools • Connectivity in schools and homes • Mentor: ULP professor assists teachers in each town every day • Support and maintenance of the network and computers for students and teachers • Measurement of school performance. • Interviews with teachers, parents and the community

16. All Kids with Special Needs • Every disabled child received a computer and their teachers were specially trained. • Their parents were trained to be able to help their children. Consequently, parents and teachers, as well as children, are digitally included. • After three months: Down Syndrome kids began to read, write and use chatting.

17. Third grade Dramatic increase in reading scores!

18. Sixth Grade Dramatic increase in Math scores!

19. The Gap with Laboratory and Core Sample

20. Conclusion: Online students have improved, even with fewer class days Tests were taken one week after the recess of nearly two months because of influenza A .

21. Great Results • All the details counts • The helping of people in the network, computers and software matters. • Listening kids, teachers and parents allows quick rectification and improving. • At the beginning of the plan we signed specials deals with the mayors of each town in order to get a strong alliance with their communities, and these deals are working.

22. Collaborative Environmental Project (Zero Balance) Children calculated the total electric energy consumption in their own towns. Children calculated the amount of trees that need to be plant so that the balance between carbon dioxide released into atmosphere and the forest capture is zero. 12 town with the flag 18 town planting www.chicos.edu.ar

24. San Luis Digital 2010 30/9 –3/10 de 2010 Predio Ferial y de Convenciones San Luis Argentina

26. thank you!