The mouse arrow ran the screen from side to side. Her feet showed anxiety about the clock marking the time. The fingers were not enough words to tell him he still had not. The delete key sounded again and again.
How is it possible if only six years? This was the first thought I had to watch my younger neighbor was working at the computer of their parents. Apparently, Laurita’s attention was fully occupied at that game where families forming words from images, “he reviewed the last class that he gave his teacher.”
“In primary education it is necessary to create pathways that facilitate understanding of different content from school. Since the introduction of computers in schools, and hand of different software, you can discover content that allow them to learn, research and interact with the computer; which is a wonderful tool to expand your cultural horizons, “said a Cubahora Osmany Torres Guerrero, developer educational software in Holguin.
Despite the usefulness of this type of product and the pressing need to have more presence in our schools, the creation of software must be mediated by quality rather than quantity. You need to incorporate, and a new teaching and learning, a high quality in design, presentation and navigability project.
No gain by producing software twentieth year, quantity does not translate into quality; won by one that is really useful and reach your target audience.
THUS BEGAN IN CUBA
The development of information technology is a phenomenon that contributes positively to improving educational way. The use of computers in the learning process develops creativity, confidence and initiative in students.
Someone thoughts as clear as Ernesto Guevara once said: “The world is moving towards the electronic era (…). Everything indicates that this science will constitute something like a measure of development; whom the master will be a leading country. We will devote our efforts in this direction with revolutionary audacity. “
His words warned of a future where new technologies mark the way forward; then, educating using computer as a tool seemed a distant dream for Cubans.
It was not until the 80s of last century began to develop educational software in isolation in different pedagogical universities of the country; which, although only respond to specific needs, ie, difficulties with problem solving or the Pythagorean Theorem, marked the first steps in this area.
In an interview with César Labañino Rizzo, Head of Resource Development for Learning, we met on the early onset of enthusiastic teachers with a different look to the future, at which a spontaneously began to emerge small groups that motivated the creating educational software, a process that lasted for approximately five years.
After long hours of conversation with the specialist we could know that in Cuba, the development of technology with respect to education has two fundamental aspects: one is the technological development of the country, and on the other a factor of economic nature politically, related to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
“It is known that when the special period began the country fell into a severe economic depression. From a Marxist perspective, following the precept that ‘man thinks as he lives,’ the economic problems existed is subsequently reflected in society. Obviously the solution was to solve the economic problem, but not being possible was necessary to resort to other issues, and the revolution opted to preserve the social factor from the educational point of view, “said Labañino a Cubahora .
The question of how it was possible to carry out such a task, amid the complex situation was immediate. The wise smile and accurate words of Caesar were the necessary response:
“Imagine, we faced a very complex economic situation, which was the existence of groups of students with about forty students. Newton’s Law Teaching in these conditions was not complex, but seek and preserve values was a real problem, I mean, create and preserve relationships between the school and the families of the students. Then came the idea of reducing groups to fifteen students. At first glance this seems a very wise formula, but has great economic implications: more classrooms and more teachers are needed in order, it is a problem that continues to go through another economic problem “
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This stage marks an important point in Cuban education, because reaches the comprehensive general classroom teacher, which said the expert, “in view of a Leonardo Da Vinci had to know everything. This would have been possible if, and only if, he had been girt technological tools required to strengthen the formative work much rather cognitive, or work, was not so important that he was the wise guy, but it was very important that he was the engineer of the soul of the boys who were in the classroom. “
With the aim of providing technology-curricular support needed to carry out this historic mission, which was the emergence of comprehensive general teacher, comes a new department within the Ministry of Education. The goal: to make the 1 o September to July 25, when a teacher need to inquire about certain content, he and the student could reach that information I needed through the educational software .
In this context are created, throughout the entire country, twenty centers of educational software development, “which in a very organized manner functioned as Voltus 5, although working separately when needed did join to perform a rush. Thus the Multisaber collections for primary education, the Navigator, for secondary and high school education Future for created “Labañino told the magazine.
AN EXPERIENCE IN EASTERN CUBA
In Holguin province lies one of the first centers established in the island for the development of educational software. After contact Osmany Torres Guerrero, developer of the subject in the region, we met on the creation of two new software, designed to “raise the quality of teaching and learning of priority subjects and the development of educational activities related to the information technologies, “said fellow instructor Youth Computer and Electronics.
Torres Guerrero explained what these two products: “The software My first letters is the principle that the child learns the phoneme-grapheme relationship, develop phonemic hearing exploiting the use of iconography, color, shape and size; distinctive elements of this age; also has precedential a story where the letters are personified and form a large family (A family of letters) .
Regarding software for computational skills, Playing learn to calculate , is developed as a support to the learning process of the two most important calculation operations at this stage: addition and subtraction “.
Pleased and eager to continue the work, Osmani said: “Expectations exceeded what was dreamed at first, as currently used in different educational centers of the territory, as an innovative way to facilitate learning in these two areas so important . In addition, parents of children in this age seek it as a means of preparation before starting the first grade, and then as suitable for training element of the knowledge acquired in class. “
WHAT NOW?
A criterion of César Labañino: “In technological terms, the educational software is in its best moments. I would say there is a concept of how to make Cuban educational software. I can assure you that we are in tune with what is done worldwide on issues of educational software, and anyone researching will not find in any country an extensive curricular support educational software the way we have, which is due mainly in the world this is very expensive. “
In the recently concluded First National Workshop on Computerization and Cybersecurity , Wilfredo Gonzalez, Deputy Minister of Communications, said to be updated national education programs to form a citizen ready to assimilate Information Technology and communication technologies (ICT).
If both agree on the importance of technological tool for education, and quality posed by these products, designed and created in Cuba, why in practice, that is, in Cuban classrooms do not have the necessary visibility? Let us know what you think about this issue, comment below …
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