Ecuadorian students learn programming software – Public News Agency of Ecuador

Quito, October 22 (Andes) .- Primary and Secondary Students of Ecuador are part of the new project of the National Government, #YoPuedoProgramar, which launched today the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society, in collaboration with Microsoft Ecuador, to encourage children in learning programming and management of code.

“We are installing software that allows learning to program, which will provide more skills to our children, so that all young people have access to these tools not only from the perspective of using software but of schedule, “said Augusto Espin, Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society.

He explained that the project focuses on the use of a “software for children, giving them the basic guidelines of programming and allows them to create small games and programs.”

Juan Carlos Cisneros, manager of Microsoft Ecuador, said these programs computers are “educationally scheduled for the boys to go breaking and developing cognitive abilities, methods of deduction, consistency, consistency, that will give them creative, analytical, critical thinking.”

In addition, he stressed that this is possible the new level of connectivity of Ecuador, which “has allowed the opening such programs to be generic, open”.

“Years ago we did not have the same level of connectivity to information highways, into the clouds would not have been able to have that scaling, we have it today, also that will enrich a production model, and Microsoft is putting so much emphasis on making available to the Ecuadorian businessman, the new innovative, new creative tools to remove investment barrier as the first block, “he said.

The businessman believes that the development of software and related in the country grow” geometrically “and trends, both creative and intellectual property level, “ripe”.

“exists in the country a whole ecosystem of basic software, cloud applications and tools available to developers,” he said.

Maria Paula Jaramillo, student Programming Mejia National Institute, said it was “hilarious” learning to program, because “everybody likes computer games, but better do yourself.”

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