free software and educational curriculum – The Tribuno.com.ar

The 11th edition of Flisol (flisol) in order to publicize and promote the use of free software in the province was conducted.

In the Amphitheatre of the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Jujuy (UNJu) students, teachers, entrepreneurs and interested persons were called.

This year, the distinction was given to the development for the first time and simultaneously the Festival in the town of Purmamarca, where through lectures, workshops and demonstrations at the Provincial School No. 18 “Professor Hector Hugo Cazón” the scope of this technological alternative is detailed.

organized the “Free Minds” (San Pedro de Jujuy) Civil Association “Free Society”; the Planning, Evaluation and Educational Information of the Ministry of Education of the Province and the Extension Department and Planning of the Faculty of Engineering (UNJu).

Cristian Canchi of “Free Society” Civil Association held that while the meeting is aimed at promoting the use of free software, this time we sought to emphasize the educational part. “We want to implement this subject into the curriculum because we consider it an important technological tool that students must be present between their educational guidelines,” he said.

To that end, he added, are working in coordination with the Ministry of Planning Extension and the Faculty of Engineering and the Department of Planning, Evaluation and Educational Information of the Ministry of Education of Jujuy. “We are networking with all institutions for this is in the curriculum and for this we will present three bills: the law open format, migration and a law that create a Directorate of Free Technologies in province, so that development is a commitment to the local part because Jujuy has very good developers, “noted Canchi.

Analia Zaya, president of the “Free Minds” Association of San Pedro explained that the following themes: Introduction to Free Technologies, Open Source Tools for Educational Planning, Pocket Water, Educabot-

Robotics applied to the service of Education; OpenGTS AVL System Open Source and discussion talks.

While Vanessa Humacata, Director of Planning, Evaluation and Educational Information, highlighted the participation and involvement of state agencies and assured that this responds to current policy guidelines on the field of computing. “It is important the presence of the Government and the Ministry of Education because our dependence have absolutely all the information of establishments that exist in Jujuy and the idea is to set up a single information system, which implies the need for the use of free software tools they are safe. “