DocumentCode
2748988
Title
Challenges in an emerging country: A digital divide case using robotics
Author
Gomes, Marcelo Carboni ; Barone, Dante Augusto Couto ; Horwath, Karla Chagas
Author_Institution
Programa de Pos-Grad. em Inf. na Educ., Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
fYear
2010
fDate
14-16 April 2010
Firstpage
1519
Lastpage
1524
Abstract
This digital divide case is sponsored by UNESCO and Brazilian Education Ministry as a pilot-project science and technology democratization initiative named RoboEdu. The main role is to allow that high school students can be the first technologies contacts using computers and robotics experiments due them low profile families remuneration. The initiative uses education interactions as main engine to guarantee the math and physics studies understanding and to reach the best cognitives practices approaching to the ideal pedagogic model. The teacher needs technical support also cause the language used must be translate to a simple vocabulary where students achieve the learning goals. The educator essential role starts to be several possibilities of knowledge generation not mattering anymore who knows technologies but through the part of the involved ones into orientation, participation and exchange of experiences. When the teachers and students are engaged on these activities pertaining to school evasion is reduced drastically.
Keywords
cognitive systems; computer aided instruction; robots; technical support services; Brazilian education ministry; RoboEdu; UNESCO; cognitives practices; digital divide case; high school students; ideal pedagogic model; learning goals; low profile families remuneration; math studies; physics studies; pilot project science; robotics; technical support; Bandwidth; Electronic mail; Frequency conversion; Interference; Large-scale systems; Long Term Evolution; Radio propagation; Radio spectrum management; Robots; Throughput; digital divide; educational learning; robotics; technologies;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Education Engineering (EDUCON), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location
Madrid
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6568-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-6570-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492346
Filename
5492346
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