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cursos en marcha: el jardín <strong>de</strong> infantes, el <strong>de</strong> 1º y 2º, yel <strong>de</strong> 3º a 6º grado.Ingresamos al aula <strong>de</strong>l plurigrado <strong>de</strong> 3º a 6º. Lo primeroque impacta es la pizarra digital en medio <strong>de</strong>la pared, a la izquierda <strong>de</strong> la puerta, flanqueada pordos pizarrones negros, los tradicionales, sobre los quetodos aprendimos nuestras lecciones, hasta cuandofuimos a la universidad. Después, la escenografía habitual:una biblioteca, un armario típico, <strong>de</strong>spintado,color azul, para guardar los útiles y 16 pupitres, conchicos y sin chicos sobre ellos según el momento <strong>de</strong>la clase en que cada uno transite.Claro, también están las computadoras, las Classmate.Y los chicos, algunos con guardapolvos, otros sinellos. En el medio <strong>de</strong> la escena, la maestra Olga García(52) que va <strong>de</strong> un lado a otro, <strong>de</strong> un pupitre al otro, <strong>de</strong>la pizarra digital al fondo <strong>de</strong>l aula. Al lado <strong>de</strong> uno <strong>de</strong>los pizarrones tradicionales, Olga tiene en un pupitresu notebook Olivetti, don<strong>de</strong> guarda las dinámicas <strong>de</strong>clase y se conecta a la pizarra digital. Es una clase untanto caótica frente a lo que estamos acostumbramosa ver, absolutamente apoteósica si tenemos eltupé <strong>de</strong> compararla con esas clases que, en plenascampañas electorales, suelen mostrar los spot políticos<strong>de</strong> televisión.En este supuesto “<strong>de</strong>sor<strong>de</strong>n” los alumnos <strong>de</strong> esta escuelaen Donovan obtuvieron las mejores calificaciones entretodas las escuelas <strong>de</strong> la provincia que ya cuentan con herramientasdigitales <strong>de</strong>s<strong>de</strong> 2009, cuando se realizaron lasprimeras mediciones sobre el impacto <strong>de</strong> su ingreso enel aula.Hoy, un grupo apren<strong>de</strong> geometría y busca en las máquinascuáles y cómo son las letras <strong>de</strong>l alfabeto griego. <strong>La</strong> or<strong>de</strong>nse imparte <strong>de</strong>s<strong>de</strong> la pizarra digital y, luego, los chicostienen que realizar las búsquedas en la Web.“¡Señoooooooooo!”, se escucha a cada rato, y ahí estáOlga, acompañando a cada chico en su consulta. “Loschicos <strong>de</strong> 4º, 5º y 6º <strong>de</strong>ben encontrar al menos cincoletras <strong>de</strong>l alfabeto griego y las escriben en la carpeta”,or<strong>de</strong>na la maestra, quien un rato <strong>de</strong>spués or<strong>de</strong>naal mejor estilo “nerd”, con una jerga informática cadavez más popular: “¡Gugleen (por buscar en Google)ejemplos <strong>de</strong>l alfabeto griego!” Una vez que hallen re-| 192nd gra<strong>de</strong>, and a course that inclu<strong>de</strong>s from 3rd to 6th gra<strong>de</strong>.We entered the classroom that gathers stu<strong>de</strong>nts from 3rd to 6th gra<strong>de</strong>.The first thing that called our attention is a digital board on thewall, on the left of the door and surroun<strong>de</strong>d by two traditional blackboard,the ones on which we learnt our lessons from primary schoolto the university. Then, the regular scenery: a bookshelf, a fa<strong>de</strong>d bluesteel cabinet, and 16 <strong>de</strong>sks with kids and empties according to themoment of the class.Of course, there are also the computers, the Classmates and kids,some of them with white smocks. Olga García (52) the teacher is inthe middle of the scene and walks from one si<strong>de</strong> to the other, fromone <strong>de</strong>sk to another, from the digital board to the bottom of the classroom.Near one of the traditional boards, on a <strong>de</strong>sk, we see Olga’sOlivetti notebook, where she keeps the class dynamics and from whereshe connects to the digital board. It is a caotic classroom comparedto what we are used to, absolutely frantic if we dare to compare itto those classrooms that are usually shown in TV ads during politicalcampaigns.In this supposed “disor<strong>de</strong>r” stu<strong>de</strong>nts from this school in Donovan obtainedthe best marks among all other schools of the province, whichalready have digital tools since 2009, when the first measurementson the impact of the implementation of these tools were carried out.Today, a group learns geometry and looks up online in the notebookswhich are the letters of the Greek alphabet. They are told what to dothrough the digital board, and they then look up for information onthe web.“Miss!!” is heard repeatedly, and there goes Olga, answering everychild’s quest. “Children in 4th, 5th and 6th gra<strong>de</strong> should find at leastfive letters of the Greek alphabet and then write them down in thenote book”, the teacher asks, and a few minutes after, in a very nerdstyle she claims: “Google examples of the Greek alphabet!”. Once theyfind copies of alpha, omega, epsilon, and other letters, stu<strong>de</strong>nts must

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