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<strong>La</strong> introducción <strong>de</strong> herramientas digitales en el Centro21 es todo un <strong>de</strong>safío: no hay nada hecho hastaahora en el mundo que haya permitido trazar un camino,que dé una mínima orientación sobre cómoayudar a estos estudiantes en su etapa escolar, sea laprimaria o la secundaria.Los chicos que asisten a esta escuela lo hacen endoble turno: <strong>de</strong> 8.30 a 12.00 y <strong>de</strong> 13.30 a 16.30. Haycinco cursos por la mañana y tres cursos por la tar<strong>de</strong>.Por la tar<strong>de</strong> se suman los chicos que están integradosen la escuela común, y que reciben en el Centro 21apoyo pedagógico.En el lugar trabajan 20 maestras, algunas muy entusiasmadascon las nuevas inquietu<strong>de</strong>s que presentael plan Todos los Chicos en la Red. Otras, más resistentes,se atreven a algunas cosas y se niegan a otras.Algunas no quieren saber nada con apren<strong>de</strong>r nuevasestrategias para ayudar a sus alumnos en el aula, talvez porque están cerca <strong>de</strong> jubilarse o porque, simplemente,están convencidas <strong>de</strong>l método tradicional.Con estas diferentes situaciones a su alre<strong>de</strong>dor avanzaRomina Cúnzolo (34), la mentora <strong>de</strong>l Centro 21,una escuela situada en el barrio “Juan <strong>de</strong> Dios Garro”,una zona <strong>de</strong> clase media, con calles asfaltadas y arboladas,en la ciudad <strong>de</strong> San Luis. Muchos <strong>de</strong> los chicosque asisten a esta escuela pertenecen a familiasque reciben los planes sociales, o que accedieron acréditos para encarar emprendimientos pero que,aún con esta ayuda, no logran salir a<strong>de</strong>lante. Y esasituación suele ser un escollo adicional a la hora <strong>de</strong><strong>de</strong>finir nuevas estrategias <strong>de</strong> aprendizaje. Porque elcompromiso <strong>de</strong> la familia sigue siendo tan importanteaquí como en cualquier otra escuela <strong>de</strong> San Luis, o<strong>de</strong>l resto <strong>de</strong>l país.Romina <strong>de</strong>jó Buenos Aires hace dos años. Estaba cansada<strong>de</strong>l ruido, <strong>de</strong> la furia <strong>de</strong> la Capital Fe<strong>de</strong>ral. Siempretrabajó en el área <strong>de</strong> educación especial, con chicossordos. En uno <strong>de</strong> esos días <strong>de</strong> hartazgo con BuenosAires la convocaron <strong>de</strong> la <strong>Universidad</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>La</strong> <strong>Punta</strong> paraentrenarse e ingresar en el programa. “Me capacité yme contrataron. Mi función <strong>de</strong>s<strong>de</strong> entonces es fomentarel proyecto <strong>de</strong> la <strong>ULP</strong>. Y con esta escuela es hermoso74 |stu<strong>de</strong>nts in their school stage, be it primary or secondary level.Children who come to this school attend classes in the morning from8:30 to 12 and in the afternoon from 1:30 to 4:30 pm. There are 5courses in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. Children who attenda regular school in the morning join the afternoon classes to receivepedagogical support.There are 20 teachers working in this place, some of them are very enthusiasticabout the new quests presented by the Plan All Kids Online.Other teachers, more reluctant, accept some things and refuse others.Some of them are completely reluctant to learning new strategies tohelp stu<strong>de</strong>nts in the classroom, perhaps because they are close to retireor simply because they are convinced of the traditional method.With all these differences, Romina Cúnzolo (34) the mentor for Center21 moves forward. The school is located in the neighborhood “Juan <strong>de</strong>Dios Garro”, a middle class area with paved streets and trees in the cityof San Luis. Many children who come to this school belong to familiesthat are beneficiaries of a social plan or who were granted credits tostart their own entrepreneurship but in spite of this contribution, theystill cannot stay afloat. That situation is sometimes an additional obstaclewhen it comes to <strong>de</strong>fining new learning strategies. The family’scommitment is still as important here as in any other school in SanLuis, or in the rest of the country.Romina left Buenos Aires two years ago. She was tired of the noise,the fury of the capital. She always worked in the area of special education,with hearing impaired children. One of those days, when shewas sick of Buenos Aires, she was called from <strong>La</strong> <strong>Punta</strong> University toattend a training course and enter the program. “I did the course andI was hired. My job since is to foster the University Project. And workingin this school is awesome. There are teachers who are unwillingto incorporating the technical media but from position I try to makethem see how easy is for these children to acces information, whichotherwise would be extremely difficult”, Romina states. As soon as she

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