Challenges in an emerging country: A digital divide case using robotics

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.