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Title:
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TAKING COMPUTER SCIENCE TO THE UNDERPRIVILEGED SECTORS OF SOCIETY |
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Author(s):
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Javier F. Díaz , Claudia Banchoff Tzancoff , Viviana Harari , Ivana Harari |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-78-2 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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1 |
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Keywords:
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NGO, social diners, cybercafés, computer literacy, digital divide |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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347 |
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Last Page:
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354 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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From the beginning, the National University of La Plata (UNLP)[1] has had a strong commitment with the community,
stressing and encouraging various extension activities. The Computer Science School [2] of the UNLP was created in the
year 1999 and, ever since then, has participated in many activities to teach computer science to the least privileged
sectors of our society. We worked with senior citizens, representatives of social NGOs, teachers and professors of
different levels, Technological Community Centers representatives, etc. This year, the School began working on a project
called Reducing the digital divide in children and adolescents. This project, framed in the University Volunteering
Program of the National Ministry of Education [3], has the goal of taking technology to children and adolescents of low
economic resources which attend social diners, and to their families. This project is an undertaking of great social impact,
as it constitutes yet another manifestation among those encouraged by the University and the Faculty with the goal of
alleviating the digital divide existing between the who have access to technology and those who do not, by making ICTs
(Information &Communication Technologies) approachable for everyone. |
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