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		<title>Diplomado: Historia y Crítica de la Arquitectura Mexicana Contemporánea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>.hj barraza</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MARCO te invita al Diplomado: Historia y Crítica de la Arquitectura Mexicana Contemporánea 
Exponentes: Arq. Agustín Landa V, Arq. Roberto Romero, en sesiones de interlocución entre ambos exponentes. Catedráticos del Taller Cátedra Blanca CEMEX-ITESM, del ITESM Campus Monterrey. 

5 sesiones del 23 de agosto al 27 de septiembre
Sábados de 11:00 a 1:00 pm
Costo: $1,250 pesos [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #ff6600; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #ff6600;">MARCO</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: gray;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: gray;"> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f;">te invita al </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f;">Diplomado: Historia y Crítica de la Arquitectura Mexicana Contemporánea </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f;">Exponentes: Arq. Agustín Landa V, Arq. Roberto Romero, en sesiones de interlocución entre ambos exponentes. Catedráticos del Taller Cátedra Blanca <span>CEMEX</span>-ITESM, del ITESM <span>Campus</span> Monterrey. </span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f;">5 sesiones del 23 de agosto al 27 de septiembre</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f;">Sábados de 11:00 a 1:00 pm</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f;">Costo: $1,250 pesos </span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #5f5f5f;">Contenido: México no quedó exento de la influencia del Movimiento Moderno de las primeras décadas del siglo XX, fue incluso una fuerte plataforma para que este movimiento arquitectónico consiguiera sus mejores ejemplos de como un movimiento de carácter internacional se acoplara sincrónicamente a una cultura local, un hecho que en nuestros días se ha perdido por completo. El curso analizará histórica y teóricamente la producción de arquitectura en nuestro país desde 1910 hasta nuestros días. Se revisarán, por medio de casos de estudio, las obras y los proyectos de los principales autores que dieron las bases y aquellos que son protagonistas de la arquitectura mexicana en la actualidad.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;"><br />
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<p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #666666;">Beatriz M. Castillo</span></span></strong></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #666666; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #666666;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Amplitude-Light; color: #666666;"><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:recepcion@marco.org.mx" target="_blank">recepcion@marco.org.mx</a><br />
</span>Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.marco.org.mx/" target="_blank">www.marco.org.mx</a></span><br />
Conmutador: 52 (81) 8262-4500</span></span></p>
<p>Image by<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/miedo/2047694013/"> Carlos Bravo</a>, Arte Terrestre</p>
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		<title>Urban Agriculture</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>.hj barraza</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[“ [A]n industry that produces, processes and markets food and fuel, largely in response to the daily demand of consumers within a town, city, or metropolis, on land and water dispersed throughout the urban and peri-urban area, applying intensive production methods, using and reusing natural resources and urban wastes to yield a diversity of crops [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>“ [A]n industry that produces, processes and markets food and fuel, largely in response to the daily demand of consumers within a town, city, or metropolis, on land and water dispersed throughout the urban and peri-urban area, applying intensive production methods, using and reusing natural resources and urban wastes to yield a diversity of crops and livestock.”</em></p>
<h1><strong>Facts</strong></h1>
<ul>
<li>50% of the world’s population lives in cities.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture#cite_note-5">[6]</a></sup></li>
<li>800 million people are involved in urban agriculture world-wide and contribute to feeding urban residents.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture#cite_note-6">[7]</a></sup></li>
<li>Low income urban dwellers spend between 40% and 60% of their income on food each year.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture#cite_note-7">[8]</a></sup></li>
<li>By 2015 about 26 cities in the world are expected to have a population of 10 million or more. To feed a city of this size – at least 6000 tonnes of food must be imported each day.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture#cite_note-8">[9]</a></sup></li>
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<p>With the increasing costs of food, and the misuse of cropping lands for bio fuels, Urban Agriculture seems an obvious solution for importing food, which helps to generate employment and decrease costs, and reduce contamination produced to transport food across states and countries.</p>
<p>Any major technology or process that leverages the adoption of Urban Agricutlure and Horticulture will gain great economic and social value. From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_gardening">Guerilla Gardening</a> and Local Markets to Urban and PeriUrban Crops.</p>
<p>There exists a great development and social opportunity for business in urban irrigation, distribution</p>
<p>In Mexico cities like Monterrey, Guadalupe, Santa Catarina etc, there are city wide local markets called Mercado de Abastos, yet they import from long distances and while they offer an open market solution (free prices) they operate under un-optimal conditions and are centralized.</p>
<p>For a deeper insight please read more at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture">Wikipedias</a> references its practically a whole argument in favour of urban agriculture systems, for economic and social development, including wellfare, health and pollution.</p>
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		<title>EnMedio No.9</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>.hj barraza</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Quoting Goleech


por fin, la ediciÃ³n #9 de la revista enmedio estÃ¡ circulando.
chaquetas mentales y xofol. para todos los gustos, lo polÃ­tico y lo relax. pÃ¡sele.

bÃ¡jala aquÃ­:
ediciÃ³n CUERO MIL
7.4 MB en formato PDF
http://goleech.nmty.org/enmedio/enmedio9.pdf

comentarios, sugerencias y/o mentadas, aquÃ­ en este correo.
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haz tu buena obra del dÃ­a. dÃ¡le FWD a tus contactos para que [...]]]></description>
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<div class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left: 30px;">por fin, la ediciÃ³n #9 de la revista en<strong>m</strong>edio estÃ¡ circulando.</p>
<p><em>chaquetas mentales</em> y <em>xofol</em>. para todos los gustos, lo polÃ­tico y lo relax. pÃ¡sele.<br />
<strong><br />
</strong>bÃ¡jala aquÃ­:</p>
<p><strong>ediciÃ³n CUERO MIL</strong><br />
7.4 MB en formato PDF<br />
<a href="http://goleech.nmty.org/enmedio/enmedio9.pdf" target="_blank">http://goleech.nmty.org/enmedio/enmedio9.pdf</a><br />
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</strong>comentarios, sugerencias y/o mentadas, aquÃ­ en este correo.<br />
grupo en facebook: enMedio<br />
blog: <a href="http://revistaenmedio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">revistaenmedio.wordpress.com/</a></p>
<p>haz tu buena obra del dÃ­a. dÃ¡le FWD a tus contactos para que lean los textos y vean los diseÃ±os de los enmedieros. lo hacemos por amor al arte.
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		<title>Monterrey Wind: aftermath</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>.hj barraza</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok it has been days since, but i guess its better to share the pictures now than never share them.
The Following is my twitter updates from that day
After yesterdays winds, today we have the clearest skies, all mountains are clearly visible, beautyfull, and it only costs two lifesÂ Â  02:03 PM March 19, 2008
Alejandro Vazques posted [...]]]></description>
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<p>Ok it has been days since, but i guess its better to share the pictures now than never share them.</p>
<p>The Following is my twitter updates from that day</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">After yesterdays winds, today we have the clearest skies, all mountains are clearly visible, beautyfull, and it only costs two lifesÂ Â  02:03 PM March 19, 2008</p>
<p>Alejandro Vazques posted a video. Its like a memorial to my fallen tree http://tinyurl.com/3cby3h 11:23 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>@Phedre i dont have any new information, i lack of any other media for now. no radio no tv, but with wind under 20km/h planes wont be a prob 11:18 PM March 18, 2008 in reply to Phedre</p>
<p>@oso wind is now below 30km/hr tomorrow it will be 20 and the day after tomorrow 19. the real danger has been left behind 10:40 PM March 18, 2008 in reply to oso</p>
<p>@Phedre well it was bad, few people got hurt two deads, lots of material damage but its not the end of the world. things are better now 10:39 PM March 18, 2008 in reply to Phedre</p>
<p>things are almost back2 normal in monterrey. im online thanks to my sisters fancy wimax, no electricity till tomorrow, we&#8217;ll do aftermath 10:28 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>I always wanted a greener home, now i have a fallen tree decorating my backdoor 07:30 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>So im back at least for 1 hr. but no thing else but a dialup and no electricity. its all boring around here, its all safe,but boring 06:41 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>hjbarraza lost internet connection and electricity. he&#8217;ll be back online as soon as he can. 04:35 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>@Monterrey, im on dialup waiting broadband to return, i got batteries for the radio : ) 03:32 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>@Monterrey A gym in Santa Catarina was emptied after its windows crashed, members rushed to leave some of them leaving cars and belongin &#8230; &#8230; 03:22 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>@monterrey The wind shattered the windows of several floors of a Public Hospital (Seguro Social) in San Nicolas 03:13 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>.hj barrazaÂ Â  Â Â Â  Â hjbarrazaÂ  Some car with license PW03268 lost control in San Pedro in the middle of a bridge that crosses Santa Catarina river (puente miravalle)Â Â  03:12 PM March 18, 2008Â Â  Icon_star_emptyÂ  Icon_trash</p>
<p>Several Gas Stations in San Nicolas have been closed (including master pipes) to avoid further explosions 03:01 PM March 18, 2008<br />
here is a short video by Milenio http://tinyurl.com/2rhxfz 02:59 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>Ave. Sendero Ave. Universidad and Ave. Barragan have been closed. Trailers keep exploding creating a huge column of fire and smoke 02:50 PM March 18, 2008<br />
Some more warehouses got on fire in Apodaca, 02:49 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>A Huge fire started in the limits of San Nicolas and Escobedo, after some explosions reached 7 trailers. 02:49 PM March 18, 2008<br />
All flights have been cancelled, winds are now over 100 kmph 02:32 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>A half a bridge collapsed near UANL (Ave. Universidad i believe) 02:27 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>Shopping Mall Sendero is closed, several Transformes exploded inside 02:26 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>a Billboard fell on top of a Passenger Bus, driver was taken to the hospital. this was near ITESM in &#8220;Garza Sada&#8221; and &#8220;2 de Abril&#8221; 02:25 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>A baby is missing after parents where involved in an accident, they are at hospital and police is looking for the baby in Guadalupe 02:24 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>A cell phone tower fell over the subway rail in Mitras Norte 02:23 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>Lights when out in most of Down Town Santa Catarina, due the strongs winds, phones are still working 01:34 PM March 18, 2008</p>
<p>so monterrey has been declared in state of emergency, strong winds are blowing everything down (even some cars) two dead people and tree &#8230; &#8230; 01:32 PM March 18, 2008</p>
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First came starbucks, they placed one right in the middle of campus. I first thought they where building an extension of the new biotech lab, or some kind of space for students to hack around. but no no no, it was a over priced, over hyped coffe shop.
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<p>First came starbucks, they placed one right in the middle of campus. I first thought they where building an extension of the new biotech lab, or some kind of space for students to hack around. but no no no, it was a over priced, over hyped coffe shop.</p>
<p>We have a space crisis at campus, there is no space for researchers, scientists and entrepenurs and they pull this kind of shit !</p>
<p>Then they started to let restaurant franchises in.. (ok not that bad we sometimes need to eat)</p>
<p>And now the first official Apple Store in Mexico will be inside campus. First in Monterrey and then all other campus in the country.</p>
<p>WTF !!!!</p>
<p><strong>I remember the good old days where University was meant to learn, research and develop, not a shopping mall.</strong> Whats next Luis Vuitton ?</p>
<p>Please can&#8217;t they just leave whats left of our dignity and leave consumerism at least across the street? they have to invade our knowledge sanctuary? And then they ask why graduates students rank so low.</p>
<p>jesus</p>
<p>im sorry, it just pisses me off so much</p>
<p>Thanks for listening,</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[La investigaciÃ³n de la ComisiÃ³n de EducaciÃ³n Publica de la CÃ¡mara de Diputados involucra a RamÃ³n MuÃ±oz, Jefe de la Oficina la Presidencia para la InnovaciÃ³n Gubernamental durante el sexenio de Vicente Fox, con irregularidades en las licitaciones del equipo del programa Enciclomedia. El documento seÃ±ala que el actual senador del PAN debe ser investigado, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>La investigaciÃ³n de la ComisiÃ³n de EducaciÃ³n Publica de la CÃ¡mara de Diputados involucra a RamÃ³n MuÃ±oz, Jefe de la Oficina la Presidencia para la InnovaciÃ³n Gubernamental durante el sexenio de Vicente Fox, con irregularidades en las licitaciones del equipo del programa Enciclomedia. El documento seÃ±ala que el actual senador del PAN debe ser investigado, porque hay testimonios de ex funcionarios que indican que desde su oficina, en Los Pinos, se prepararon las licitaciones, y luego se definiÃ³ d<em><a href="http://foxylandia.blogspot.com/2007/12/apuntan-muoz-por-enciclomedia.html" target="_blank"> read full story </a></em></p>
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		<title>Re: for Gilad</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gilad left a question in another post, the answer turn out to be so extend that i had to make it a post.
HJ - Iâ€™m curious - do u know of specific areas in Mexico which are planned to receive the device? Any govâ€™t initiative to buy a bunch of them and distribute?As cool as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://giladlotan.com/blog/">Gilad left</a> a question in <a href="http://hj.ukini.org/olpc-xo-over-classmate/#comment-2361">another post</a>, the answer turn out to be so extend that i had to make it a post.<br />
<blockquote>HJ - Iâ€™m curious - do u know of specific areas in Mexico which are planned to receive the device? Any govâ€™t initiative to buy a bunch of them and distribute?As cool as this project is, I wonder if its not better to use up all that money it cost to develop and put it directly in the hands of those in need - make sure education in their schools is better, make sure kids are given food at school, make sure they have clothing, etc. The basicsâ€¦ before handing them a shiny new laptop.</p></blockquote>
<p>Hey Gilad, its great to hear from you.Government is actually evaluating classmates and XO&#8217;s (the few xo government has are thanks to carlitos fatboy slim) I don&#8217;t know officially where is the ministry of education placing the laptops. But we know for sure that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim_Hel%C3%BA">Carlos Slim</a> spent 70 million for 250,000 XOs, which will be delivered to Ciudad NezahualcÃ³yotl in Mexico State, and Tuxtla GutiÃ©rrez in Chiapas.Your question is indeed very polemic pervasive among developing countries, why give a laptop when then have nothing to eat.Well, in MÃ©xico its a difficult question to answer, not all MÃ©xico is a starving community of indigenous people. And while assuring the basic needs for ALL Mexicans should be a priority, such responsibility is in hands of SEDESOL (Ministry for Social Development) whereas Education is for SE (Ministry of Education). I do agree that they are a lot of schools specially in rural communities that need a lot of attention,  (i usually sleep in one when i travel to rural areas) both in infrastructure and human capital. I can&#8217;t speak for Government but I believe they think an XO will increase the skills that the current education provides, or rather&#8230; provide an &#8220;global education&#8221;. They are currently in some states, projects that involve this two organizations to provide basic attention to children, such as free breakfast.I just realized that even if we delivered XO&#8217;s to all children, the education system is not prepared for such a leap. Teachers lack of any information literacy, and are lead by a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elba_Esther_Gordillo#Allegations_of_Corruption">corrupt leader</a> that has for long stopped their own development.Somehow i fear that XO might end up like the <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enciclomedia">Enciclomedia Project</a>, surrounded by corruption dubious contracts and a terrible operation plan (Enciclomedia director Felipe Bracho, just left us an <a href="http://hj.ukini.org/carta-abierta-a-felipe-bracho/#comment-2355">open message</a> in another post, sorry is in spanish try babel fish of google language tools). They even try to silence a lot of critics out there <a href="http://hj.ukini.org/vandalism-on-enciclomedias-article-in-wikipedia/">deleting content from wikipedia.</a>No matter how much we invest in tech, without a clear evolution of our education models, all similar efforts (tech related) will be pretty much a failure.We had a round table last week, within the <a href="http://globalkbdweek.mty.itesm.mx/">global knowledge based development week</a>, (the first knowledge cities summit). and discussed the topic &#8220;Education for knowledge Societies&#8221; we had David Garza, the dean of information technologies and engineering in <a href="http://mty.itesm.mx">Monterrey Tech, </a><a href="http://e-rgonomic.blogspot.com/">Cristobal Cobo</a>, the head of FLACSO Education platform and <a href="http://gabrielkent.com/">Gabriel Kent</a> Social Media Technologist.David shared with us the phenomena of new technology in education, with each new tech, education organizations thought that all of their problems where solved, (radio, tv, internet, and now ubiquitous computing.) it seems we are about to make the same mistake.Cristobal Cobo, stressed the relevance of developing adaptive experts rather than routine experts,  (be able to learn, unlearn, adapt knowledge to new context etc.)And Kent, was merciless with closed intellectual property and non-common education goods.If somehow we can manage to combine this three elements, inside a education model for knowledge society, we will be able to make it.Betty Huergo, head of the <a href="http://AIM-NET.MX/">American Institute of Monterrey</a> has already started a pilot program and even including a small public school to share their innovations. I think its a great way to go.Ubiquitous Computing, is just a challenge of many that our education revolutions requires.I don&#8217;t know if its the most urgent one, but its the easiest one at the moment
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<li>1) Correct Teaching Minds&#8230; maybe i would start by, teaching teachers how to teach, so learners learn how to learn (hahaha, no really) Our teachers still think, that they job is to transfer knowledge. We need to educate our teachers so they can help students to be active and perpetual learners.</li>
<li> 2) FOSE (free and open source education)&#8230; Its IMPERATIVE that we open up the intellectual property that we have and include open knowledge in our education system , it will increase the quality, lower the costs, and help our people understand what knowledge based economies stand for.</li>
<li>3) Information Literacy&#8230; You would be amazed by the lack of information skills that affects the education system in Mexico.</li>
<li> 4) Technology Infrastructure&#8230; ok once we have all of the above, we can start taking care of the XO, personal media players, and information portals etc.</li>
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<p>It can&#8217;t be done at the same timeframe for all of Mexico, but at least we should make sure that any effort on any community doesn&#8217;t lack of all the components, if not, we will once again, throw our money, time and our children&#8217;s future to the trash.To evolve our education system is a relevant issue against poverty, (its the only way we have to fight poverty) while we shouldn&#8217;t forget the basic need of our people, we cannot afford not to try to evolve it. I just hope we don&#8217;t leave it in hands of the wrong people. Maybe its time the private sector and civil society take problems in their hand instead of trusting our most valuable resource to the government&#8230;</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today a friend sent me a link to several videos, where enciclomedia was the center of a debate. I still havent watched them all, but ill be sure to download and save them in a safe place.here you go.http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F02F503F6A226B51
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today a friend sent me a link to several videos, where enciclomedia was the center of a debate. I still havent watched them all, but ill be sure to download and save them in a safe place.here you go.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F02F503F6A226B51">http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F02F503F6A226B51</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 19:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today as i started my Monday session on the web, my mind paralyzed for over it seamed more than 5 minutes in emptiness&#8230;I was trying to fully understand what i has just realized.Even within our own education rescue plans, the vices of our idiosyncrasy that narrow our minds have seem to take effect. Is so [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today as i started my Monday session on the web, my mind paralyzed for over it seamed more than 5 minutes in emptiness&#8230;I was trying to fully understand what i has just realized.Even within our own education rescue plans, the vices of our idiosyncrasy that narrow our minds have seem to take effect. Is so evident that our own education programs obstruct our cultural development?Was it possible that the own leaders of the project vandalize <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enciclomedia">their information</a>?Mr. <a href="maitlo:aguzman1526@hotmail.com">Alejandro Guzman</a> kindly <a href="http://hj.ukini.org/carta-abierta-a-felipe-bracho/#comment-1766">revitalized</a> my almost lost interest on Enciclomedia Project. After my brief response i decided to go back to my information sources and look for some updates, that is how i found out about Colin Bryton and his excellent notes on the topic.Further more I return to Wikipedia with the hope to see some new knowledge on the project. For my surprise I saw myself before a sad surprise.Almost all content from the <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enciclomedia">article</a> had been deleted. Only copy-paste content from the governments&#8217; web-sites appear along with a lame excuse in defence of the project where an discussion related to the content edition should be.My first reaction was obviously think of our governments&#8217; party.After all they demonstrated an affection to hide manipulated and cheat on their own reports.But I fought against my first instincts and decided to do a proper analysis of the situation.I, personally am not a very savvy wikipedia user. so i went to the irc channel and presented the case&#8230; within no more than 2 minutes the content was restored along with the previous discussion pages (one point for open democracy).After the damaged had been reverted, I was still curious about this mysterious changes. So I went and dug some more.So it happened to be that our arbitrary editor user with ip: 148.245.60.60 was asked not to edit the article in such manner or would be banned. Ok an ip.. we have something now.<br />
<blockquote>Hola, 148.245.60.60. Te agradecerÃ© no edites arbitrariamente los artÃ­culos; otros editores deben perder tiempo valioso en revertir tus acciones y empaÃ±as la imagen de Wikipedia que puede hacerse un visitante ocasional. Recuerda ademÃ¡s que las ediciones arbitrarias pueden ser consideradas un acto de vandalismo (lo que nos obligarÃ­a a bloquearte) y que tienes la zona de pruebas para hacer ensayos de ediciÃ³n. Gracias. Tano Â¿comentarios? 23:06 7 mar 2007 (CET)Â </p></blockquote>
<p>Whats even more, whois 148.245.60.60 guides us directly to:<br />
<blockquote>owner:Â Â Â Â Â Â  <a href="http://ilce.edu.mx/">INSTIT LATINOAMERICANO DE LA COMUNICACION EDUCATIVA</a>ownerid:Â Â Â Â  MX-ILLC1-LACNICaddress:Â Â Â Â  ARENAL NO. 550.address:Â Â Â Â  CIUDAD DE MEXICO, DF 16020country:Â Â Â Â  MXÂ </p></blockquote>
<p>Same <a href="http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=148.245.60.60">IP and whois information that of our kindest Alejandro Guzman</a>, who works for Enciclomedia. Where does all this information takes me&#8230;Well&#8230; it seems that someone inside the Enciclomedia Project and ILCE has been investing a lot of effort trying to hide all information that doesn&#8217;t defend the project.If it wasn&#8217;t enough with all the political problems they have found themselves with corruption administration and logistics. They keep playing the game&#8230;They deleted:
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<li>Critics</li>
<li>References</li>
<li>Detailes on Documents and Names</li>
<li>Links to further information</li>
<li>etc.</li>
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<p>The only way to gain the confidence, trust and support from the people is talking clearly, open and transparently.As i once said&#8230; We are not the same country nor generation as we were in the 80&#8217;s. You can&#8217;t control people by manipulating information, not in this era where openness and collaboration is a modus operandi.We all want Enciclomedia to work, but hiding mistakes wont make it work&#8230;Open people&#8230; think open.When you share you problems and mistakes, people will learn from them and will help you solve them.</p>
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El creador del programa Enciclomedia, Felipe Bracho, asegurÃ³ que MÃ©xico se ha colocado a la vanguardia en la enseÃ±anza con este mÃ©todo, pues ningÃºn paÃ­s de LatinoamÃ©rica cuenta con un software similar.MÃ¡s aÃºn, dijo, la Ãºnica [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>El dÃ­a 4 de marzo, 2007, el economista publico <a href="http://www.economista.com.mx/articulos/2007-03-04-31439">una nota </a>por JosÃ© Juan Reyes que me cayo como cachetada.<br />
<blockquote>El creador del programa Enciclomedia, Felipe Bracho, asegurÃ³ que MÃ©xico se ha colocado a la vanguardia en la enseÃ±anza con este mÃ©todo, pues ningÃºn paÃ­s de LatinoamÃ©rica cuenta con un software similar.MÃ¡s aÃºn, dijo, la Ãºnica naciÃ³n, a nivel mundial, que supera a la nuestra es Inglaterra, pero sÃ³lo en nÃºmero de equipos instalados en las escuelas, no en la calidad.En entrevista el coordinador de InformÃ¡tica Educativa del Instituto Latinoamericano de la ComunicaciÃ³n Educativa (ILCE) pidiÃ³ no golpear al sistema de aprendizaje, sino darle mayor impulso para romper la brecha digital para permitir que los alumnos y profesores de educaciÃ³n primaria aprovechen al mÃ¡ximo la tecnologÃ­a.Â </p></blockquote>
<p>Dr. Bracho:Me parece que en algÃºn momento el proyecto Enciclomedia se olvido de su principal objetivo. Mejorar la Calidad de educaciÃ³n en el paÃ­s. Mas allÃ¡ de las bonitas palabras y manifiestos de innovaciÃ³n que nos presenta el documento oficial; nuestro gobierno se debe de preocupar no por implementar la mejor tecnologÃ­a que podamos en nuestras escuelas, sino implementar los mejores modelos educativos para elevar nuestra decadente calidad escolar.En diversas ocasiones me he topado con el comentario en el cual usted nos considera a la vanguardia en enseÃ±anza por el hecho de contar con enciclomedia. Si sus palabras son sinceras, he de afirmar con todo respeto que se encuentra usted muy engaÃ±ado.Nuestro modelo educativo sigue siendo el mismo y el hecho de tener un pizarrÃ³n interactivo ligado a un enciclopedia no cambia en lo absoluto la forma en que nuestros alumnos aprenden (aprenden?). El modelo sigue siendo exactamente el mismo que en la reforma de los 70&#8217;s:* Un maestro al frente del salÃ³n* Un PizarrÃ³n donde plasmar conocimiento* Un grupo de alumnos intentando memorizar la mayor cantidad de informaciÃ³n posible.Esto inhabilita el que nuestros alumnos desarrollen todas las habilidades intelectuales que requieren para mejorar su calidad de vida.Probablemente nadie en latino-america lo tiene, porque han identificado a tiempo la diferencia entre educaciÃ³n y tecnologÃ­as de informaciÃ³n. No por obtener la tecnologÃ­a, nuestro modelo educativo obtendrÃ¡ las reformas requeridas ni elevara su calidad.Por otra parte la calidad del sistema es en realidad bastante cuestionable, costoso y poco sustentable.Es un desarrollo tecnolÃ³gico basado en software propietario que es costoso de mantener, desarrollar y actualizar. Hace uso de licencias de alto costo que no son requeridas para obtener los objetivos que nuestros alumnos necesitan (windows, office, encarta ???).El contenido del acervo de conocimiento sigue siendo propietario y cerrado, no facilita la creaciÃ³n y transferencia de nuevo conocimiento entre profesores y alumnos. Un claro ejemplo de una buena implementaciÃ³n de un acervo de conocimiento para educaciÃ³n es el del Estado de California, quienes haciendo uso de software libre y acervos abiertos, ahorran al aÃ±o USD$400,000,000.00 (un solo estado, mucho que el costo de todo enciclomedia).Para subsanar la brecha digital en el paÃ­s, los alumnos deberÃ­an de poder tener acceso a conocimiento abierto y ubicuo, no limitado solo al conocimiento propietario de una enciclopedia cerrada.Deben de poder leer escribir y compartir por si mismos, no estar subyugados a un pizarrÃ³n que no les permite tener una experiencia personal, y que en muchos de los casos nadie a su alrededor comprende como usar la tecnologÃ­a.No nos engaÃ±emos al creer que por haber invertido millones, y haber obtenido juguetes bonitos, estamos a la vanguardia de la educaciÃ³n, nuestra calidad sigue siendo muy inferior a la de los estÃ¡ndares mÃ­nimos internacionales. Nuestros alumnos no se alfabetizan en informÃ¡tica por ver un pizarrÃ³n, nuestros maestros no comprenden la tecnologÃ­a y no tienen acceso a capacitaciÃ³n. y lo mas peligroso es que nuestros alumnos no estÃ¡n desarrollando las competencias que necesitaran para competir en una economÃ­a globalizada.Incluso de haber implementado todo el proyecto sin ninguna anomalÃ­a, sin ningÃºn obstÃ¡culo y todo como se tenia planeado, seguirÃ­a siendo un fracaso educativo.No es innovativo, no es creativo y no aporta valor real alguno al desarrollo de nuestros alumnos. Existen actualmente tecnologÃ­as y soluciones gratuitas que hubieran permitido alcanzar los objetivos prometidos a un costo  mucho menor y con mucha mas eficiencia. Me parece que Nuestro Consejo de Ciencia y TecnologÃ­a sigue estando aÃ±os atrÃ¡s en materia de comprensiÃ³n tecnolÃ³gica, esto se trata de obtener la mejor educaciÃ³n, no intentar implementar la mejor y mas costosa tecnologÃ­a. DespuÃ©s de todas las irregularidades, pÃ©sima planeaciÃ³n, e implementaciÃ³n; el pedirnos a los mexicanos (sobre todo a los jÃ³venes) que impulsemos semejante iniciativa me resulta un gran descaro de su parte.Los jÃ³venes creemos en la innovaciÃ³n para la educaciÃ³n, en que podemos usar las tecnologÃ­as para renovar nuestro paÃ­s y mejorar nuestras sociedades. Confiamos en cientÃ­ficos e intelectuales, pero no creemos en un tono polÃ­tico de los 70&#8217;s en el cual obedecemos solo por obedecer. Somos jÃ³venes, no ingenuos.En nombre de todos los jÃ³venes de MÃ©xico, le pido que se invierta una mayor cantidad de esfuerzo en la planeaciÃ³n y conceptualizacion de proyecto de los cuales depende el futuro de nuestro paÃ­s. Si hemos de hacer esto, vamos a hacerlo bien.Queremos progresar, no estancarnos ni retroceder.Por un MÃ©xico mejor.</p>
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		<title>Some concerns regarding Enciclomedia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This have been some of the last searches, many of them regarding Enciclomedia.Im sorry to upset you guys, but i dont provide any content regarding enciclomedia mainly for the following reasons:
1. Its copyrighted: yes&#8230; indeed, and you might not distribute it for &#8220;el hermano mayor&#8221; would go sue-crazy on your ass. It seems someone thought [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://hj.ukini.org/wp-content/uploads/picture-2.png" id="image85" alt="searches001" />This have been some of the last searches, many of them regarding Enciclomedia.Im sorry to upset you guys, but i dont provide any content regarding enciclomedia mainly for the following reasons:<br />
<blockquote><strong>1. Its copyrighted</strong>: yes&#8230; indeed, and you might not distribute it for &#8220;el hermano mayor&#8221; would go sue-crazy on your ass. It seems someone thought that having closed and proprietary material for PUBLIC schools wasn&#8217;t a good idea.<strong>2. It&#8217;s based on commercial software:</strong> yes&#8230; you guessed it, good old balmer sold lots of licenses of windows, office and encarta to our schools so if you want content for your schools you would probably have to pay more for it. besides im unsure if uploading your own content to the platform is possible.<strong>3. I personally don&#8217;t endorse enciclomedia</strong>Even if it was open source, free and worked as they told it would. Goverment has invested big time in this technology, but has made a lot of mistakes of conceptions. Enciclomedia doesn&#8217;t change the way children learn nor help them develop requiered skills. If you revise the &#8220;white book&#8221; report of results, you might actually find that the children that used enciclomedia did worse than those who didn&#8217;t.</p></blockquote>
<p>It uses the same old paradigm of teacher and a blackboard and discourse. the only real difference is that now drawings are fancy and materials are even more expensive.If you are a teacher looking for material for your course i personally would tell you to go open. Nothing tells you care for your students like open knowledge. Give them <a href="http://getfirefox.net">firefox</a>, teach them how to use <a href="http://wikipedia.org/wiki">wikipedia</a> (damn install your own for your class) introduce them to mit&#8217;s open <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html">coursware</a>. If its not possible for you lack of internet you could always get a very cheap computer and install <a href="http://www.edubuntu.org/">edubuntu</a> and use <a href="http://openoffice.org/">open office</a> and previously downloaded content.Theres a complete world of open knowledge out there, please do free your children from governments burocracy. Help them build their very own knowledge and learn to be responsble for their education. hey you might even get interested in <a href="http://hj.ukini.org/ukini/">Ukini</a>.If you need any specific resources and references let us know, we will gladly help your school shift to open society paradigms.cheers and good look to all teachers</p>
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		<title>Enciclomedia Report: Un Costoso Obstaculo para nuestra EducaciÃ³n.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enciclomedia surgiÃ³ como un proyecto de tesis de ingenierÃ­a en computaciÃ³n en el Instituto TecnolÃ³gico AutÃ³nomo de MÃ©xico. Lo presentÃ³ Eliseo Steve RodrÃ­guez RodrÃ­guez luego de haber trabajado junto a Felipe Bracho y otros investigadores del Instituto PolitÃ©cnico Nacional en programas de innovaciÃ³n tecnolÃ³gica para la educaciÃ³n. Con el nombre de SARCRAD: Sistema de AdministraciÃ³n [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Enciclomedia surgiÃ³ como un proyecto de tesis de ingenierÃ­a en computaciÃ³n en el Instituto TecnolÃ³gico AutÃ³nomo de MÃ©xico. Lo presentÃ³ Eliseo Steve RodrÃ­guez RodrÃ­guez luego de haber trabajado junto a Felipe Bracho y otros investigadores del Instituto PolitÃ©cnico Nacional en programas de innovaciÃ³n tecnolÃ³gica para la educaciÃ³n. Con el nombre de SARCRAD: Sistema de AdministraciÃ³n de Recursos Conceptuales y de ReferenciaciÃ³n AutÃ³mÃ¡tica Difusa. Enciclomedia: Una aplicaciÃ³n especÃ­fica, el creador del sistema presentÃ³ su examen el 29 de mayo de 2001 y obtuvo la menciÃ³n honorÃ­fica en su titulaciÃ³n. Como director adjunto de InvestigaciÃ³n Orientada en CONACYT, Felipe Bracho se encargÃ³ de difundir el proyecto y presentarlo al secretario de EducaciÃ³n PÃºblica, Reyes Tamez Guerra, y mÃ¡s tarde al propio presidente Vicente Fox, quien lo acogiÃ³ como el proyecto educativo sexenal.</p></blockquote>
<p>Fuente: wikipediaReyes Tamez Secretario de EducaciÃ³n PÃºblica al momento, firmÃ³ 14 contratos multianuales de servicios con una duraciÃ³n de 5 aÃ±os con 5 empresas integradoras que ganaron la licitaciÃ³n 00011001-28/06A. Para Junio de 2006 el proyecto a tenido un costo aproximado 3 millones 64 mil 146.6 pesos, habiendo sufrido ya dos recortes presupuestales y habiendo reduciendo las metas de cobertura de  390 mil 559 aulas a 165 mil aulas con una alcance de 3 millones 900 mil estudiantes en lugar de los 11 millones 700 mil inicialmente prometidos. El costo actual es de 6 mil 913 millones 977 mil 632 pesos.Adicionalmente despuÃ©s de una serie de evaluaciones y auditorias (Auditoria 034/05 de la SecretarÃ­a de la FunciÃ³n PÃºblica) a pesar de la gran inversiÃ³n, no existen indicadores para medir la eficiencia y eficacia en los avances de los objetivos del programa ni lineamientos de operaciÃ³n.De acuerdo al &#8220;Libro Blanco&#8221; del reporte de Enciclomedia, no hubo diferencias significativas en el desarrollo de habilidades de conocimiento, aplicaciÃ³n y evaluaciÃ³n de los contenidos entre aquellos alumnos que tuvieron acceso a enciclomedia y aquellos que no.Los niÃ±os de sexto de primaria que no utilizaron esa tecnologÃ­a tuvieron un mejor conocimiento al lograr 1.48 puntos sobre 1.23 de quienes sÃ­ tuvieron esa herramienta, mientras que en la aplicaciÃ³n de los contenidos aprendidos, los primeros obtuvieron 2.15 puntos contra 2.11 de quienes sÃ­ tuvieron esa herramienta Y los de quinto aÃ±o sin Enciclomedia fueron mejor evaluados con 2 puntos sobre 1.83 de sus compaÃ±eros con dicho equipo.Fuente el libro blanco de Enciclomedia - SEPEsto demuestra que la implementaciÃ³n mal planeada de la tecnologÃ­a ha resultado contraproducente en el rendimiento de los alumnos.El Propio Fernando Reimers, coordinador de la evaluaciÃ³n y del libro, designado por la SEP afirmo que los maestros no saben hacer uso de las herramientas y los materiales no estÃ¡n siendo utilizados para promover el desarrollo del pensamiento critico en los alumnos.<br />
<blockquote>&#8220;La mayor dificultad para el maestro estÃ¡ en quiÃ©n le ofrece de manera prÃ¡ctica una estructuraciÃ³n de los contenidos dados en ese mar de recursos que por sÃ­ mismo son atractivos, pero que no necesariamente estÃ¡n ligados a las actividades que el alumno debe realizar para asegurar un aprendizaje&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Otro de los grandes factores del fracaso del proyecto ha sido la casi nula capacitaciÃ³n que han recibido los maestros con respecto al uso de la tecnologÃ­a. Juan Manuel Lopez Garduno, especialista el sistemas didÃ¡cticos afirmo que es necesaria una capacitaciÃ³n mÃ­nima de 20 a 30 horas para lograr un cambio significativo o siquiera un apoyo real a la enseÃ±aza<br />
<blockquote>&#8220;Una cosa es la capacitaciÃ³n tÃ©cnica del uso del equipo, que puede lograrse de manera limitada en dos horas, y otra es la capacitacion pedagogica para que, con el nuevo software educativo, se pueda transformar la forma de dar clases de los maestros&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Dicho concepto fue reafirmado por la profesora de Harvard, Ilona Holland quien fue invitada al informe del Presidente Vicente Fox, sin embargo Holland afirma que es necesaria por lo menos 100 horas para operar correctamente el software, a pesar de esto los maestros recibieron entre 4 a 10 horas de capacitaciÃ³n.Otro ejemplo de la ineficiencia y falta de visiÃ³n del proyecto son los incidentes de implementaciÃ³n, en los cuales miles de pesos han sido literalmente desperdiciados por la falta de un estudio objetivo de los requerimientos reales de los alumnos e imposiciÃ³n centralizada del programa.   SegÃºn reporta, JesÃºs MartÃ­nez Zavala, director regional de AdministraciÃ³n Educativa de la SecretarÃ­a de EducaciÃ³n de Durango, han sido instaladas en mas de 300 comunidades rurales equipos de enciclomedia en la sierra de Durango, sin embargo estas son completamente inÃºtiles ya que las escuelas carecen de electricidad.Dorothy Walker, corresponsal de &#8220;The Guardian&#8221;, Londres reporto en una de las visitas de BESA (AsociaciÃ³n BritÃ¡nica de Proveedores Educacionales) a MÃ©xico:<br />
<blockquote>Las personas no viajan para intercambiar notas sobre tecnologÃ­a, las personas vienen para ver notas sobre mejores practicas [...] una liga hacia las mejores practicas es fundamental, no se trata de decirles a las personas que hacer, se trata de decir &#8220;esto es lo que funciona para nosotros, y esto es lo que no, y es por esto.&#8221; [...] &#8220;HabÃ­a muchos asuntos: la pobreza falta de infraestructura y el tamaÃ±o del paÃ­s, sin embargo habÃ­a una gran voluntad por parte de MÃ©xico para empujar la tecnologÃ­a&#8221;[...] Lograron (El Gobierno) conocer a las personas indicadas para que ser sus proveedores de tecnologÃ­a, y entre mas aprendÃ­an de las posibilidades, se emocionaban mas y mas, asÃ­ fue como naciÃ³ Enciclomedia&#8221; [...] Vieron como podÃ­an usar el poder de la multimedia para ayudar en lugares en los que los niÃ±os usaban libros de texto, vieron como el uso de in pizarrÃ³n interactivo podrÃ­a usarse en un salÃ³n de clases y dijeron: Tenemos que tener esos&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>SegÃºn el propio libro blanco de Enciclopedia<br />
<blockquote>La polÃ­tica de informÃ¡tica educativa para la educaciÃ³n bÃ¡sica se concibe como:a)    coherente y articulada;b)    equitativa;c)    incluyente, tanto en el sentido de los esfuerzos de otras instancias -estatales, federales, y privadas- como en el de incorporar las necesidades educativas especiales, de educaciÃ³n indÃ­gena, de grupos emigrantes d) orientada mediante una visiÃ³n integran, tanto en relaciÃ³n con los agentes que intervienen como con el currÃ­culo;d)    impulsa la corresponsabilidad de todos los sectores y personas involucradas;e)    sustentable;f)    promotora de la transparencia, la evaluaciÃ³n y la rendiciÃ³n de cuentas y;g)    eficazEn este marco se desarrolla el Programa EnciclomediaEl desarrollo de enciclomedia se baso en innumerables estudios e investigaciones a nivel mundial, que concluyen que el aprovechamiento efectivo de las potencialidades de las nuevas tecnologÃ­as esta en relaciÃ³n directa con la existencia de un proyecto pedagÃ³gico escolar, que implique competencias especificas en los profesores.</p></blockquote>
<p>Tomando como referencia su propio marco, el proyecto no ha logrado subsanar aquellos principios sobre los cuales se ha fundado, a excepciÃ³n del punto â€œf) transparenciaâ€.<br />
<h3>ConclusiÃ³n:</h3>
<p>El proyecto difÃ­cilmente se puede catalogar distinto a un fracaso y perdida de inversiÃ³n. Este tipo de incidentes se sucitan cuando se centra la educaciÃ³n entorno a la implementaciÃ³n de las herramientas tecnolÃ³gicas y no en el desarrollo de nuevos mÃ©todos que modifiquen la forma en que los alumnos desarrollan habilidades de comprensiÃ³n y abstracciÃ³n del conocimiento, una evoluciÃ³n de los patrones y comportamiento de los procesos de enseÃ±anza y aprendizaje. La enseÃ±anza y el Aprendizaje deben de ser el foco de las innovaciones no las herramientas tecnolÃ³gicas ni la reestructuraciÃ³n de las organizaciones. Enciclomedia ha sido un proyecto de desarrollo tecnolÃ³gico, no un proyecto de educaciÃ³n.Descarga <a href="http://hj.ukini.org/a%20libro%20blanco%20enciclomedia%20v2.pdf" title="El Libro Blanco" id="p81">El Libro Blanco</a></p>
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