Police112 Firefighters119 Traffic127With the Computational Thinking experience, through the creation of mobile apps, Professor Diego Fernando Erazo Varela took third place, representing the Pacific Region in the National Edukparty, a meeting for the socialization and exchange of innovative educational experiences with technology, held in Medellin.The work of the Computer Science teacher at the Manuel Saavedra Galindo Educational Institution in Cali stood out because it involved not only the students, but also, based on what they learned in class, they were able to teach their parents how to use digital tools such as e-mail through an application that the students themselves, with the teacher's guidance, created during the virtual session and part of the face-to-face session.The graduate commented that when students had to resort to technological tools to continue their studies from home due to the pandemic, for many it was easier to access a cell phone than a computer.From that moment the idea arose of uniting computational thinking, through an application that would reach homes and that they could continue working, using this cell phone technology in a good way.It may interest you: More than 1,500 students were trained in the safe use of ICT“We started to create some basic concepts of algorithms.We began to create the programming processes, then I explained to them how a mobile application could be made with a free application from Google's tukey balqees and the students began to immerse themselves in the new technology”, explained Professor Erazo.Not calm with this, the educator devised a project that could be much more significant: teach ICT skills to parents."We created a kind of course, a kind of tutor, an application that would allow parents to be trained in technology and in handling email," added the teacher.In this way, some students went from using cell phones to consult only social networks, to becoming producers of technology and content, developing an application for cell phones that is currently one of the most widely used ICT tools.It may interest you: Cali students begin to form financial awarenessIt is an application that was generated and became significant without much effort, because somehow it permeated the homes of the educational community at a time when it was most needed, which was during the pandemic.But, as the teacher states: “it was really a class exercise”.For teacher Diego: “this training that becomes significant shows that education in Cali is becoming resilient, that it is innovating and it is thanks to these exercises by the Ministry of Education that, with didactic and technical aids and with their accompaniments, has allowed to strengthen and have some skills for teaching new technologies”.This third place, in an event in which only the best at the national level can present their projects, motivates him to continue working with students in the development of apps that can serve them to improve their academic quality, that's why from He has already been working on a new application that allows students in grades 10 and 11 to prepare in a kind of drill for the Saber tests.Cali at the forefront in teaching new technologies 05/24/2022 Cali at the forefront in teaching new technologies 05/24/2022 Cali at the forefront in teaching new technologies 05/24/2022 Cali a the forefront in the teaching of new technologies 05/24/2022 Cali at the forefront in the teaching of new technologies 05/24/2022 × Close Previous NextCali at the forefront in teaching new technologiesCali at the forefront in teaching new technologiesCali at the forefront in teaching new technologiesCali at the forefront in teaching new technologiesCali at the forefront in teaching new technologies