The document discusses an English language program called Ceibal en Ingles in Uruguay that uses videoconferencing to teach English to primary school students throughout the country. The program aims to provide inclusive and equitable education to all students, including those with disabilities or in socio-economically disadvantaged areas. Teachers in Uruguay, Argentina, the UK and US collaborate to provide team-taught English lessons to over 35,000 students per year, with the goal of eliminating disparities in access to education. The program has been successful in decreasing the gap in English language skills after three years of participation.

1. TEACHING EVERYBODY
THROUGH VIDEOCONFERENCING
@MercedesViola - https://mercedesviola.wordpress.com
Uruguay

2. 3.4 million people
1/3 of the population live in Montevideo
Almost 85% go to state primary schools.
42% schools are located in a critical socio-cultural
context.
2007 - distribution of laptops to kids started – Plan Ceibal
2009 - Uruguay became the first country in the world to have
given one laptop to every state primary school student
2012 - a pilot programme called Ceibal en Ingles was launched.

3. CEIBAL EN INGLES
LESSON A LESSON B LESSON C
TEAM TEACHING
collaboration
A0 CEF A2 CEF
Lesson plans designed by the British Council
Remote Teacher Classroom Teacher
Uruguay
Argentina
UK & USA
The Philippines.

4. CEIBAL EN INGLES
 3500 groups of 650 different state schools throughout the
country.
93% of urban schools have English classes
75% are delivered by Ceibal en Ingles
41% are located in critical socio-cultural contexts
INCLUSIVE PROGRAMME

5. #GlobalGoals
SDG4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality
education and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all

6. 4.5 - By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in
education and ensure equal access to all
levels of education and vocational training
for the vulnerable, including persons with
disabilities, indigenous peoples and
children in vulnerable situations

7. #Challenges
context
get to know
each kid
disability
Fortunately, we all are different
learning
disability

9. DISABILITY

10. Disability is part of the human
condition; almost everyone
will be temporarily or
permanently impaired at
some point in life.
World Health
Organization, 2011

11. All children from a community learn together regardless of their personal, social
or cultural conditions, including those with disability

14. COLLABORATION
CT & RT

15. UNIVERSAL DESIGN
“A curriculum with flexible goals,
methods, materials, and assessments
that empowers educators to meet
different needs.”
Joy Egbert
It focuses on equityrather than
equality

19. Describe the video: Tina is asking questions
to some people in her town to know more
about their
jobs.
visual impairment
play the
video with
subtitles or
provide
the
transcript:
hearing
impairment

21. cooperative
work
roles
timing
positive
interdependence
evaluation

23. SOME RESULTS
The gap decreases after three years of English classes

24. “EDUCATION IS THE MOST
POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH
YOU CAN USE TO CHANGE THE
WORLD.”
Nelson Mandela

25. THANK YOU
@MercedesViola - https://mercedesviola.wordpress.com

26. REFERENCES
 Calidad y excelencia en el marco de la educación personalizada – Pablo
Cayota 2016
 Engagement principles and practice in classroom learning, language and
technology - Joy Egbert IATEFL Plenary 2015
 Informe Prueba Adaptativa de Inglés 2016 – Plan Ceibal
 Para poder trabajar por proyectos de investigación en el aula, primero
debemos conocernos. Maria Jose Parages y Miguel Lopez Melero, 2012
 Relevamiento de características socioculturales de las escuelas publicas del
CEIP– September 2016
 The efficiency of inefficiency: an ecological perspective on curriculum –
Kathleen Graves IATELF Plenary 2014
 Universal Design for Learning Guidelines - CAST (2011).
 World Report on Disability – World Health Organization – The World Bank 2011