The document discusses Rodrigo Barbosa e Silva's experience with robotics education in Brazilian public schools from 2009-2012. It introduced robotics to around 24 elementary schools, reusing existing computer labs. This involved 120 Gogo Boards. The document also discusses some of the challenges of implementing robotics education in Brazilian schools, such as lack of support from the pedagogical team and lack of teacher confidence, as well as Silva's beliefs about how to improve technology education.

1. UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ
Campus Curitiba
Science, Technology, and Society
& 'making':
Brazilian public school experience
Rodrigo Barbosa e Silva
2016

2. UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ
Campus Curitiba
Who am I?
• Graduate Program in Science, Technology,
and Society in Brazil
– Computer Science
– VSR at Stanford
– Interest: robotics education

3. UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ
Campus Curitiba
2009-2012 – Robotics education
• Robotics education:
~24 elementary
schools
• Re(use) of traditional
computer labs
– 'subversive political
agenda' (Blikstein, 2008)
• 120 Gogo Board

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Campus Curitiba
Making & Education
• 4 myths (Paulo Blikstein):
– making is new
– all children are hackers
– STEM careers
– diversity will happen by itself
(Stanford, 2015)

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Campus Curitiba
Hacker

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Campus Curitiba
… in real Brazilian schools

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Campus Curitiba
… in real Brazilian schools
Robotics education (2009-2012)

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Campus Curitiba
Challenges
• Pedagogical team: lack of support
– Other projects (national assessments,
entrepreneurial education) x Robotics
Education
– ICT – Technology as Information and
Communication. ONLY!

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Campus Curitiba
Challenges
• Events, workshops
• Teachers: lack of confidence
• New government...

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Campus Curitiba
What I believe
• From ICT to Technology
• Equity (disadvantage schools first!)
• Teachers empowerment
• Open access (free software & open
hardware)

11. UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ
Campus Curitiba
Gogo Board
(MIT, 2003)
(Gogo, 2016)

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Campus Curitiba
References
• Stanford, 2015:
https://ed.stanford.edu/in-the-media/4-maker-myths
• MIT, 2013:
http://learning.media.mit.edu/projects/gogo/introduc
• Gogo, 2016: http://gogoboard.org/
• Blikstein, 2008:
https://lemanncenter.stanford.edu/paper/travels-troy

13. UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ
Campus Curitiba
Contact
• Rodrigo Barbosa e Silva
– rodrigo7@stanford.edu
THANK YOU!