One of the challenges of our time is to get children and adolescents to want to learn how to develop technology.
Attempts to incorporate programming, robotics, and IOT, in the school curriculum, face the problem of not having enough teachers in a position to teach these topics.
The ULP defined different strategies to achieve the objective:
A programming learning platform that can be used from mobile phones or computers, for primary school students (block programming) and a different one for secondary school students (textual programming).

The distribution of robotics kits in schools and the training of teachers to use these tools did not achieve the expected results, among other reasons due to the loss of kit components.

In 2019 we created a 40m² model. A recreation of geographical and cultural places linked to the past, present and future of the Province.

The model contains remotely programmable objects and sensors: trains, cars, street junctions, tractors and field instruments, archaeological ruins, airports, sports stadiums, public buildings and schools.

Children, adolescents and even adults -from any place in San Luis-, obtain skills in the operation of robotic and IOT systems through the programming of the model objects, and observe the result of the coding through streaming.
Connected to the programming platform and after acquiring certain skills, it is possible to experience the manipulation of the model objects, according to the levels of experience and complexity.

The model is divided into zones where there are groups of objects that can be activated individually or jointly.
It is a thematic trigger that allows you to develop challenges and exercises with different levels of difficulty, while promoting the training of human resources in IT.
Today, more than 4,000 students perfect their programming skills, learn new technologies, interact with remotely programmable robotic objects from anywhere in the province; and develop cultural and professional links, from San Luis to the world.

http://maqueta.sanluis.gov.ar/

• San Luis Province, Argentina

• Youth
• Older persons
• Women
• Indigenous and nomadic peoples
• People with disabilities
• Remote and rural communities

It is a replicable project anywhere where the right conditions come together. Having a solid investment in technological infrastructure and digital public policies is essential.
The functionality and access to the model is determined by a history, policy and infrastructure with more than 20 years of experience.
The infrastructure allows connectivity, so that everyone from anywhere in the province can access, without this the training provided will not be used.
It is a concept, it is not enough just with the replica of the model itself, the conditions that allow access to it are also necessary.

This initiative arises as the result of the implementation and execution of a political project, whose objective is the social and digital inclusion of its inhabitants, through a strong investment in technology.
The idea was to build a scientific project based on equity; more extensive and complex, but infinitely more rewarding. An example of this long-term policy is that in 2011 San Luis modified its Provincial Constitution to incorporate the right of citizens to digital inclusion. This premise places us in this new stage with three fundamental pillars:
1. Connectivity: As a consequence of the strong investment during these years, connectivity reaches all cities, towns and places. San Luis is in a position to carry out a new stage in connectivity because the Information Highway reaches the entire territory. Now with a plan in execution to reach all citizens with FTTH, at 1000 Mbps.
2. Devices: This stage is an integral part of a digital policy plan that developed the Wi-Fi connection and the delivery of computers and tablets. Without devices there is no possible inclusion and this stage will be framed by the expansion in the delivery of devices.
3. Education: The Internet in all locations in San Luis facilitates education, training and skills development, regardless of where the students are located. This stage deepens the training proposals, among many others, the model.

It is possible to promote the exchange and strengthening of global knowledge in favor of development by removing the obstacles that prevent equitable access to information for economic, social, political, health, cultural, educational and scientific activities. That freedom is the way. A rich public domain is an essential factor for the growth of an Information Society, because it generates multiple benefits: an educated public, new jobs, innovation, business opportunities and the advancement of science. Access to knowledge must be considered as a transversal component of a truly inclusive Information Society. In San Luis it is a conviction to promote universal access with the same opportunities for all. Access to scientific knowledge, to the creation and dissemination of scientific and technical information, with digital inclusion for all the inhabitants of the province. Learning programming, robotics and IOT in children and adolescents through the San Luis 4.0 Programmable Model: Promotes the use of different technologies. It is a tool that facilitates access to knowledge. Increase the digital skills of users. Contribute to the Information Society. San Luis is a digital State and connectivity is free throughout its territory, with a strong investment policy in digital matters, which enables Internet penetration of more than 95%. Digitization has solid roots in an infrastructure that has 1,762 Wi-Fi antennas (wifi.sanluis.gov.ar); 99% of them connected by optical fiber to the "Information Highway" network, which has more than 5,400 kilometers of its own optical fiber. This wireless infrastructure allows 25 Mbps average connection speed in homes connected to the world's largest free public Wi-Fi network (FTTH up to 1000Mbps). This Digital Universe of San Luis was enriched by the delivery of 165,000 devices with NFC: to children, retirees, teachers, health and security personnel. We are ambitious: We work to achieve an effective democratization of knowledge.