Microsoft requests that the School Plan 2.0 is not limited to sharing computers


  By otello zorina

Microsoft requests that the School Plan 2.0 is not limited to sharing computers

The president of Microsoft Ibérica, María Garaña considers transcendental School 2.0 plan for the future of Spain and cree must not be left only to the provision of computers to students, but it involves the actual processing of education through the use of new technologies.

In an interview with EFE, María Garaña has stressed that the advent of personal computers to students has to be the first step in a new way of teaching where the teacher is key as well as digital content creation.

Garaña has said it is very important that children can use computers at school but at home, so the company would not bring any problem to two operating systems (Dual-Boot), one of Microsoft and one of open source.

These have added, that children have the best chances and who can use computers for the school to their daily lives, with all the connectivity of your devices.

María Garaña has confirmed the announcement that Bill Gates is going to work with the Government on this project and said that the price to be offered by Microsoft for its operating system and Office to keep the computers going to be spectacular, less than a meal in one self. "

Not specified whether the computers to be delivered to children in September may be the new operating system Windows 7, will the consumer market October 22. "What we are studying," he said.

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present Microsoft is negotiating with the Ministry of Education, a national agreement to provide the operating system. The price will be agreed which will be used as reference for all computer manufacturers who want to participate in public tenders to be convened Communities.

The president of Microsoft has shown its concern about the current state of education in Spain, with a high degree of school failure.

Has also stressed that a high percentage of students aims to work in the civil service. "They are not entrepreneurs," he said, "and that in a small country is a problem."

The alliance of manufacturers, distributors and operators of a bank which has been discussed in connection with this plan, said it is an agreement to support the project but has nothing to do with public tenders to be convened and in which participants in the agreement will be at times rivals.

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Garaña said that regional governments have for school technology projects that are well advanced and will have no difficulty getting his fifth of primary school children (during the beginning the plan), access to computers in September .

The president of Microsoft has reiterated that he bet a subsidiary of the educational project and its ongoing collaboration with business partners to develop applications for this sector.

In this sense the world has indicated that education is one of the sectors in which it works with the "touch table" or the Microsoft Surface that allows to interact with users and devices around.


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