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knowledge; literacy that deals with personal management; literacy to
assimilate the complexity of digital tecnologies, for the responsible use of the
networks. Here the role of Statistics.
Delors (1996) indicates that competences are given from four areas: being,
knowing, doing and living, which represent the pillars of education. Each area
contributes to the competence of the tasks, finally converging into a single
one, since there are multiple points of contact between them.
The teaching of Statistics must take place, as we see, in a new social context,
due to the vertiginous changes that are taking place in this digital age.
Developing countries do not have the technological elements to carry out
this process, which is why teachers must design teaching strategies to facilitate
learning through information and communication technologies (ICT)
The National Statistical System has carried out various operations aimed at
obtaining statistics on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
The Census conducted in 2010 investigated the totality of households in the
country about the possession and use of computers, fixed telephony and
mobile phones in the last three years. The National Survey on Access and Use
of Information Technologies and the Communication (ENTIC) in 2011,
provided new data, updated the information obtained in the 2010 Census and
proposed new indicators for the availability and use of them. In the last
decade, international organizations have considered the need to favor the
access and use of ICT in society and to analyze them as a factor of economic
development and social inclusion. Sharing this initiative, the INDEC (National
Institute of Statistics and Census) takes an active part in the measurement
process, working for it with the organizations that are leaders in the theme
and its harmonized measurement.
In Argentina until 2010, computer equipment in schools was insufficient to
meet the expectations of teachers and students, since only the contribution of
parents and the community involved was available for purchase. That same
year the National Government presented an initiative focused on recovering
and valueing public education, in order to reduce the digital, educational and
social gaps in Argentine territory. The program called "connect equality"
developed digital content usage in different didactic proposals, especially in
Statistics and worked on the processes of teacher training, with the intention
of transforming models, processes and paradigms of learning and teaching,
contemplating both the use of portable equipment in the school environment
as in the home, looking for an impact at a social level that transcends the
educational field.
The availability of information on ICT accessed at home and its use, allows
obtaining key estimates for the analysis of digital inclusion in Argentina. In this
sense, it is relevant to know the number of households and people in
households that have and use computers and the Internet: their frequency of

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