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ABSTRACT

At the time where the concept of the Constructionism appears, the Digital

Technologies as known today, didn't exist yet. With the appearance of the “Digital
Natives" (Prensky, 2009), the concept of the given education changed, reason why

the natural tendency of these Students, to use the Technological Devices

(Notebook, Netbook, Ultrabook, Tablet, SmartPhone, IPhone, etc.) as a learning tool.
Their option was to put attention on the new, the surprising, the colored and the

unexpected of the Educational Technologies. The Cognitive Neurosciences
associates this effect with the “Dopamine”, generated by the brain in front of pleasant

experiences and that helps the Student in natural form to increase his attention and
help his memory to remember (Menichetti, 2011).

The Epistemology from which is carried this out, is about the Constructionism
of Seymour Papert, a pupil of Piaget, at the Geneva University in the 60´s. He affirms

that, although the learning begins from the interaction between the subject and the
object, this interaction becomes relevant when it takes place in atmospheres in which

a real product is built (Papert & Harel, 1991).

Usually in the Schools, these "Technologies in the Education", are used for

administration goals (Systems of Information) and as a supporting tool for the
Teachers through ICT (Information and Communications Technologies). In a program

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based on "Educational Constructionist Technologies" (ECT) , the Students use them
as Learning Model considered inside those "Technologies for the Education."

The Student is no longer a simple user of an application in the web or in some
technological device, he is responsible in creating his own application for his own use

and for the Society.

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The term "Educational Constructionist Technologies” or "ECT", as others in this investigation, is a
neologism that refers to Educational Technologies that allows the Student to take an active role in the
creation of significant products in opposition of those " Information and Communications
Technologies" or “ICT” in that the Students work passively with the technologies, as for example like
consulting Google or Wikipedia

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