The 5th of August the business creation node Medellin Digital was inaugurated. It will be a specialized unit in the ICT field in the city that will foster new business creation. This program is one action of the Medellin Digital plan to reduce the digital breach, by developing the ICT as a business tool.

El martes 5 de agosto la Alcaldía de Medellín, TIGO, Medellín Digital, Crea-me y TecnoParque Colombia hicieron la presentación oficial del Nodo Medellín Digital, como unidad especializada en el área de Tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) en la ciudad de Medellín
El lanzamiento de este proyecto y su implementación hace parte de los diferentes esfuerzos para superar la brecha digital en la ciudad, liderados por el programa Medellín Digital y respaldado por diferent more...

Ingresar a la I.E. Diego Echavarría Misas es entrar en una institución contagiada por las TIC. En ella, poco a poco se ha perdido el miedo a las tecnologías y están convencidos de que esta pasión es necesario expandirla. ¿Qué están haciendo para conseguirlo?
Estudiantes, docentes, padres de familia, personas de la comunidad y simples transeúntes del barrio Florencia, en el noroccidente de Medellín, suelen toparse con un grande y colorido pasacalle que anuncia que ahora el servicio de more...

Maria Isabel Rodriguez is a 57 years old women living in Medellin. For 2 years she has been using the ICTs in daily life. She realized that she needed to learn more about these new technologies to improve her business, and also to learn about all the city´s programs. Nowadays, she does all her accounting on her computer, checks e-mails and even chats with her younger brothers.
Maria Isabel also won the Seed Capital Contest in Medellin, which helped her to start her own business. She received more...

María Isabel Rodríguez es una mujer de 57 años que vive en las estribaciones del barrio San Blas en Manrique, su carácter tiene esa calidez propia de las matronas antioqueñas que hace sentir a todos los que la tratan como si la conocieran desde hace mucho, su mirada se oculta tras unos anteojos bien cuidados que hablan de una enfermedad recién adquirida, no muy grave y tal vez progresiva.
Ella ya tiene dos años de experiencia en el manejo de las herramientas web. Su primer acercamiento a more...

The Education Secretary of Medellin answered the citizens’ questions during an online chat,. He was chatting from the Pedro Octavio Amado School. The event was well prepared by the teachers and the director of the school. Everybody enjoyed the excellent facilities offered to chat with the community.
More than 40 people throughout the city participated in the chat. It was also the opportunity for the Education Secretary to spread the news about future events for the students and the whole com more...

Todo estaba listo en el Aula Abierta de la I.E. Pedro Octavio Amado para recibir al Secretario de Educación, Felipe Gil y al Sebsecretario de Educación, Duqueiro Espinal, para el chat en vivo con la comunidad a través del portal educativo.
Los funcionarios arribaron a la hora indicada constatando el esfuerzo en la organización del evento por parte del rector, sus docentes y estudiantes y sobre todo, por la belleza y el cuidado de las instalaciones de la institución.
El chat, organizado po more...

The Debora Arango School in Medellin has always been involved in the development and use of the ICTs at school. Recently, a new initiative was born, called ArTIC (The Art of creating with Innovative Technologies for the Cohabitation). It is a new space at school, where stories will be told about how the ICTs are used as part of the learning process, by students and teachers, so that learning becomes more interesting and accessible. Thanks to the Medellin Digital Program, the whole community now more...

The Network of Public Libraries will soon host the Cultural community of Medellin. Citizens will find information about events, exhibitions and interactive contents regarding the cultural life of the city. Also, they will be able to participate, using the blogs, chats, forums and wikis, and share their ideas and experience.

The first 30 parents just graduated from the Medellin Digital Open Classroom course at the Santa Teresa School. One teacher and one parent, assisted by students from the school were in charge of teaching the group the basic use of the computers and their different tools.
The course was a big success and several people offered their service to teach advanced courses, for free, during the next semester. 300 parents are already on the waiting list to enter the course and learn how to use the com more...