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CoSN's Opening Doors with ITC Report, is a good introduction to the giant undertakings going on in Uruguay and Argentina, as well as an explanation of the motivations behind them, and the political realities that make them possible. A central theme is the ability of a more centralized government than our own to enact change more swiftly, as well as a cultural perception of laptops and Internet connectivity as tools in the war against poverty that goes beyond education. The report also includes an overview of Uruguay's Plan Just added to our community's Ceibal, the world's first nationwide educational laptop program.

What can we in the US learn from these South American programs to advance similar programs here in the States?