Abstract:

This article provides some relevant information of the report of the plan titled “Observatics”: The implementation of free software in ICT institutions in Andalusia. Analysis of the repercussions in the teaching-learning process, framed within the National Research Plan (R&D&I) 2004-2007 of the Spanish Ministry of Education (SEC-2004-01421-EDUC). Our research analyses the centres’ Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plan, implemented by the Regional Autonomous Government of Andalusia, to focus on the progressive implementation of computers in Andalusian Primary and Secondary schools.
With this research, we try to gauge the range of use and curricular integration of computers in schools, as well as the effects that their use has not only on the classroom, but also on school innovation. We have also witnessed a significant increase in the use of computers in the training processes of the teaching staff, as well as a notable growth of cooperation in educational dynamics.

Keywords:

curricular integration technology, ict, computers, learning, free software.