San Luis is a province located in the center of the Argentine Republic, it has a territory of 76,748 km² and a population of 500,000 inhabitants. The provincial government provides free broadband connectivity to the entire population and the internet penetration reaches 95%.
The programmable model has in the 40m² of its surface, the representation of geographical, cultural places and the connection with the past, present and future of San Luis. Each of the areas has objects and sensors that can be remotely programmed (trains, cars, street crossings, tractors and field instruments, archaeological ruins, cable cars, airports, sport stadiums, public buildings, among others).
Children, adolescents and adults, from anywhere in the province, get practice in the operation of robotic systems and the Internet of Things through programming the objects of the model, and can see the result of such programming through streaming.
By connecting to a programming platform - and after acquiring a certain skill - the users can experience the manipulation of robots and intelligent communities, working in one or more areas, according to levels of experience and complexity.
The model is divided into 16 zones where, transversally, they intersect different thematic axes. Within each of these zones there are groups of objects that can be operated individually or jointly. Each set has an appropriate number of sensors that allow interaction of the model in that sector.
The programmable model enables elaboration of challenges and exercises with different levels of difficulties.
The version for children is based on block programming, and the version for
adolescents and adults in textual programming.
This programmable model promotes the training of human resources in IT. Likewise, it works for the inclusion of women in a discipline in which men continue to predominate.
Currently more than 2000 students are perfecting their programming skills and are learning new technologies, interacting with remotely programmable robotic objects.

http://maqueta.sanluis.edu.ar/

• San Luis province, Argentina

• Youth
• Older persons
• Women
• Indigenous and nomadic peoples
• Remote and rural communities
• students of primary and secondary schools

It is a replicable project in any place where the right conditions exist, having a strong investment in technological infrastructure and digital public policies is essential. The functionality and access to the model is conditioned to a history, policy and infrastructure that has been going on for more than 20 years. The infrastructure allows connectivity, so that everyone from anywhere in the province can access, without this the training provided will not be used. As a whole, not only the model itself can be replicated, but also the conditions that allow access to it.

This initiative arises as a result of the implementation and consequent execution of a political project that aims at the social and digital inclusion of its inhabitants, accompanied by a strong investment in technology. It was thought of building a scientific project from equity, longer, more complex, but infinitely more rewarding. The most complete proof of this long-term policy is that in 2011 San Luis modified its provincial Constitution to incorporate the right of citizens to digital inclusion. Under this premise, we enter a new stage with 4 fundamental pillars:
1. Connectivity: Thanks to the large investment in recent years, connectivity reaches all cities, towns and places. The province of San Luis is in a position to carry out a new stage in connectivity because the Information Highway network reaches all provincial towns.
2. Devices: This stage is one more of a comprehensive digital policy plan that developed the Wi-Fi connection and the delivery of computers and tablets. Without devices there is no possible inclusion and this stage will be framed in the expansion of the delivery of devices.
3. Training: Internet reaching all the provincial towns has as objective and result the possibility of training and training in different careers, and skills regardless of the place where the students are. In this stage the training proposals are deepened, among many others the model.

The universal ability to access and contribute to information, ideas and knowledge is an indispensable element in an inclusive Information Society. The exchange and strengthening of global knowledge for development can be promoted by removing obstacles to equitable access to information for economic, social, political, health, cultural, educational and scientific activities. A rich public domain is an essential factor in the growth of the Information Society, as it generates multiple benefits such as an educated public, new jobs, innovation, business opportunities and science advance. Access to knowledge must be seen as an important component of a truly inclusive Information Society. In San Luis we strive to promote universal access, with the same opportunities for all, to scientific knowledge and the creation and dissemination of scientific and technical information, with digital inclusion for all inhabitants. The San Luis 4.0 Programmable Model promotes the use of different technologies as content facilitating tools, increasing digital skills, contributing to the information society. San Luis is a digital state and connectivity is free throughout its provincial territory, with a strong investment policy in digital matters that allow internet penetration to be greater than 95%. Digitization is based on an infrastructure that has more than 1,652 Wi-Fi antennas (wifi.sanluis.gov.ar), 97% of them connected by fiber optics to the “Information Highway” network, which is more 4,500 km long. This infrastructure allows 25 Mbps of average connection speed in San Luis homes that are connected to the largest public and free Wi-Fi network in the world. More than 165,000 NFC-enabled devices were also provided free of charge to children, retirees, teachers, health and safety personnel. San Luis has approximately 130,000 households, the policies implemented ensure that digital inclusion is fully achieved in all of them and work is being done to maximize it to achieve an effective democratization of knowledge.