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QUERO RAMONES, Sandra  e  MADUENO MADUENO, Leonel. Süchiki Walekerü: an example of the use of ict in indigenous schools, the Wayuu case. Educere [online]. 2006, vol.10, n.34, pp.435-442. ISSN 1316-4910.

The purpose of this research was to develop and apply educational and contextual software within the Wayuu culture, to promote Wayuunaiki reading and writing; as an example of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in indigenous schools. Proving that these technologies can be used to support the educational projects proposed by the Intercultural Bilingual Education Program. This research has an ethnographic introspective approach, based on experience, guided by the investigation-action method. The application of this research was done in the Escuela Básica Nacional Puerto Aléramo, Páez municipality in the state of Zulia, the educational software created is called Süchiki Walekerü and was developed using the Thales educational software method. The results proved that the children showed interest in the software that could be heard and read in their language.

Palavras-chave : Indigenous educational software; Thales methodology; bilingual intercultural education; CIT in indigenous schools; wayuunaiki.