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Audiovisual as an educational tool
The MOC Box will bring cinematographic language closer to students from all over the country
05/11/2026
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An agreement will make it possible to have a catalog made up of 15 Uruguayan short films, five Latin American ones, and teaching guides for work in classrooms and workshops, within the framework of a strategy aimed at strengthening audiovisual education and seeking a National Training Plan in Audiovisual Language.
"Increasingly, communication and education transit through audiovisual language. That the State agrees on public policies in this matter is very important to guarantee equal opportunities," said the Minister of Education and Culture, José Carlos Mahía, during the presentation of the La Caja MOC: My Eyes Count project.
The leader highlighted the importance of incorporating audiovisual language as an educational tool and maintained that it is a public policy that coincides with contemporary forms of communication and learning.
Previtali: The MOC Box will provide a space for reflection on what we see in an audiovisual, how and why it was made
During the presentation, the president of the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual of Uruguay (ACAU), Gisella Previtali, indicated that the implementation of La Caja MOC: Mis Ojos Cuentan integrates a series of initiatives aimed at strengthening the link between audiovisual, education and citizenship.
The aforementioned project is framed in the creation of the ACAU Training Area in 2025 and is developed in coordination with the Academic Unit of Audiovisual Pedagogy (Cineduca) of the Education Training Council, the Sectoral Directorate of Educational Integration of ANEP and other actors in the educational and audiovisual field, with support from Ceibal through Biblioteca País.
The selection of content was carried out by a commission made up of scriptwriters, filmmakers and specialists in audiovisual training, indicated Previtali. In addition to the short films, he continued, the teaching guides will make it possible to approach fundamental concepts of audiovisual language in classrooms, such as documentary and shot and reverse shot resources, in addition to integrating audiovisual tools in various training spaces.
Likewise, he highlighted that La Caja MOC seeks to promote a critical perspective on audiovisuals from an early age. “The objective is to generate reflection and train critical citizens, who can understand what they are seeing, how and why it was done,” he stated.
