The use of technological resources, especially of computers in education, comes qualifying teaching and learning processes. This perception gains strength when analyzing an existing partnership between the University of Passo Fundo and the City Department of Education of Passo Fundo, Brazil, which has been consolidated by carrying out projects in the educational area of information technology and digital inclusion. One of this projects is the Computer Programming Olympiad for Elementary School

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... tudents, using Scratch. This article reports the methodology of the Olympics, and presents the analysis of two constituents challenges of the final test. Two editions were held in 2013 and 2014, attended by 29 teams from the city of Passo Fundo and region. In them it was possible to, among other things, establish that programming computers have great fascination on young people and has great didactic and pedagogical potential, developing skills such as logical reasoning, procedural thinking and interdisciplinary. Resumo. O uso de recursos tecnológicos, em especial de computadores na educação, vem qualificando processos de ensino e aprendizagem. Esta percepção ganha força ao analisar uma parceria existente entre a Universidade de Passo Fundo e a Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Passo Fundo, Brasil, que tem se consolidado através da realização de projetos na área de informática educativa e inclusão digital. Um desses projetos é a Olimpíada de Programação de Computadores para Estudantes do Ensino Fundamental, usando o Scratch. Este artigo relata a metodologia da Olimpíada, bem como apresenta a análise de dois desafios constituintes da prova final. Foram realizadas duas edições, em 2013 e 2014, das quais