Silveira is a professor in the Economics Department at the Institute of Exact and Business Sciences. He holds a diploma in “Teaching for Understanding” from Harvard University. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology. He previously worked for Plan Ceibal, where he taught and developed courses for teachers on integrating ICT into the classroom, Web 2.0, and the use of visual organizers. One of his projects was selected as an official exhibit at the “Sixth Latin American Conference on Learning Objects and Technology for Education.” At Plan Ceibal, he also developed content for the communications department, notably contributing to the first season of “Sabelo” (an educational program on broadcast television). In 2011, he participated in MASHAV’s international scholarship program, through which he studied at the OFRI Center in Jerusalem in a course titled “Education for Science and Technology: ICT in Education.”