Deployment Guide/workshop schedule
IV. Sample Workshop Schedule
The workshop should work according to the same principles we advocate: we will learn by doing, by constructing, by collaborating, by reflecting. We will build upon the interests of the participants and take advantage of work, ideas, and questions of the participants. Thus, one should view the following agenda as the schedule from which we will opportunistically deviate.
| Topic/Activity | Goal | |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Welcome and introduction Overview of the workshop Introductions by participants Talk and discussion: laptops and learning: What's different? Hands-on experience #1: the basics Discussion of major issues Children, learning, and computers |
Introduction to pedagogical concepts behind one laptop per child and achieving an initial level of comfort with the laptop; ask the participants to use the laptop to take notes throughout the workshop! |
| Day 2 | Constructionist 1:1 learning experiences Talk and discussion: OLPC in countries: What we have learned so far Hands-on experience #2: activity exploration |
Learning from the experiences of others; deeper immersion into the tools: e.g., the Journal, Turtle Art, Etoys, and/or Scratch |
| Day 3 | Materials for 1:1 learning Hands-on experience #3: collaborating Questions and answers: technical Questions and answers: logistical Questions and answers: pedagogical Power and connectivity Talk and discussion: community and children as teachers and learners |
Introduction to networking and the mesh; sharing and collaborating; disassemble and reassemble a laptop |
| Day 4 | Talk and discussion: assessment and metrics Key deployment issues: local teams and teacher development Deployment plans |
Integration of 1-to-1 computing to curricula; going beyond the status quo |
| Day 5 | “Open House” Feedback Talk and discussion: next steps |
Participants provide feedback to each other about what they have experienced and learned |
