http://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Lauren&feedformat=atomOLPC - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T11:44:42ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.7http://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Talk:Sample_library.info_file&diff=113871Talk:Sample library.info file2008-03-01T20:49:12Z<p>Lauren: /* Broken link */</p>
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<div>Fields to be added:<br />
authors<br />
license<br />
<br />
... --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9" style="font-size:70%">leave me a message</font>]] 14:10, 19 January 2008 (EST)<br />
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== Broken link ==<br />
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I get an error page when following this link.<br />
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"To create a configuration file for your own collection, use the web-based [http://crank.laptop.org/~lauren/library-info.py library.info file generator] or follow the instructions below."<br />
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[[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 14:53, 1 March 2008 (EST)<br />
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:''Should be fixed now...'' --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 15:49, 1 March 2008 (EST)</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Sample_library.info_file&diff=113870Sample library.info file2008-03-01T20:48:42Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>Here is an example <code>library.info</code> configuration file for a collection called <code>Dictionary</code>, whose starting page is <tt>bundle_index.html</tt> in its root directory. <br />
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[Library]<br />
name = Dictionary<br />
global_name = org.logos.dictionary<br />
long_name = children's dictionary<br />
library_version = 2<br />
host_version = 1<br />
l10n = false<br />
locale = en<br />
category = books<br />
subcategory = reference<br />
icon = library-dictionary.jpg<br />
activity = Browse<br />
activity_start = bundle_index.html<br />
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To create a configuration file for your own collection, use the web-based [http://crank.laptop.org/~lauren/libraryInfo/ library.info file generator] or follow the instructions below. <br />
== General Notes ==<br />
<br />
; Entries : Entries are key/value pairs in the format: <code>Key = Value</code>. Space before and after the equals sign is ignored; the <code>=</code> sign is the actual delimiter.<br />
<br />
; Multiple Values : Some keys can have multiple values. In such a case, the key is specified as a plural: for example, <code>locales</code>. The multiple values should each be separated by a semicolon. Keys that have multiple values must have a semicolon as the trailing character. Semicolons ''in'' these values need to be escaped using \;.<br />
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== Keys/Values==<br />
<br />
; <tt>[Library]</tt> ''(required)'': The <tt>library.info</tt> file must begin with <tt>[Library]</tt>, and only that, on the first line of the file.<br />
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<span id="basic_info"><!-- anchor for library.info generator. pls do not remove! --></span> <br />
; <tt>name</tt> ''(required)'': <br />
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; <tt>global_name</tt> ''(required)'': <br />
<br />
; <tt>long_name</tt> ''(required)'': This entry is the name is displayed in the library navigation sidebar that refers to the collection. <br />
<br />
; <tt>library_version</tt> ''(required)'': The version is a single positive integer that refers to the version of the collection. Larger numbers are considered "newer". In this example, the version is 2. <br />
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; <tt>host_version</tt> ''(required)'': The host version is a single positive integer that refers to the version of Sugar which the collection is compatible with. For now, the version is 1. For update.1 it will be 2.<br />
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<span id="l10n"><!-- anchor for library.info generator. pls do not remove! --></span><br />
; <tt>l10n</tt> ''(required)'': This entry indicates whether the bundle is localized or not. The value is either <tt>true</tt> or <tt>false</tt>. <br />
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:''Note: What it means to be "officially" localized hasn't been entirely worked out yet, so the value of this entry is always <tt>false</tt> (for now). <br />
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; <tt>locale</tt> ''(required)'': This is the ISO code for the language of the collection, in lowercase, followed by an underscore, and then its localization information (also represented in ISO code). For example, US-localized English is represented as en_US. UK-localized English, for example, would be represented as en_UK. <br />
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:It is possible to indicate language but not localization information. An example would be:<br />
:<code>locale = es </code><br />
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:It is also possible to indicate multiple languages and/or locales. An example would be:<br />
:<code>locales = en_US;en_UK;es_PE;es_AR;</code><br />
<br />
:Note that <tt>locales</tt> is pluralized in order to indicate multiple values. Note also that values are separated by semi-colons, and that the final value must end with a semi-colon as well.<br />
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: For a list of [[ISO 639]] language codes, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes<br />
<br />
: For a list of ISO country codes, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2#Officially_assigned_code_elements<br />
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<span id="categories"><!-- anchor for library.info generator. pls do not remove! --></span><br />
; <tt>category</tt> ''(required)'': This refers to the category classification in the OLPC Library (visible on navigation sidebar). See the category chart below for current options.<br />
<br />
:Note: It's OK to place your content in a new category, but if your category isn't on the list of global categories, it will be placed into "other" for the time being. <br />
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; <tt>subcategory</tt> ''(optional)'': This refers to the subcategory classification within a category (visible on the navigation sidebar). If no subcategory is provided, the collection will be placed in its own subcategory. See category chart for current options. Again, and as always, if you don't like what you see, you can add your own.<br />
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<span id="optional"><!-- anchor for library.info generator. pls do not remove! --></span><br />
; <tt>activity</tt> ''(optional)'': This refers to the [[Activity]] used to read the content bundle. Browse is the only supported activity at the moment, and is the default value if no Activity is specified.<br />
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; <tt>activity_start</tt> ''(optional)'': This refers to the start page of your content bundle. The default is <tt>index.html</tt>. You might change the start page of the bundle, for instance, if you were converting a collection of OCW courses to be content bundles. (They name their homepage differently.)<br />
<br />
==Category Chart==<br />
The current category and subcategory options are: <br />
<br />
{| border="1px;solid" cellpadding="3px"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Icon''' || '''Category''' || '''Icon''' || '''Subcategories'''<br />
|-<br />
|style="background:gray" | [[Image:activities.png|40px]] || activities || activities.png || games<br />
|-<br />
|style="background:gray" | [[Image:books.png|40px]] || books || books.png|| children's books, encyclopedia, reference, stories <br />
|-<br />
|style="background:gray" | [[Image:uniwiki.png|40px]] || health || uniwiki.png || water & sanitation<br />
|-<br />
|style="background:gray" | [[Image:images.png|40px]] || images || images.png || nature, atlas, history<br />
|-<br />
|style="background:gray" | [[Image:music.png|40px]] || media || music.png || media, music<br />
|-<br />
|style="background:gray" | [[Image:science.png|40px]] || science || science.png || biology<br />
|-<br />
|style="background:gray" | [[Image:links.png|40px]] || search || links.png || search the web<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Visit the [http://dev.laptop.org/pub/content/library/ OLPC Library] to see these categories in action.<br />
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[[Category:File formats]]<br />
[[Category:HowTo]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Benjamin_Mako_Hill&diff=101542User talk:Benjamin Mako Hill2008-01-25T20:36:37Z<p>Lauren: /* custom for you! */</p>
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<div><div style="border:2px solid #fda; padding:8px; margin:1px; background-color:#fffdf9"><br />
[[Image:Green and white machine.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
Welcome to the One Laptop per Child wiki. Please make yourself at home; read through the [[Table of Contents]] and [[OLPC FAQ|FAQ]], and take a look around. If you need a general wiki-tutorial, [http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial Wikieducator has some excellent ones]. <br />
<br />
Some possible pages of interest:<br />
* [[Pictures]]<br />
* [[Ask OLPC a Question]]<br />
* [[OS images for emulation]]<br />
* [[Rollout and community building ideas]]<br />
<br />
Feel free to leave me a note on my [[User talk:Sj|talk page]] if you have further questions or need help finding your way around.<br />
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Cheers, [[User:Sj|Sj]]<br />
</div><br />
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== Things to add to the unicefwiki ==<br />
how tos for...<br />
<br />
* Recovering from missing log file for httpd<br />
* Installing apache config files for new mesh portal<br />
** Rsyncing without harming config files<br />
* Running moin on the server / mesh portal once apache is up with an IP<br />
<br />
also:<br />
* Rsync the other direction when updating at the end of the day [clear instr for cfab]<br />
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== merge to user space ==<br />
<br />
Hi! the page [{{fullurl:Benjamin Mako Hill}} Benjamin Mako Hill] is actually in the 'Main' namespace&mdash;destined for articles&mdash;instead of [[User:Benjamin Mako Hill]]&mdash;note the 'User:' prefix&mdash;which is your personal page.<br />
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So the 'merge' should really be a 'move' (but your pages already exist), so it would actually be:<br />
# move (copy-paste) the content of the [{{fullurl:Benjamin Mako Hill}} Benjamin Mako Hill] into [[User:Benjamin Mako Hill]]; and<br />
# tag the [{{fullurl:Benjamin Mako Hill}} Benjamin Mako Hill] with {{tl|delete}}... so we can tell when to delete it.<br />
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Cheers --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 17:35, 17 September 2007 (EDT)<br />
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: ''follow-up to [[User talk:Xavi#Benjamin Mako Hill]]''<br />
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:: You are right! Sorry. Will just delete the page. Sorry about the confusion, didn't review the history&mdash;would not be the first user page created in the main space by mistake :) --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 02:02, 20 September 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== custom for you! ==<br />
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images<br />
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== notes on info file ==<br />
<br />
[[info file]]<br />
<br />
--[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 15:36, 25 January 2008 (EST)</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bundle_metadata&diff=101536Bundle metadata2008-01-25T20:31:49Z<p>Lauren: /* in info file */</p>
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<div>== in info file ==<br />
*name<br />
*long_name<br />
*version<br />
*sugar_version<br />
*bundle_id<br />
*icon - file<br />
*exec - shell script<br />
*mime_types<br />
*locale - <br />
*category - string<br />
*author (creator?) <br />
*maintainer - rfc822 email header<br />
*license - fedora license fields<br />
*last_update<br />
*url<br />
<br />
== files ==<br />
===*acknowldgements - req===<br />
===*changelog, incl. - req===<br />
**person/author<br />
**merge info<br />
**date/time<br />
===*bib_info===<br />
**name/title/etc (use some existing big info)<br />
===*tags===<br />
**list of tags (1 per line)<br />
<br />
== manifest ==</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bundle_metadata&diff=101533Bundle metadata2008-01-25T20:30:15Z<p>Lauren: /* in info file */</p>
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<div>== in info file ==<br />
*name<br />
*long_name<br />
*version<br />
*sugar_version<br />
*bundle_id<br />
*icon - file<br />
*exec - shell script<br />
*mime_types<br />
*locale - <br />
*category - string<br />
*author (creator?) <br />
*maintainer - rfc822 email header<br />
*license - fedora license fields<br />
*last_update<br />
<br />
== files ==<br />
===*acknowldgements - req===<br />
===*changelog, incl. - req===<br />
**person/author<br />
**merge info<br />
**date/time<br />
===*bib_info===<br />
**name/title/etc (use some existing big info)<br />
===*tags===<br />
**list of tags (1 per line)<br />
<br />
== manifest ==</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Berrybw&diff=101531User talk:Berrybw2008-01-25T20:29:16Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>Hello Bryan, funny to think I could still welcome you to the wiki with this empty talk page :-) Yes, let's find a way to organize volunteering and community building. They're not quite the same, and the general volunteering page should likely cover and link out to more detailed pages on<br />
- contributing material, <br />
- contributing time and expertise, <br />
- building local community, <br />
- giving presentations<br />
<br />
and a few others.<br />
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[[User:Sj|Sj]] [[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9"><small>talk</small></font>]] 15:37, 16 May 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== info file page ==<br />
[[Info file]] --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 15:29, 25 January 2008 (EST)</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bundle_metadata&diff=101530Bundle metadata2008-01-25T20:27:56Z<p>Lauren: /* files */</p>
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<div>== in info file ==<br />
*name<br />
*long_name<br />
*version<br />
*sugar_version<br />
*bundle_id<br />
*icon - file<br />
*exec - shell script<br />
*mime_types<br />
*locale - <br />
*category - string<br />
*author<br />
*maintainer - rfc822 email header<br />
*license - fedora license fields<br />
*last_update<br />
<br />
== files ==<br />
===*acknowldgements - req===<br />
===*changelog, incl. - req===<br />
**person/author<br />
**merge info<br />
**date/time<br />
===*bib_info===<br />
**name/title/etc (use some existing big info)<br />
===*tags===<br />
**list of tags (1 per line)<br />
<br />
== manifest ==</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bundle_metadata&diff=101529Bundle metadata2008-01-25T20:26:37Z<p>Lauren: /* in info file */</p>
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<div>== in info file ==<br />
*name<br />
*long_name<br />
*version<br />
*sugar_version<br />
*bundle_id<br />
*icon - file<br />
*exec - shell script<br />
*mime_types<br />
*locale - <br />
*category - string<br />
*author<br />
*maintainer - rfc822 email header<br />
*license - fedora license fields<br />
*last_update<br />
<br />
== files ==<br />
*acknowldgements - req<br />
*changelog, incl. - req<br />
**person/author<br />
**merge info<br />
**date/time<br />
*bib_info<br />
**name/title/etc (use some existing big info)<br />
*tags<br />
**list of tags (1 per line)<br />
<br />
== manifest ==</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bundle_metadata&diff=101528Bundle metadata2008-01-25T20:24:08Z<p>Lauren: /* in info file */</p>
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<div>== in info file ==<br />
*name<br />
*long_name<br />
*version<br />
*sugar_version<br />
*bundle_id<br />
*icon - file<br />
*exec - shell script<br />
*mime_types<br />
*locale - <br />
*category - string<br />
*author<br />
*maintainer - rfc822 email header<br />
*license - fedora license fields<br />
<br />
== files ==<br />
*acknowldgements - req<br />
*changelog, incl. - req<br />
**person/author<br />
**merge info<br />
**date/time<br />
*bib_info<br />
**name/title/etc (use some existing big info)<br />
*tags<br />
**list of tags (1 per line)<br />
<br />
== manifest ==</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bundle_metadata&diff=101524Bundle metadata2008-01-25T20:21:44Z<p>Lauren: /* files */</p>
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<div>== in info file ==<br />
*name<br />
*long_name<br />
*version<br />
*sugar_version<br />
*bundle_id<br />
*icon - file<br />
*exec - shell script<br />
*mime_types<br />
*locale - <br />
*category - string<br />
*maintainer - rfc822 email header<br />
*license - fedora license fields<br />
<br />
== files ==<br />
*acknowldgements - req<br />
*changelog, incl. - req<br />
**person/author<br />
**merge info<br />
**date/time<br />
*bib_info<br />
**name/title/etc (use some existing big info)<br />
*tags<br />
**list of tags (1 per line)<br />
<br />
== manifest ==</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bundle_metadata&diff=101519Bundle metadata2008-01-25T20:20:29Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>== in info file ==<br />
*name<br />
*long_name<br />
*version<br />
*sugar_version<br />
*bundle_id<br />
*icon - file<br />
*exec - shell script<br />
*mime_types<br />
*locale - <br />
*category - string<br />
*maintainer - rfc822 email header<br />
*license - fedora license fields<br />
<br />
== files ==<br />
*acknowldgements<br />
*changelog, incl.<br />
**person/author<br />
**merge info<br />
**date/time<br />
*bib_info<br />
**name/title/etc (use some existing big info)<br />
*tags<br />
**list of tags (1 per line)<br />
<br />
== manifest ==</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Sj&diff=101510User talk:Sj2008-01-25T20:14:40Z<p>Lauren: /* New user plugin request */</p>
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<div>(A nice note posted on the wall.)<br />
House cleaning stopped by, and spent a few hours in the room. <br />
Sorry for the organization.<br />
(i.e. moved older stuff to [[User talk:Sj/Archive2007]])<br />
----<br />
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== Kids encyclopedia ==<br />
<br />
Dear Samuel,<br />
<br />
Thanks for taking the time to send me a comment on my blog. Im available most days of the week, as I currently am working for myself. Im based in Swansea in the UK. So phoning maybe rather on the expensive. However I would be happy to talk over skype. If you are willing to suggest a time I will be happy to chat. Preferably I would prefer to be in bed by 3am here.<br />
<br />
So if you could give me an email back at jonhurlock/at/gmail /.com or add me on skype using jon_hurlock (yes theres and underscore in there, so please dont remove that, just remove slashes from the gmail account.).<br />
<br />
Kind regards,<br />
<br />
Jon Hurlock<br />
<br />
== Hola! ==<br />
<br />
Hi! As usual you're monitoring [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]]! :) Great!<br />
<br />
Yes, I'm coming back to life and noticed Lauren's notice in my talk page so I decided to answer that one asap, and then try to fully resurrect. I'll keep you posted (was writing en email to re-introduce myself). [[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 21:19, 14 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
== Video - Human Computation ==<br />
<br />
SJ,<br />
happen to glance through one of your older versions of your User page. Cool video about human computation.<br />
Quite intertaining... hmmmm... interesting.. Thanks for sharing, --[[User:IainDavidson|IainD]] 04:46, 15 January 2008 (EST)<br />
-----<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
SJ,<br />
<br />
Adam says I need you to give my account a nudge so I can keep track of the missing XOs on this wiki. Ringing any bells? Cheers! Babbing<br />
<br />
==Violent Games in the Activities?==<br />
<br />
Hi SJ, <br />
<br />
What's your opinion on this issue?<br />
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-January/009849.html<br />
<br />
--[[User:Chihyu|Chihyu]] 12:36, 17 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
== TeamWiki ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* Dwa --[[User:Dwa|Dwa]] 19:09, 24 January 2008 (EST)<br />
*: please [http://laptop.org/teamwiki/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin create an account] for yourself first, with valid email <br />
* iainD --[[User:IainD|iainD]] 07:34, 18 January 2008 (EST)<br />
*: please [http://laptop.org/teamwiki/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin create an account] for yourself first, with valid email <br />
* user: katie [[User:Katie|Katie]] 17:50, 21 January 2008 (EST)<br />
*: please [http://laptop.org/teamwiki/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin create an account] for yourself first, with valid email<br />
<br />
Teamwiki account requests:<br />
<br />
* User Nlee - --[[User:Nlee|Nikki]] 02:12, 18 January 2008 (EST) {{done}}<br />
* User DyDisMe - [[User:DyD|DyD]] 09:40, 18 January 2008 (EST) {{done}}<br />
* User: Culseg [ previous message left in login request and follow-up left at Holt talk ] {{done}}<br />
<br />
== table test ==<br />
<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible"<br />
!Name!!Surname!!Height<br />
|-<br />
|John||Smith||1.85<br />
|-<br />
|Ron||Ray||1.89<br />
|-<br />
|Mario||Bianchi||1.72<br />
|-class="sortbottom"<br />
|||Average:||1.82<br />
|}<br />
<br />
see [[datasheets]].<br />
<br />
== I'm just kicking myself... ==<br />
<br />
for not paying closer attention and getting an OLPC XO during the GIGO... I like what you all have done with this wiki, it has some neat touches! ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 22:31, 18 January 2008 (EST)<br />
:PS, I just added added <code><nowiki>[[OLPC:]]</nowiki></code> as http://wiki.laptop.org/go/$1 to [[meta:Interwiki map]] (that is, to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_map )... if that's not what you all had in mind please pop by the talk page. It looks like you're not using the interwiki map here though??? ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 22:37, 18 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
== a request ==<br />
<br />
[[Contact OLPC]] page is protected with '''cascading''' option, so its translations bar cannot be modified now. Would you please change it?<br />
-- [[User:LeeSI|LeeSI]] 00:04, 19 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
== de nada? ==<br />
Just curious - which front page links? I've been in sweep mode -- cleaning my home for sale and trying to make the wiki, um, moderately readable ergo informative [[User:Katie|<strike>Katie</strike>Style Nazi]] 11:49, 21 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
== mediawiki extensions? ==<br />
<br />
Moved to ... [[OLPC_talk:Wiki]]<br />
<br />
== New user plugin request ==<br />
<br />
I and others are gearing up a wiki welcome team (and supporting docs/pages). Can we get the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Newuserlog Newuserlog] extension installed to more easily welcome newbies? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/Newusers for an example usage you've probably looked at thousands of times over. ;) [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 14:57, 25 January 2008 (EST)<br />
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== New info file spec ==<br />
[[info file]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bundle_metadata&diff=101507Bundle metadata2008-01-25T20:11:04Z<p>Lauren: New page: in info file *name *long_name *version *sugar_version *bundle_id *icon *exec *mime_types *locale *category *maintainer *license files *acknowldgements *changelog, incl. **person/author **...</p>
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<div>in info file<br />
*name<br />
*long_name<br />
*version<br />
*sugar_version<br />
*bundle_id<br />
*icon<br />
*exec<br />
*mime_types<br />
*locale<br />
*category<br />
*maintainer<br />
*license<br />
<br />
files<br />
*acknowldgements<br />
*changelog, incl.<br />
**person/author<br />
**merge info<br />
**date/time<br />
*bib_info<br />
**name/title/etc (use some existing big info)<br />
*tags<br />
**list of tags (1 per line)<br />
<br />
manifest</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Lauren&diff=101448User:Lauren2008-01-25T18:15:49Z<p>Lauren: /* Description */</p>
<hr />
<div>{|style="float:right"<br />
| {{User en}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{Educator <br />
| grades = University <br />
| subjects = {{Subject|Literature}} <br />
| school = City University of New York <br />
| country = USA}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
== About me ==<br />
<br />
Hi! I'm Lauren! And here is a picture that I took with my XO:<br />
<br />
[[image:laurenCameraShot.jpg|200px|Lauren and tree]]<br />
<br />
See also: <br />
*[http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~lklein/ Very old web page].<br />
*[http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fit.html Official work page] and [http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fitf_bios%2Flauren_klein.html bio].<br />
<br />
== This Week ==<br />
<br />
== Projects ==<br />
<br />
=== XO User Map ===<br />
Did you know? There's a Google Map for XO users: [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000001132ad0d5f3d14f8&ll=13.923404,4.21875&spn=169.160093,360&z=1 link]<br />
<br />
If you have an XO (or are getting one soon), you should add yourself to the map.<br />
<br />
=== Content Bundle Tools, Documentation, and Storage ===<br />
==== Description ====<br />
The experience of entering a library, either in real life or online, should be one of overabundance-- of infinite resources for learning, unlimited access to knowledge, and unbounded pathways of discovery. The OLPC content library must replicate this experience, and the first step towards replicating this experience is creating more content bundles. To this end, content bundles must be easier to make. We need user-friendly ways to create new content bundles, up-to-date documentation for the bundling process, and a selection of online repositories for storing and evaluating content bundles. <br />
<br />
The '''first part''' of this project relates to the actual process of content bundling. Until now, the various components of the content bundle -- the library.info file, the index page, and the xol file -- have had to be created by hand. This part of the project will result in a set of web-based content bundling scripts:<br />
<br />
# '''DONE:''' A web form that generates a library.info file.<br />
# A form that allows a user to upload an index.html file or create one if no html file exists.<br />
# A form that accepts other standard bundle formats (OCR, SCORM, etc) and converts them to .xol bundles<br />
# A web-based script that runs a basic bundle checker suite on uploaded collections : metadata, bundle format [manifest], links. More complex validation can be developed as needed.<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS:''' A web-based version of the bundler script that creates the bundle directory structure, zips it, then renames it as an xol.<br />
# A wikibot that adds new bundles to the collections/activities pages.<br />
# A featured content portal, and wiki-pages for reviewing and assessing the best materials.<br />
# Generic content uploader script-- to wiki, curriki, etc.<br />
# Test on school server.<br />
<br />
The '''second part''' of the project proposes to revise the content bundle specification to reflect updates to the content bundle format. This part of the project would include updates/revisions to:<br />
<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Creating_a_content_bundle]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Sample_library.info_file]] <br />
# '''DONE: '''[[Library.info]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: ''' A revised metadata standard for .xo[l] bundles that includes new needed fields (see [[talk:bundles]])<br />
# [[Collections]] update<br />
# The creation of new pages about the library template system.<br />
<br />
The '''third part''' of the project is a longer-term solution to bundle storage, and this is to create OLPC tags or areas on various educational resource repositories and to place tagged content bundles there. This would create an OLPC presence on these OER repositories, ideally fueling more content bundle creation, as well as encourage users of these repositories to evaluate the bundles and/or incorporate them into their own learning projects.<br />
<br />
Emphasis on:<br />
# Curriki/JM. Developing a presence for content bundles and learning activities on the site; encouraging tagging and rating.<br />
# Meneame/PF. Work with Uruguay team to develop a site for sharing, tagging, and rating resources. Spanish and English versions (companion sites and/or localized versions). <br />
# Moodle/ML. Emphasis on school server needs. Integrate with content repositories. Export-to-content-bundle module?<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
'''Part One: Content Bundling'''<br />
1. Done.<br />
2. One week to one month, depending on complexity.<br />
3. Needs additional research.<br />
4. One week. By 2/8<br />
5. One week. By 2/1.<br />
6. One week. By 2/15.<br />
7. Ongoing.<br />
<br />
'''Part Two: Documentation'''<br />
1. One day.<br />
2. One day.<br />
3. Done.<br />
4. One day. By 1/25.<br />
5. One day.<br />
6. One week. <br />
<br />
'''Part Three: Community Resources'''<br />
Ongoing.<br />
<br />
=== School Server use cases ===<br />
<br />
==== Description ====<br />
<br />
What goes on a school server? What kinds of tools do kids need to learn? This project addresses the issue of content for the school server-- software, tools, library materials, etc. The goal : a disk image of a "starter" school server that can be customized for local, regional, and national deployment. <br />
<br />
Starting from the top-level description of the [[XS Server Software]], I will research, specify, and then configure software including (but not limited to) the following:<br />
# Tools for collaborative learning, including Moodle, MediaWiki, as-yet-unspecified blogging software, and a global annotation system.<br />
# An annotated, expanded XO Activity set, including media players and tools for filesharing.<br />
# An enhanced and expanded content library, including maps, reference, curated OER content, and documentation (with links to external repositories).<br />
<br />
In some ways, this project is one that must be defined as it unfolds. Rather than a "needs assessment" approach, I envision an organic process of development that will evolve through conversations with trial schools and the OLPC community.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
<br />
:Part 1: Tools for collaborative learning, specification, installation, and configuration - three weeks, concurrent with<br />
:Part 2: XO Activity Set, annotation and mirroring - two weeks, in parallel with 3<br />
:Part 3: Expanded content library, specification, formatting, and installation - two weeks, in parallel with 2<br />
:Part 4: User testing - ongoing, accompanying Part 1 (via community content team).<br />
<br />
=== Global Learning Activities ===<br />
====Description====<br />
As large-scale deployments begin and the G1G1 laptops make their way around the world, the global community of XO users will need ways to connect to each other. One of way to do this is through shared learning activities, in which children from all over the world participate in the same learning activity and then share their results and experiences with others. Potential projects include: local Bug Blitzes shared through ZipcodeZoo.com, additional Our Stories recordings shared on the now-live ourstories.org, classroom newspapers using the Journalism Activity and published to the web, etc.<br />
<br />
Projects could be explained and announced on the wiki, or through a once-weekly email sent to a mailinglist, or both.<br />
<br />
Ideal results? Kids talking to (and learning from) other kids, discussions about learning centered around shared experiences, initiating presence on various web sites with a "swarm" of OLPC-related contributions, models for future shared learning activities.<br />
====Timeline====<br />
Ongoing<br />
<br />
===Deprecated===<br />
<br />
====Library Automation====<br />
*Write to l10n list abt localization issues<br />
*Add geodata to .info spec<br />
*Make better interface for bundle creation/submission.<br />
<br />
====Curators and Coordinators====<br />
*Draft email to curators<br />
*Add obvs missing ones<br />
*Set up RT for curators.<br />
<br />
====Our Stories====<br />
*Do poll-builder activity, then<br />
*Send back to MMM for feedback<br />
<br />
====Learning Activities====<br />
*Do vertical activity template<br />
*Poll-builder (above)<br />
<br />
====Educators Portal====<br />
*Work on it<br />
<br />
====Administrivia====<br />
*Respond to wiki talk<br />
*Respond to various educators wiki pages.<br />
<br />
====Activating Educators====<br />
<br />
'''''Moved to [[Activating educators]]'''''<br />
<br />
Related:<br />
<br />
*Re-org of: <br />
**[[Educational content ideas]]<br />
**[[Educational activity ideas]]<br />
**[[Contributing content]]<br />
*Wiki template and/or form for content submission<br />
**In progress: [[Template:content submission]]<br />
<br />
====Educational Activity Guidelines====<br />
*Guidelines for activity development (cf. [[OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines]]).<br />
**In progress (and should get a name change): [[Educational activity guidelines]]<br />
<br />
====Organizing organizing====<br />
'''''Moved to [[Organizing organizing]]'''''<br />
<br />
====How-tos====<br />
*Ideas for how-tos:<br />
** Laptops<br />
***What are they?<br />
***What are the main components<br />
***Keyboard and touchpad<br />
***Antennas and wireless network<br />
***Taking care of your laptop<br />
***What do you do when something goes wrong? <br />
** Starting to use them<br />
***Applications<br />
***Mesh and friends<br />
***Username<br />
***A browser and the internet<br />
***Google and finding content<br />
***Email and creating a gmail account<br />
***Wiki for kids? <br />
**Safety<br />
***Handling power <br />
**Resources<br />
***OLPC's website<br />
***Wikipedia<br />
***Dictionary (Marriam Webster)<br />
***Google's image search <br />
*Good how-to how-tos<br />
**[http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html]<br />
*Webclippy? Have webclippy people convert startup sheets, which involves...<br />
**Locating startup sheets (Adam Brandi) (emailed 5/24)<br />
<br />
====Ideas for lowercase "a" activity development====<br />
<br />
*List of resources available<br />
**Base Activities/content<br />
**Additional Activities/content<br />
**Online resources/content repository<br />
*Ideas for projects/activites<br />
*How to adapt your existing activity/curriculum/lesson for use w/ XO.<br />
*How to create an activity for use w/ XO.<br />
**Sample activities<br />
**Links to models for activity creation/development (cf. [http://www.mamamedia.com/areas/grownups/new/21_learning/three_xs.html three x's]). <br />
**Conceptual templates for types of activites (research, games, etc).<br />
*Specific projects<br />
**Storytelling/Center for Digital Storytelling<br />
***Info abt. storytelling opportunities <br />
****Available Activties<br />
****Relevant resources<br />
****Examples we like<br />
**Mapping (Baktiar)<br />
**Language instruction<br />
***Avallain<br />
***Individs (Tim VanSlyke)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User fr]]<br />
[[Category:User es]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Lauren&diff=101443User:Lauren2008-01-25T18:13:19Z<p>Lauren: /* Description */</p>
<hr />
<div>{|style="float:right"<br />
| {{User en}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{Educator <br />
| grades = University <br />
| subjects = {{Subject|Literature}} <br />
| school = City University of New York <br />
| country = USA}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
== About me ==<br />
<br />
Hi! I'm Lauren! And here is a picture that I took with my XO:<br />
<br />
[[image:laurenCameraShot.jpg|200px|Lauren and tree]]<br />
<br />
See also: <br />
*[http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~lklein/ Very old web page].<br />
*[http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fit.html Official work page] and [http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fitf_bios%2Flauren_klein.html bio].<br />
<br />
== This Week ==<br />
<br />
== Projects ==<br />
<br />
=== XO User Map ===<br />
Did you know? There's a Google Map for XO users: [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000001132ad0d5f3d14f8&ll=13.923404,4.21875&spn=169.160093,360&z=1 link]<br />
<br />
If you have an XO (or are getting one soon), you should add yourself to the map.<br />
<br />
=== Content Bundle Tools, Documentation, and Storage ===<br />
==== Description ====<br />
The experience of entering a library, either in real life or online, should be one of overabundance-- of infinite resources for learning, unlimited access to knowledge, and unbounded pathways of discovery. The OLPC content library must replicate this experience, and the first step towards replicating this experience is creating more content bundles. To this end, content bundles must be easier to make. We need user-friendly ways to create new content bundles, up-to-date documentation for the bundling process, and a selection of online repositories for storing and evaluating content bundles. <br />
<br />
The '''first part''' of this project relates to the actual process of content bundling. Until now, the various components of the content bundle -- the library.info file, the index page, and the xol file -- have had to be created by hand. This part of the project will result in a set of web-based content bundling scripts:<br />
<br />
# '''DONE:''' A web form that generates a library.info file.<br />
# A form that allows a user to upload an index.html file or create one if no html file exists.<br />
# A form that accepts other standard bundle formats (OCR, SCORM, etc) and converts them to .xol bundles<br />
# A web-based script that runs a basic bundle checker suite on uploaded collections : metadata, bundle format [manifest], links. More complex validation can be developed as needed.<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS:''' A web-based version of the bundler script that creates the bundle directory structure, zips it, then renames it as an xol.<br />
# A wikibot that adds new bundles to the collections/activities pages.<br />
# A featured content portal, and wiki-pages for reviewing and assessing the best materials.<br />
# Generic content uploader script-- to wiki, curriki, etc.<br />
<br />
The '''second part''' of the project proposes to revise the content bundle specification to reflect updates to the content bundle format. This part of the project would include updates/revisions to:<br />
<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Creating_a_content_bundle]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Sample_library.info_file]] <br />
# '''DONE: '''[[Library.info]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: ''' A revised metadata standard for .xo[l] bundles that includes new needed fields (see [[talk:bundles]])<br />
# [[Collections]] update<br />
# The creation of new pages about the library template system.<br />
<br />
The '''third part''' of the project is a longer-term solution to bundle storage, and this is to create OLPC tags or areas on various educational resource repositories and to place tagged content bundles there. This would create an OLPC presence on these OER repositories, ideally fueling more content bundle creation, as well as encourage users of these repositories to evaluate the bundles and/or incorporate them into their own learning projects.<br />
<br />
Emphasis on:<br />
# Curriki/JM. Developing a presence for content bundles and learning activities on the site; encouraging tagging and rating.<br />
# Meneame/PF. Work with Uruguay team to develop a site for sharing, tagging, and rating resources. Spanish and English versions (companion sites and/or localized versions). <br />
# Moodle/ML. Emphasis on school server needs. Integrate with content repositories. Export-to-content-bundle module?<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
'''Part One: Content Bundling'''<br />
1. Done.<br />
2. One week to one month, depending on complexity.<br />
3. Needs additional research.<br />
4. One week. By 2/8<br />
5. One week. By 2/1.<br />
6. One week. By 2/15.<br />
7. Ongoing.<br />
<br />
'''Part Two: Documentation'''<br />
1. One day.<br />
2. One day.<br />
3. Done.<br />
4. One day. By 1/25.<br />
5. One day.<br />
6. One week. <br />
<br />
'''Part Three: Community Resources'''<br />
Ongoing.<br />
<br />
=== School Server use cases ===<br />
<br />
==== Description ====<br />
<br />
What goes on a school server? What kinds of tools do kids need to learn? This project addresses the issue of content for the school server-- software, tools, library materials, etc. The goal : a disk image of a "starter" school server that can be customized for local, regional, and national deployment. <br />
<br />
Starting from the top-level description of the [[XS Server Software]], I will research, specify, and then configure software including (but not limited to) the following:<br />
# Tools for collaborative learning, including Moodle, MediaWiki, as-yet-unspecified blogging software, and a global annotation system.<br />
# An annotated, expanded XO Activity set, including media players and tools for filesharing.<br />
# An enhanced and expanded content library, including maps, reference, curated OER content, and documentation (with links to external repositories).<br />
<br />
In some ways, this project is one that must be defined as it unfolds. Rather than a "needs assessment" approach, I envision an organic process of development that will evolve through conversations with trial schools and the OLPC community.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
<br />
:Part 1: Tools for collaborative learning, specification, installation, and configuration - three weeks, concurrent with<br />
:Part 2: XO Activity Set, annotation and mirroring - two weeks, in parallel with 3<br />
:Part 3: Expanded content library, specification, formatting, and installation - two weeks, in parallel with 2<br />
:Part 4: User testing - ongoing, accompanying Part 1 (via community content team).<br />
<br />
=== Global Learning Activities ===<br />
====Description====<br />
As large-scale deployments begin and the G1G1 laptops make their way around the world, the global community of XO users will need ways to connect to each other. One of way to do this is through shared learning activities, in which children from all over the world participate in the same learning activity and then share their results and experiences with others. Potential projects include: local Bug Blitzes shared through ZipcodeZoo.com, additional Our Stories recordings shared on the now-live ourstories.org, classroom newspapers using the Journalism Activity and published to the web, etc.<br />
<br />
Projects could be explained and announced on the wiki, or through a once-weekly email sent to a mailinglist, or both.<br />
<br />
Ideal results? Kids talking to (and learning from) other kids, discussions about learning centered around shared experiences, initiating presence on various web sites with a "swarm" of OLPC-related contributions, models for future shared learning activities.<br />
====Timeline====<br />
Ongoing<br />
<br />
===Deprecated===<br />
<br />
====Library Automation====<br />
*Write to l10n list abt localization issues<br />
*Add geodata to .info spec<br />
*Make better interface for bundle creation/submission.<br />
<br />
====Curators and Coordinators====<br />
*Draft email to curators<br />
*Add obvs missing ones<br />
*Set up RT for curators.<br />
<br />
====Our Stories====<br />
*Do poll-builder activity, then<br />
*Send back to MMM for feedback<br />
<br />
====Learning Activities====<br />
*Do vertical activity template<br />
*Poll-builder (above)<br />
<br />
====Educators Portal====<br />
*Work on it<br />
<br />
====Administrivia====<br />
*Respond to wiki talk<br />
*Respond to various educators wiki pages.<br />
<br />
====Activating Educators====<br />
<br />
'''''Moved to [[Activating educators]]'''''<br />
<br />
Related:<br />
<br />
*Re-org of: <br />
**[[Educational content ideas]]<br />
**[[Educational activity ideas]]<br />
**[[Contributing content]]<br />
*Wiki template and/or form for content submission<br />
**In progress: [[Template:content submission]]<br />
<br />
====Educational Activity Guidelines====<br />
*Guidelines for activity development (cf. [[OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines]]).<br />
**In progress (and should get a name change): [[Educational activity guidelines]]<br />
<br />
====Organizing organizing====<br />
'''''Moved to [[Organizing organizing]]'''''<br />
<br />
====How-tos====<br />
*Ideas for how-tos:<br />
** Laptops<br />
***What are they?<br />
***What are the main components<br />
***Keyboard and touchpad<br />
***Antennas and wireless network<br />
***Taking care of your laptop<br />
***What do you do when something goes wrong? <br />
** Starting to use them<br />
***Applications<br />
***Mesh and friends<br />
***Username<br />
***A browser and the internet<br />
***Google and finding content<br />
***Email and creating a gmail account<br />
***Wiki for kids? <br />
**Safety<br />
***Handling power <br />
**Resources<br />
***OLPC's website<br />
***Wikipedia<br />
***Dictionary (Marriam Webster)<br />
***Google's image search <br />
*Good how-to how-tos<br />
**[http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html]<br />
*Webclippy? Have webclippy people convert startup sheets, which involves...<br />
**Locating startup sheets (Adam Brandi) (emailed 5/24)<br />
<br />
====Ideas for lowercase "a" activity development====<br />
<br />
*List of resources available<br />
**Base Activities/content<br />
**Additional Activities/content<br />
**Online resources/content repository<br />
*Ideas for projects/activites<br />
*How to adapt your existing activity/curriculum/lesson for use w/ XO.<br />
*How to create an activity for use w/ XO.<br />
**Sample activities<br />
**Links to models for activity creation/development (cf. [http://www.mamamedia.com/areas/grownups/new/21_learning/three_xs.html three x's]). <br />
**Conceptual templates for types of activites (research, games, etc).<br />
*Specific projects<br />
**Storytelling/Center for Digital Storytelling<br />
***Info abt. storytelling opportunities <br />
****Available Activties<br />
****Relevant resources<br />
****Examples we like<br />
**Mapping (Baktiar)<br />
**Language instruction<br />
***Avallain<br />
***Individs (Tim VanSlyke)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User fr]]<br />
[[Category:User es]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Lauren&diff=101439User:Lauren2008-01-25T18:05:53Z<p>Lauren: /* Timeline */</p>
<hr />
<div>{|style="float:right"<br />
| {{User en}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{Educator <br />
| grades = University <br />
| subjects = {{Subject|Literature}} <br />
| school = City University of New York <br />
| country = USA}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
== About me ==<br />
<br />
Hi! I'm Lauren! And here is a picture that I took with my XO:<br />
<br />
[[image:laurenCameraShot.jpg|200px|Lauren and tree]]<br />
<br />
See also: <br />
*[http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~lklein/ Very old web page].<br />
*[http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fit.html Official work page] and [http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fitf_bios%2Flauren_klein.html bio].<br />
<br />
== This Week ==<br />
<br />
== Projects ==<br />
<br />
=== XO User Map ===<br />
Did you know? There's a Google Map for XO users: [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000001132ad0d5f3d14f8&ll=13.923404,4.21875&spn=169.160093,360&z=1 link]<br />
<br />
If you have an XO (or are getting one soon), you should add yourself to the map.<br />
<br />
=== Content Bundle Tools, Documentation, and Storage ===<br />
==== Description ====<br />
The experience of entering a library, either in real life or online, should be one of overabundance-- of infinite resources for learning, unlimited access to knowledge, and unbounded pathways of discovery. The OLPC content library must replicate this experience, and the first step towards replicating this experience is creating more content bundles. To this end, content bundles must be easier to make. We need user-friendly ways to create new content bundles, up-to-date documentation for the bundling process, and a selection of online repositories for storing and evaluating content bundles. <br />
<br />
The '''first part''' of this project relates to the actual process of content bundling. Until now, the various components of the content bundle -- the library.info file, the index page, and the xol file -- have had to be created by hand. This part of the project will result in a set of web-based content bundling scripts:<br />
<br />
# '''DONE:''' A web form that generates a library.info file.<br />
# A form that allows a user to upload an index.html file or create one if no html file exists.<br />
# A form that accepts other standard bundle formats (OCR, SCORM, etc) and converts them to .xol bundles<br />
# A web-based script that runs a basic bundle checker suite on uploaded collections : metadata, bundle format [manifest], links. More complex validation can be developed as needed.<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS:''' A web-based version of the bundler script that creates the bundle directory structure, zips it, then renames it as an xol.<br />
# A wikibot that adds new bundles to the collections/activities pages.<br />
# A featured content portal, and wiki-pages for reviewing and assessing the best materials.<br />
<br />
The '''second part''' of the project proposes to revise the content bundle specification to reflect updates to the content bundle format. This part of the project would include updates/revisions to:<br />
<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Creating_a_content_bundle]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Sample_library.info_file]] <br />
# '''DONE: '''[[Library.info]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: ''' A revised metadata standard for .xo[l] bundles that includes new needed fields (see [[talk:bundles]])<br />
# [[Collections]] update<br />
# The creation of new pages about the library template system.<br />
<br />
The '''third part''' of the project is a longer-term solution to bundle storage, and this is to create OLPC tags or areas on various educational resource repositories and to place tagged content bundles there. This would create an OLPC presence on these OER repositories, ideally fueling more content bundle creation, as well as encourage users of these repositories to evaluate the bundles and/or incorporate them into their own learning projects.<br />
<br />
Emphasis on:<br />
# Curriki/JM. Developing a presence for content bundles and learning activities on the site; encouraging tagging and rating.<br />
# Meneame/PF. Work with Uruguay team to develop a site for sharing, tagging, and rating resources. Spanish and English versions (companion sites and/or localized versions). <br />
# Moodle/ML. Emphasis on school server needs. Integrate with content repositories. Export-to-content-bundle module? <br />
# Flickr/SW. Test case of collaborative content bundling.<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
'''Part One: Content Bundling'''<br />
1. Done.<br />
2. One week to one month, depending on complexity.<br />
3. Needs additional research.<br />
4. One week. By 2/8<br />
5. One week. By 2/1.<br />
6. One week. By 2/15.<br />
7. Ongoing.<br />
<br />
'''Part Two: Documentation'''<br />
1. One day.<br />
2. One day.<br />
3. Done.<br />
4. One day. By 1/25.<br />
5. One day.<br />
6. One week. <br />
<br />
'''Part Three: Community Resources'''<br />
Ongoing.<br />
<br />
=== School Server use cases ===<br />
<br />
==== Description ====<br />
<br />
What goes on a school server? What kinds of tools do kids need to learn? This project addresses the issue of content for the school server-- software, tools, library materials, etc. The goal : a disk image of a "starter" school server that can be customized for local, regional, and national deployment. <br />
<br />
Starting from the top-level description of the [[XS Server Software]], I will research, specify, and then configure software including (but not limited to) the following:<br />
# Tools for collaborative learning, including Moodle, MediaWiki, as-yet-unspecified blogging software, and a global annotation system.<br />
# An annotated, expanded XO Activity set, including media players and tools for filesharing.<br />
# An enhanced and expanded content library, including maps, reference, curated OER content, and documentation (with links to external repositories).<br />
<br />
In some ways, this project is one that must be defined as it unfolds. Rather than a "needs assessment" approach, I envision an organic process of development that will evolve through conversations with trial schools and the OLPC community.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
<br />
:Part 1: Tools for collaborative learning, specification, installation, and configuration - three weeks, concurrent with<br />
:Part 2: XO Activity Set, annotation and mirroring - two weeks, in parallel with 3<br />
:Part 3: Expanded content library, specification, formatting, and installation - two weeks, in parallel with 2<br />
:Part 4: User testing - ongoing, accompanying Part 1 (via community content team).<br />
<br />
=== Global Learning Activities ===<br />
====Description====<br />
As large-scale deployments begin and the G1G1 laptops make their way around the world, the global community of XO users will need ways to connect to each other. One of way to do this is through shared learning activities, in which children from all over the world participate in the same learning activity and then share their results and experiences with others. Potential projects include: local Bug Blitzes shared through ZipcodeZoo.com, additional Our Stories recordings shared on the now-live ourstories.org, classroom newspapers using the Journalism Activity and published to the web, etc.<br />
<br />
Projects could be explained and announced on the wiki, or through a once-weekly email sent to a mailinglist, or both.<br />
<br />
Ideal results? Kids talking to (and learning from) other kids, discussions about learning centered around shared experiences, initiating presence on various web sites with a "swarm" of OLPC-related contributions, models for future shared learning activities.<br />
====Timeline====<br />
Ongoing<br />
<br />
===Deprecated===<br />
<br />
====Library Automation====<br />
*Write to l10n list abt localization issues<br />
*Add geodata to .info spec<br />
*Make better interface for bundle creation/submission.<br />
<br />
====Curators and Coordinators====<br />
*Draft email to curators<br />
*Add obvs missing ones<br />
*Set up RT for curators.<br />
<br />
====Our Stories====<br />
*Do poll-builder activity, then<br />
*Send back to MMM for feedback<br />
<br />
====Learning Activities====<br />
*Do vertical activity template<br />
*Poll-builder (above)<br />
<br />
====Educators Portal====<br />
*Work on it<br />
<br />
====Administrivia====<br />
*Respond to wiki talk<br />
*Respond to various educators wiki pages.<br />
<br />
====Activating Educators====<br />
<br />
'''''Moved to [[Activating educators]]'''''<br />
<br />
Related:<br />
<br />
*Re-org of: <br />
**[[Educational content ideas]]<br />
**[[Educational activity ideas]]<br />
**[[Contributing content]]<br />
*Wiki template and/or form for content submission<br />
**In progress: [[Template:content submission]]<br />
<br />
====Educational Activity Guidelines====<br />
*Guidelines for activity development (cf. [[OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines]]).<br />
**In progress (and should get a name change): [[Educational activity guidelines]]<br />
<br />
====Organizing organizing====<br />
'''''Moved to [[Organizing organizing]]'''''<br />
<br />
====How-tos====<br />
*Ideas for how-tos:<br />
** Laptops<br />
***What are they?<br />
***What are the main components<br />
***Keyboard and touchpad<br />
***Antennas and wireless network<br />
***Taking care of your laptop<br />
***What do you do when something goes wrong? <br />
** Starting to use them<br />
***Applications<br />
***Mesh and friends<br />
***Username<br />
***A browser and the internet<br />
***Google and finding content<br />
***Email and creating a gmail account<br />
***Wiki for kids? <br />
**Safety<br />
***Handling power <br />
**Resources<br />
***OLPC's website<br />
***Wikipedia<br />
***Dictionary (Marriam Webster)<br />
***Google's image search <br />
*Good how-to how-tos<br />
**[http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html]<br />
*Webclippy? Have webclippy people convert startup sheets, which involves...<br />
**Locating startup sheets (Adam Brandi) (emailed 5/24)<br />
<br />
====Ideas for lowercase "a" activity development====<br />
<br />
*List of resources available<br />
**Base Activities/content<br />
**Additional Activities/content<br />
**Online resources/content repository<br />
*Ideas for projects/activites<br />
*How to adapt your existing activity/curriculum/lesson for use w/ XO.<br />
*How to create an activity for use w/ XO.<br />
**Sample activities<br />
**Links to models for activity creation/development (cf. [http://www.mamamedia.com/areas/grownups/new/21_learning/three_xs.html three x's]). <br />
**Conceptual templates for types of activites (research, games, etc).<br />
*Specific projects<br />
**Storytelling/Center for Digital Storytelling<br />
***Info abt. storytelling opportunities <br />
****Available Activties<br />
****Relevant resources<br />
****Examples we like<br />
**Mapping (Baktiar)<br />
**Language instruction<br />
***Avallain<br />
***Individs (Tim VanSlyke)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User fr]]<br />
[[Category:User es]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Lauren&diff=101438User:Lauren2008-01-25T18:04:42Z<p>Lauren: /* Description */</p>
<hr />
<div>{|style="float:right"<br />
| {{User en}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{Educator <br />
| grades = University <br />
| subjects = {{Subject|Literature}} <br />
| school = City University of New York <br />
| country = USA}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
== About me ==<br />
<br />
Hi! I'm Lauren! And here is a picture that I took with my XO:<br />
<br />
[[image:laurenCameraShot.jpg|200px|Lauren and tree]]<br />
<br />
See also: <br />
*[http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~lklein/ Very old web page].<br />
*[http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fit.html Official work page] and [http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fitf_bios%2Flauren_klein.html bio].<br />
<br />
== This Week ==<br />
<br />
== Projects ==<br />
<br />
=== XO User Map ===<br />
Did you know? There's a Google Map for XO users: [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000001132ad0d5f3d14f8&ll=13.923404,4.21875&spn=169.160093,360&z=1 link]<br />
<br />
If you have an XO (or are getting one soon), you should add yourself to the map.<br />
<br />
=== Content Bundle Tools, Documentation, and Storage ===<br />
==== Description ====<br />
The experience of entering a library, either in real life or online, should be one of overabundance-- of infinite resources for learning, unlimited access to knowledge, and unbounded pathways of discovery. The OLPC content library must replicate this experience, and the first step towards replicating this experience is creating more content bundles. To this end, content bundles must be easier to make. We need user-friendly ways to create new content bundles, up-to-date documentation for the bundling process, and a selection of online repositories for storing and evaluating content bundles. <br />
<br />
The '''first part''' of this project relates to the actual process of content bundling. Until now, the various components of the content bundle -- the library.info file, the index page, and the xol file -- have had to be created by hand. This part of the project will result in a set of web-based content bundling scripts:<br />
<br />
# '''DONE:''' A web form that generates a library.info file.<br />
# A form that allows a user to upload an index.html file or create one if no html file exists.<br />
# A form that accepts other standard bundle formats (OCR, SCORM, etc) and converts them to .xol bundles<br />
# A web-based script that runs a basic bundle checker suite on uploaded collections : metadata, bundle format [manifest], links. More complex validation can be developed as needed.<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS:''' A web-based version of the bundler script that creates the bundle directory structure, zips it, then renames it as an xol.<br />
# A wikibot that adds new bundles to the collections/activities pages.<br />
# A featured content portal, and wiki-pages for reviewing and assessing the best materials.<br />
<br />
The '''second part''' of the project proposes to revise the content bundle specification to reflect updates to the content bundle format. This part of the project would include updates/revisions to:<br />
<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Creating_a_content_bundle]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Sample_library.info_file]] <br />
# '''DONE: '''[[Library.info]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: ''' A revised metadata standard for .xo[l] bundles that includes new needed fields (see [[talk:bundles]])<br />
# [[Collections]] update<br />
# The creation of new pages about the library template system.<br />
<br />
The '''third part''' of the project is a longer-term solution to bundle storage, and this is to create OLPC tags or areas on various educational resource repositories and to place tagged content bundles there. This would create an OLPC presence on these OER repositories, ideally fueling more content bundle creation, as well as encourage users of these repositories to evaluate the bundles and/or incorporate them into their own learning projects.<br />
<br />
Emphasis on:<br />
# Curriki/JM. Developing a presence for content bundles and learning activities on the site; encouraging tagging and rating.<br />
# Meneame/PF. Work with Uruguay team to develop a site for sharing, tagging, and rating resources. Spanish and English versions (companion sites and/or localized versions). <br />
# Moodle/ML. Emphasis on school server needs. Integrate with content repositories. Export-to-content-bundle module? <br />
# Flickr/SW. Test case of collaborative content bundling.<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
'''Part One: Content Bundling'''<br />
1. Done.<br />
2. One week to one month, depending on complexity.<br />
3. Needs additional research.<br />
4. One week. By 2/8<br />
5. One week. By 2/1.<br />
6. One week. By 2/15.<br />
7. Ongoing.<br />
<br />
'''Part Two: Documentation'''<br />
1. One day.<br />
2. One day.<br />
3. Done.<br />
4. One day. By 1/25.<br />
5. One day.<br />
6. One week. <br />
<br />
'''Part Three: Community Resources'''<br />
Ongoing, emphasis on:<br />
1. Curriki/JM<br />
2. Meneame/PF/Uruguay<br />
3. Moodle/ML<br />
4. Flickr/SW<br />
<br />
=== School Server use cases ===<br />
<br />
==== Description ====<br />
<br />
What goes on a school server? What kinds of tools do kids need to learn? This project addresses the issue of content for the school server-- software, tools, library materials, etc. The goal : a disk image of a "starter" school server that can be customized for local, regional, and national deployment. <br />
<br />
Starting from the top-level description of the [[XS Server Software]], I will research, specify, and then configure software including (but not limited to) the following:<br />
# Tools for collaborative learning, including Moodle, MediaWiki, as-yet-unspecified blogging software, and a global annotation system.<br />
# An annotated, expanded XO Activity set, including media players and tools for filesharing.<br />
# An enhanced and expanded content library, including maps, reference, curated OER content, and documentation (with links to external repositories).<br />
<br />
In some ways, this project is one that must be defined as it unfolds. Rather than a "needs assessment" approach, I envision an organic process of development that will evolve through conversations with trial schools and the OLPC community.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
<br />
:Part 1: Tools for collaborative learning, specification, installation, and configuration - three weeks, concurrent with<br />
:Part 2: XO Activity Set, annotation and mirroring - two weeks, in parallel with 3<br />
:Part 3: Expanded content library, specification, formatting, and installation - two weeks, in parallel with 2<br />
:Part 4: User testing - ongoing, accompanying Part 1 (via community content team).<br />
<br />
=== Global Learning Activities ===<br />
====Description====<br />
As large-scale deployments begin and the G1G1 laptops make their way around the world, the global community of XO users will need ways to connect to each other. One of way to do this is through shared learning activities, in which children from all over the world participate in the same learning activity and then share their results and experiences with others. Potential projects include: local Bug Blitzes shared through ZipcodeZoo.com, additional Our Stories recordings shared on the now-live ourstories.org, classroom newspapers using the Journalism Activity and published to the web, etc.<br />
<br />
Projects could be explained and announced on the wiki, or through a once-weekly email sent to a mailinglist, or both.<br />
<br />
Ideal results? Kids talking to (and learning from) other kids, discussions about learning centered around shared experiences, initiating presence on various web sites with a "swarm" of OLPC-related contributions, models for future shared learning activities.<br />
====Timeline====<br />
Ongoing<br />
<br />
===Deprecated===<br />
<br />
====Library Automation====<br />
*Write to l10n list abt localization issues<br />
*Add geodata to .info spec<br />
*Make better interface for bundle creation/submission.<br />
<br />
====Curators and Coordinators====<br />
*Draft email to curators<br />
*Add obvs missing ones<br />
*Set up RT for curators.<br />
<br />
====Our Stories====<br />
*Do poll-builder activity, then<br />
*Send back to MMM for feedback<br />
<br />
====Learning Activities====<br />
*Do vertical activity template<br />
*Poll-builder (above)<br />
<br />
====Educators Portal====<br />
*Work on it<br />
<br />
====Administrivia====<br />
*Respond to wiki talk<br />
*Respond to various educators wiki pages.<br />
<br />
====Activating Educators====<br />
<br />
'''''Moved to [[Activating educators]]'''''<br />
<br />
Related:<br />
<br />
*Re-org of: <br />
**[[Educational content ideas]]<br />
**[[Educational activity ideas]]<br />
**[[Contributing content]]<br />
*Wiki template and/or form for content submission<br />
**In progress: [[Template:content submission]]<br />
<br />
====Educational Activity Guidelines====<br />
*Guidelines for activity development (cf. [[OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines]]).<br />
**In progress (and should get a name change): [[Educational activity guidelines]]<br />
<br />
====Organizing organizing====<br />
'''''Moved to [[Organizing organizing]]'''''<br />
<br />
====How-tos====<br />
*Ideas for how-tos:<br />
** Laptops<br />
***What are they?<br />
***What are the main components<br />
***Keyboard and touchpad<br />
***Antennas and wireless network<br />
***Taking care of your laptop<br />
***What do you do when something goes wrong? <br />
** Starting to use them<br />
***Applications<br />
***Mesh and friends<br />
***Username<br />
***A browser and the internet<br />
***Google and finding content<br />
***Email and creating a gmail account<br />
***Wiki for kids? <br />
**Safety<br />
***Handling power <br />
**Resources<br />
***OLPC's website<br />
***Wikipedia<br />
***Dictionary (Marriam Webster)<br />
***Google's image search <br />
*Good how-to how-tos<br />
**[http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html]<br />
*Webclippy? Have webclippy people convert startup sheets, which involves...<br />
**Locating startup sheets (Adam Brandi) (emailed 5/24)<br />
<br />
====Ideas for lowercase "a" activity development====<br />
<br />
*List of resources available<br />
**Base Activities/content<br />
**Additional Activities/content<br />
**Online resources/content repository<br />
*Ideas for projects/activites<br />
*How to adapt your existing activity/curriculum/lesson for use w/ XO.<br />
*How to create an activity for use w/ XO.<br />
**Sample activities<br />
**Links to models for activity creation/development (cf. [http://www.mamamedia.com/areas/grownups/new/21_learning/three_xs.html three x's]). <br />
**Conceptual templates for types of activites (research, games, etc).<br />
*Specific projects<br />
**Storytelling/Center for Digital Storytelling<br />
***Info abt. storytelling opportunities <br />
****Available Activties<br />
****Relevant resources<br />
****Examples we like<br />
**Mapping (Baktiar)<br />
**Language instruction<br />
***Avallain<br />
***Individs (Tim VanSlyke)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User fr]]<br />
[[Category:User es]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Lauren&diff=101435User:Lauren2008-01-25T17:56:52Z<p>Lauren: /* Timeline */</p>
<hr />
<div>{|style="float:right"<br />
| {{User en}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{Educator <br />
| grades = University <br />
| subjects = {{Subject|Literature}} <br />
| school = City University of New York <br />
| country = USA}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
== About me ==<br />
<br />
Hi! I'm Lauren! And here is a picture that I took with my XO:<br />
<br />
[[image:laurenCameraShot.jpg|200px|Lauren and tree]]<br />
<br />
See also: <br />
*[http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~lklein/ Very old web page].<br />
*[http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fit.html Official work page] and [http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fitf_bios%2Flauren_klein.html bio].<br />
<br />
== This Week ==<br />
<br />
== Projects ==<br />
<br />
=== XO User Map ===<br />
Did you know? There's a Google Map for XO users: [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000001132ad0d5f3d14f8&ll=13.923404,4.21875&spn=169.160093,360&z=1 link]<br />
<br />
If you have an XO (or are getting one soon), you should add yourself to the map.<br />
<br />
=== Content Bundle Tools, Documentation, and Storage ===<br />
==== Description ====<br />
The experience of entering a library, either in real life or online, should be one of overabundance-- of infinite resources for learning, unlimited access to knowledge, and unbounded pathways of discovery. The OLPC content library must replicate this experience, and the first step towards replicating this experience is creating more content bundles. To this end, content bundles must be easier to make. We need user-friendly ways to create new content bundles, up-to-date documentation for the bundling process, and a selection of online repositories for storing and evaluating content bundles. <br />
<br />
The '''first part''' of this project relates to the actual process of content bundling. Until now, the various components of the content bundle -- the library.info file, the index page, and the xol file -- have had to be created by hand. This part of the project will result in a set of web-based content bundling scripts:<br />
<br />
# '''DONE:''' A web form that generates a library.info file.<br />
# A form that allows a user to upload an index.html file or create one if no html file exists.<br />
# A form that accepts other standard bundle formats (OCR, SCORM, etc) and converts them to .xol bundles<br />
# A web-based script that runs a basic bundle checker suite on uploaded collections : metadata, bundle format [manifest], links. More complex validation can be developed as needed.<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS:''' A web-based version of the bundler script that creates the bundle directory structure, zips it, then renames it as an xol.<br />
# A wikibot that adds new bundles to the collections/activities pages.<br />
# A featured content portal, and wiki-pages for reviewing and assessing the best materials.<br />
<br />
The '''second part''' of the project proposes to revise the content bundle specification to reflect updates to the content bundle format. This part of the project would include updates/revisions to:<br />
<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Creating_a_content_bundle]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Sample_library.info_file]] <br />
# '''DONE: '''[[Library.info]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: ''' A revised metadata standard for .xo[l] bundles that includes new needed fields (see [[talk:bundles]])<br />
# [[Collections]] update<br />
# The creation of new pages about the library template system.<br />
<br />
The '''third part''' of the project is a longer-term solution to bundle storage, and this is to create OLPC tags or areas on various educational resource repositories and to place tagged content bundles there. This would create an OLPC presence on these OER repositories, ideally fueling more content bundle creation, as well as encourage users of these repositories to evaluate the bundles and/or incorporate them into their own learning projects.<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
'''Part One: Content Bundling'''<br />
1. Done.<br />
2. One week to one month, depending on complexity.<br />
3. Needs additional research.<br />
4. One week. By 2/8<br />
5. One week. By 2/1.<br />
6. One week. By 2/15.<br />
7. Ongoing.<br />
<br />
'''Part Two: Documentation'''<br />
1. One day.<br />
2. One day.<br />
3. Done.<br />
4. One day. By 1/25.<br />
5. One day.<br />
6. One week. <br />
<br />
'''Part Three: Community Resources'''<br />
Ongoing, emphasis on:<br />
1. Curriki/JM<br />
2. Meneame/PF/Uruguay<br />
3. Moodle/ML<br />
4. Flickr/SW<br />
<br />
=== School Server use cases ===<br />
<br />
==== Description ====<br />
<br />
What goes on a school server? What kinds of tools do kids need to learn? This project addresses the issue of content for the school server-- software, tools, library materials, etc. The goal : a disk image of a "starter" school server that can be customized for local, regional, and national deployment. <br />
<br />
Starting from the top-level description of the [[XS Server Software]], I will research, specify, and then configure software including (but not limited to) the following:<br />
# Tools for collaborative learning, including Moodle, MediaWiki, as-yet-unspecified blogging software, and a global annotation system.<br />
# An annotated, expanded XO Activity set, including media players and tools for filesharing.<br />
# An enhanced and expanded content library, including maps, reference, curated OER content, and documentation (with links to external repositories).<br />
<br />
In some ways, this project is one that must be defined as it unfolds. Rather than a "needs assessment" approach, I envision an organic process of development that will evolve through conversations with trial schools and the OLPC community.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
<br />
:Part 1: Tools for collaborative learning, specification, installation, and configuration - three weeks, concurrent with<br />
:Part 2: XO Activity Set, annotation and mirroring - two weeks, in parallel with 3<br />
:Part 3: Expanded content library, specification, formatting, and installation - two weeks, in parallel with 2<br />
:Part 4: User testing - ongoing, accompanying Part 1 (via community content team).<br />
<br />
=== Global Learning Activities ===<br />
====Description====<br />
As large-scale deployments begin and the G1G1 laptops make their way around the world, the global community of XO users will need ways to connect to each other. One of way to do this is through shared learning activities, in which children from all over the world participate in the same learning activity and then share their results and experiences with others. Potential projects include: local Bug Blitzes shared through ZipcodeZoo.com, additional Our Stories recordings shared on the now-live ourstories.org, classroom newspapers using the Journalism Activity and published to the web, etc.<br />
<br />
Projects could be explained and announced on the wiki, or through a once-weekly email sent to a mailinglist, or both.<br />
<br />
Ideal results? Kids talking to (and learning from) other kids, discussions about learning centered around shared experiences, initiating presence on various web sites with a "swarm" of OLPC-related contributions, models for future shared learning activities.<br />
====Timeline====<br />
Ongoing<br />
<br />
===Deprecated===<br />
<br />
====Library Automation====<br />
*Write to l10n list abt localization issues<br />
*Add geodata to .info spec<br />
*Make better interface for bundle creation/submission.<br />
<br />
====Curators and Coordinators====<br />
*Draft email to curators<br />
*Add obvs missing ones<br />
*Set up RT for curators.<br />
<br />
====Our Stories====<br />
*Do poll-builder activity, then<br />
*Send back to MMM for feedback<br />
<br />
====Learning Activities====<br />
*Do vertical activity template<br />
*Poll-builder (above)<br />
<br />
====Educators Portal====<br />
*Work on it<br />
<br />
====Administrivia====<br />
*Respond to wiki talk<br />
*Respond to various educators wiki pages.<br />
<br />
====Activating Educators====<br />
<br />
'''''Moved to [[Activating educators]]'''''<br />
<br />
Related:<br />
<br />
*Re-org of: <br />
**[[Educational content ideas]]<br />
**[[Educational activity ideas]]<br />
**[[Contributing content]]<br />
*Wiki template and/or form for content submission<br />
**In progress: [[Template:content submission]]<br />
<br />
====Educational Activity Guidelines====<br />
*Guidelines for activity development (cf. [[OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines]]).<br />
**In progress (and should get a name change): [[Educational activity guidelines]]<br />
<br />
====Organizing organizing====<br />
'''''Moved to [[Organizing organizing]]'''''<br />
<br />
====How-tos====<br />
*Ideas for how-tos:<br />
** Laptops<br />
***What are they?<br />
***What are the main components<br />
***Keyboard and touchpad<br />
***Antennas and wireless network<br />
***Taking care of your laptop<br />
***What do you do when something goes wrong? <br />
** Starting to use them<br />
***Applications<br />
***Mesh and friends<br />
***Username<br />
***A browser and the internet<br />
***Google and finding content<br />
***Email and creating a gmail account<br />
***Wiki for kids? <br />
**Safety<br />
***Handling power <br />
**Resources<br />
***OLPC's website<br />
***Wikipedia<br />
***Dictionary (Marriam Webster)<br />
***Google's image search <br />
*Good how-to how-tos<br />
**[http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html]<br />
*Webclippy? Have webclippy people convert startup sheets, which involves...<br />
**Locating startup sheets (Adam Brandi) (emailed 5/24)<br />
<br />
====Ideas for lowercase "a" activity development====<br />
<br />
*List of resources available<br />
**Base Activities/content<br />
**Additional Activities/content<br />
**Online resources/content repository<br />
*Ideas for projects/activites<br />
*How to adapt your existing activity/curriculum/lesson for use w/ XO.<br />
*How to create an activity for use w/ XO.<br />
**Sample activities<br />
**Links to models for activity creation/development (cf. [http://www.mamamedia.com/areas/grownups/new/21_learning/three_xs.html three x's]). <br />
**Conceptual templates for types of activites (research, games, etc).<br />
*Specific projects<br />
**Storytelling/Center for Digital Storytelling<br />
***Info abt. storytelling opportunities <br />
****Available Activties<br />
****Relevant resources<br />
****Examples we like<br />
**Mapping (Baktiar)<br />
**Language instruction<br />
***Avallain<br />
***Individs (Tim VanSlyke)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User fr]]<br />
[[Category:User es]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Lauren&diff=101432User:Lauren2008-01-25T17:51:50Z<p>Lauren: </p>
<hr />
<div>{|style="float:right"<br />
| {{User en}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{Educator <br />
| grades = University <br />
| subjects = {{Subject|Literature}} <br />
| school = City University of New York <br />
| country = USA}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
== About me ==<br />
<br />
Hi! I'm Lauren! And here is a picture that I took with my XO:<br />
<br />
[[image:laurenCameraShot.jpg|200px|Lauren and tree]]<br />
<br />
See also: <br />
*[http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~lklein/ Very old web page].<br />
*[http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fit.html Official work page] and [http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fitf_bios%2Flauren_klein.html bio].<br />
<br />
== This Week ==<br />
<br />
== Projects ==<br />
<br />
=== XO User Map ===<br />
Did you know? There's a Google Map for XO users: [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000001132ad0d5f3d14f8&ll=13.923404,4.21875&spn=169.160093,360&z=1 link]<br />
<br />
If you have an XO (or are getting one soon), you should add yourself to the map.<br />
<br />
=== Content Bundle Tools, Documentation, and Storage ===<br />
==== Description ====<br />
The experience of entering a library, either in real life or online, should be one of overabundance-- of infinite resources for learning, unlimited access to knowledge, and unbounded pathways of discovery. The OLPC content library must replicate this experience, and the first step towards replicating this experience is creating more content bundles. To this end, content bundles must be easier to make. We need user-friendly ways to create new content bundles, up-to-date documentation for the bundling process, and a selection of online repositories for storing and evaluating content bundles. <br />
<br />
The '''first part''' of this project relates to the actual process of content bundling. Until now, the various components of the content bundle -- the library.info file, the index page, and the xol file -- have had to be created by hand. This part of the project will result in a set of web-based content bundling scripts:<br />
<br />
# '''DONE:''' A web form that generates a library.info file.<br />
# A form that allows a user to upload an index.html file or create one if no html file exists.<br />
# A form that accepts other standard bundle formats (OCR, SCORM, etc) and converts them to .xol bundles<br />
# A web-based script that runs a basic bundle checker suite on uploaded collections : metadata, bundle format [manifest], links. More complex validation can be developed as needed.<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS:''' A web-based version of the bundler script that creates the bundle directory structure, zips it, then renames it as an xol.<br />
# A wikibot that adds new bundles to the collections/activities pages.<br />
# A featured content portal, and wiki-pages for reviewing and assessing the best materials.<br />
<br />
The '''second part''' of the project proposes to revise the content bundle specification to reflect updates to the content bundle format. This part of the project would include updates/revisions to:<br />
<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Creating_a_content_bundle]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Sample_library.info_file]] <br />
# '''DONE: '''[[Library.info]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: ''' A revised metadata standard for .xo[l] bundles that includes new needed fields (see [[talk:bundles]])<br />
# [[Collections]] update<br />
# The creation of new pages about the library template system.<br />
<br />
The '''third part''' of the project is a longer-term solution to bundle storage, and this is to create OLPC tags or areas on various educational resource repositories and to place tagged content bundles there. This would create an OLPC presence on these OER repositories, ideally fueling more content bundle creation, as well as encourage users of these repositories to evaluate the bundles and/or incorporate them into their own learning projects.<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
'''Part One: Content Bundling'''<br />
1. Done.<br />
2. One week to one month, depending on complexity.<br />
3. Needs additional research.<br />
4. One week. By 2/8<br />
5. One week. By 2/1.<br />
6. One week. By 2/15.<br />
7. Ongoing.<br />
<br />
'''Part Two: Documentation'''<br />
1. One day.<br />
2. One day.<br />
3. Done.<br />
4. One day. By 1/25.<br />
5. One day.<br />
6. One week. <br />
<br />
'''Part Three: Community Resources'''<br />
<br />
=== School Server use cases ===<br />
<br />
==== Description ====<br />
<br />
What goes on a school server? What kinds of tools do kids need to learn? This project addresses the issue of content for the school server-- software, tools, library materials, etc. The goal : a disk image of a "starter" school server that can be customized for local, regional, and national deployment. <br />
<br />
Starting from the top-level description of the [[XS Server Software]], I will research, specify, and then configure software including (but not limited to) the following:<br />
# Tools for collaborative learning, including Moodle, MediaWiki, as-yet-unspecified blogging software, and a global annotation system.<br />
# An annotated, expanded XO Activity set, including media players and tools for filesharing.<br />
# An enhanced and expanded content library, including maps, reference, curated OER content, and documentation (with links to external repositories).<br />
<br />
In some ways, this project is one that must be defined as it unfolds. Rather than a "needs assessment" approach, I envision an organic process of development that will evolve through conversations with trial schools and the OLPC community.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
<br />
:Part 1: Tools for collaborative learning, specification, installation, and configuration - three weeks, concurrent with<br />
:Part 2: XO Activity Set, annotation and mirroring - two weeks, in parallel with 3<br />
:Part 3: Expanded content library, specification, formatting, and installation - two weeks, in parallel with 2<br />
:Part 4: User testing - ongoing, accompanying Part 1 (via community content team).<br />
<br />
=== Global Learning Activities ===<br />
====Description====<br />
As large-scale deployments begin and the G1G1 laptops make their way around the world, the global community of XO users will need ways to connect to each other. One of way to do this is through shared learning activities, in which children from all over the world participate in the same learning activity and then share their results and experiences with others. Potential projects include: local Bug Blitzes shared through ZipcodeZoo.com, additional Our Stories recordings shared on the now-live ourstories.org, classroom newspapers using the Journalism Activity and published to the web, etc.<br />
<br />
Projects could be explained and announced on the wiki, or through a once-weekly email sent to a mailinglist, or both.<br />
<br />
Ideal results? Kids talking to (and learning from) other kids, discussions about learning centered around shared experiences, initiating presence on various web sites with a "swarm" of OLPC-related contributions, models for future shared learning activities.<br />
====Timeline====<br />
Ongoing<br />
<br />
===Deprecated===<br />
<br />
====Library Automation====<br />
*Write to l10n list abt localization issues<br />
*Add geodata to .info spec<br />
*Make better interface for bundle creation/submission.<br />
<br />
====Curators and Coordinators====<br />
*Draft email to curators<br />
*Add obvs missing ones<br />
*Set up RT for curators.<br />
<br />
====Our Stories====<br />
*Do poll-builder activity, then<br />
*Send back to MMM for feedback<br />
<br />
====Learning Activities====<br />
*Do vertical activity template<br />
*Poll-builder (above)<br />
<br />
====Educators Portal====<br />
*Work on it<br />
<br />
====Administrivia====<br />
*Respond to wiki talk<br />
*Respond to various educators wiki pages.<br />
<br />
====Activating Educators====<br />
<br />
'''''Moved to [[Activating educators]]'''''<br />
<br />
Related:<br />
<br />
*Re-org of: <br />
**[[Educational content ideas]]<br />
**[[Educational activity ideas]]<br />
**[[Contributing content]]<br />
*Wiki template and/or form for content submission<br />
**In progress: [[Template:content submission]]<br />
<br />
====Educational Activity Guidelines====<br />
*Guidelines for activity development (cf. [[OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines]]).<br />
**In progress (and should get a name change): [[Educational activity guidelines]]<br />
<br />
====Organizing organizing====<br />
'''''Moved to [[Organizing organizing]]'''''<br />
<br />
====How-tos====<br />
*Ideas for how-tos:<br />
** Laptops<br />
***What are they?<br />
***What are the main components<br />
***Keyboard and touchpad<br />
***Antennas and wireless network<br />
***Taking care of your laptop<br />
***What do you do when something goes wrong? <br />
** Starting to use them<br />
***Applications<br />
***Mesh and friends<br />
***Username<br />
***A browser and the internet<br />
***Google and finding content<br />
***Email and creating a gmail account<br />
***Wiki for kids? <br />
**Safety<br />
***Handling power <br />
**Resources<br />
***OLPC's website<br />
***Wikipedia<br />
***Dictionary (Marriam Webster)<br />
***Google's image search <br />
*Good how-to how-tos<br />
**[http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html]<br />
*Webclippy? Have webclippy people convert startup sheets, which involves...<br />
**Locating startup sheets (Adam Brandi) (emailed 5/24)<br />
<br />
====Ideas for lowercase "a" activity development====<br />
<br />
*List of resources available<br />
**Base Activities/content<br />
**Additional Activities/content<br />
**Online resources/content repository<br />
*Ideas for projects/activites<br />
*How to adapt your existing activity/curriculum/lesson for use w/ XO.<br />
*How to create an activity for use w/ XO.<br />
**Sample activities<br />
**Links to models for activity creation/development (cf. [http://www.mamamedia.com/areas/grownups/new/21_learning/three_xs.html three x's]). <br />
**Conceptual templates for types of activites (research, games, etc).<br />
*Specific projects<br />
**Storytelling/Center for Digital Storytelling<br />
***Info abt. storytelling opportunities <br />
****Available Activties<br />
****Relevant resources<br />
****Examples we like<br />
**Mapping (Baktiar)<br />
**Language instruction<br />
***Avallain<br />
***Individs (Tim VanSlyke)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User fr]]<br />
[[Category:User es]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Lauren&diff=101431User:Lauren2008-01-25T17:51:22Z<p>Lauren: /* Description */</p>
<hr />
<div>{|style="float:right"<br />
| {{User en}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{Educator <br />
| grades = University <br />
| subjects = {{Subject|Literature}} <br />
| school = City University of New York <br />
| country = USA}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
== About me ==<br />
<br />
Hi! I'm Lauren! And here is a picture that I took with my XO:<br />
<br />
[[image:laurenCameraShot.jpg|200px|Lauren and tree]]<br />
<br />
See also: <br />
*[http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~lklein/ Very old web page].<br />
*[http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fit.html Official work page] and [http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fitf_bios%2Flauren_klein.html bio].<br />
<br />
== This Week ==<br />
<br />
== Projects ==<br />
<br />
=== XO User Map ===<br />
Did you know? There's a Google Map for XO users: [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000001132ad0d5f3d14f8&ll=13.923404,4.21875&spn=169.160093,360&z=1 link]<br />
<br />
If you have an XO (or are getting one soon), you should add yourself to the map.<br />
<br />
=== Content Bundle Tools, Documentation, and Storage ===<br />
==== Description ====<br />
The experience of entering a library, either in real life or online, should be one of overabundance-- of infinite resources for learning, unlimited access to knowledge, and unbounded pathways of discovery. The OLPC content library must replicate this experience, and the first step towards replicating this experience is creating more content bundles. To this end, content bundles must be easier to make. We need user-friendly ways to create new content bundles, up-to-date documentation for the bundling process, and a selection of online repositories for storing and evaluating content bundles. <br />
<br />
The '''first part''' of this project relates to the actual process of content bundling. Until now, the various components of the content bundle -- the library.info file, the index page, and the xol file -- have had to be created by hand. This part of the project will result in a set of web-based content bundling scripts:<br />
<br />
# '''DONE:''' A web form that generates a library.info file.<br />
# A form that allows a user to upload an index.html file or create one if no html file exists.<br />
# A form that accepts other standard bundle formats (OCR, SCORM, etc) and converts them to .xol bundles<br />
# A web-based script that runs a basic bundle checker suite on uploaded collections : metadata, bundle format [manifest], links. More complex validation can be developed as needed.<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS:''' A web-based version of the bundler script that creates the bundle directory structure, zips it, then renames it as an xol.<br />
# A wikibot that adds new bundles to the collections/activities pages.<br />
# A featured content portal, and wiki-pages for reviewing and assessing the best materials.<br />
<br />
The '''second part''' of the project proposes to revise the content bundle specification to reflect updates to the content bundle format. This part of the project would include updates/revisions to:<br />
<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Creating_a_content_bundle]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Sample_library.info_file]] <br />
# '''DONE: '''[[Library.info]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: ''' A revised metadata standard for .xo[l] bundles that includes new needed fields (see [[talk:bundles]])<br />
# [[Collections]] update<br />
# The creation of new pages about the library template system.<br />
<br />
The '''third part''' of the project is a longer-term solution to bundle storage, and this is to create OLPC tags or areas on various educational resource repositories and to place tagged content bundles there. This would create an OLPC presence on these OER repositories, ideally fueling more content bundle creation, as well as encourage users of these repositories to evaluate the bundles and/or incorporate them into their own learning projects.<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
Part 1.1: One day, completed by 12/14<br />
Part 2.1-3: One week, completed by 12/21<br />
Part 1.2: One day to one week (b/c involves poking around jinja), completed by 1/4<br />
Part 1.4, One day, completed by 1/9. <br />
Part 2.4, One day, completed by 1/9.<br />
Part 1.3: One day to one week (depending on complexity), completed by 1/25.<br />
Part 1.5: One day to one week (depending on technical limitations), completed by 1/25.<br />
Part 3: Ongoing, beginning 1/21<br />
<br />
=== School Server use cases ===<br />
<br />
==== Description ====<br />
<br />
What goes on a school server? What kinds of tools do kids need to learn? This project addresses the issue of content for the school server-- software, tools, library materials, etc. The goal : a disk image of a "starter" school server that can be customized for local, regional, and national deployment. <br />
<br />
Starting from the top-level description of the [[XS Server Software]], I will research, specify, and then configure software including (but not limited to) the following:<br />
# Tools for collaborative learning, including Moodle, MediaWiki, as-yet-unspecified blogging software, and a global annotation system.<br />
# An annotated, expanded XO Activity set, including media players and tools for filesharing.<br />
# An enhanced and expanded content library, including maps, reference, curated OER content, and documentation (with links to external repositories).<br />
<br />
In some ways, this project is one that must be defined as it unfolds. Rather than a "needs assessment" approach, I envision an organic process of development that will evolve through conversations with trial schools and the OLPC community.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
<br />
:Part 1: Tools for collaborative learning, specification, installation, and configuration - three weeks, concurrent with<br />
:Part 2: XO Activity Set, annotation and mirroring - two weeks, in parallel with 3<br />
:Part 3: Expanded content library, specification, formatting, and installation - two weeks, in parallel with 2<br />
:Part 4: User testing - ongoing, accompanying Part 1 (via community content team).<br />
<br />
=== Global Learning Activities ===<br />
====Description====<br />
As large-scale deployments begin and the G1G1 laptops make their way around the world, the global community of XO users will need ways to connect to each other. One of way to do this is through shared learning activities, in which children from all over the world participate in the same learning activity and then share their results and experiences with others. Potential projects include: local Bug Blitzes shared through ZipcodeZoo.com, additional Our Stories recordings shared on the now-live ourstories.org, classroom newspapers using the Journalism Activity and published to the web, etc.<br />
<br />
Projects could be explained and announced on the wiki, or through a once-weekly email sent to a mailinglist, or both.<br />
<br />
Ideal results? Kids talking to (and learning from) other kids, discussions about learning centered around shared experiences, initiating presence on various web sites with a "swarm" of OLPC-related contributions, models for future shared learning activities.<br />
====Timeline====<br />
Ongoing<br />
<br />
===Deprecated===<br />
<br />
====Library Automation====<br />
*Write to l10n list abt localization issues<br />
*Add geodata to .info spec<br />
*Make better interface for bundle creation/submission.<br />
<br />
====Curators and Coordinators====<br />
*Draft email to curators<br />
*Add obvs missing ones<br />
*Set up RT for curators.<br />
<br />
====Our Stories====<br />
*Do poll-builder activity, then<br />
*Send back to MMM for feedback<br />
<br />
====Learning Activities====<br />
*Do vertical activity template<br />
*Poll-builder (above)<br />
<br />
====Educators Portal====<br />
*Work on it<br />
<br />
====Administrivia====<br />
*Respond to wiki talk<br />
*Respond to various educators wiki pages.<br />
<br />
====Activating Educators====<br />
<br />
'''''Moved to [[Activating educators]]'''''<br />
<br />
Related:<br />
<br />
*Re-org of: <br />
**[[Educational content ideas]]<br />
**[[Educational activity ideas]]<br />
**[[Contributing content]]<br />
*Wiki template and/or form for content submission<br />
**In progress: [[Template:content submission]]<br />
<br />
====Educational Activity Guidelines====<br />
*Guidelines for activity development (cf. [[OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines]]).<br />
**In progress (and should get a name change): [[Educational activity guidelines]]<br />
<br />
====Organizing organizing====<br />
'''''Moved to [[Organizing organizing]]'''''<br />
<br />
====How-tos====<br />
*Ideas for how-tos:<br />
** Laptops<br />
***What are they?<br />
***What are the main components<br />
***Keyboard and touchpad<br />
***Antennas and wireless network<br />
***Taking care of your laptop<br />
***What do you do when something goes wrong? <br />
** Starting to use them<br />
***Applications<br />
***Mesh and friends<br />
***Username<br />
***A browser and the internet<br />
***Google and finding content<br />
***Email and creating a gmail account<br />
***Wiki for kids? <br />
**Safety<br />
***Handling power <br />
**Resources<br />
***OLPC's website<br />
***Wikipedia<br />
***Dictionary (Marriam Webster)<br />
***Google's image search <br />
*Good how-to how-tos<br />
**[http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html]<br />
*Webclippy? Have webclippy people convert startup sheets, which involves...<br />
**Locating startup sheets (Adam Brandi) (emailed 5/24)<br />
<br />
====Ideas for lowercase "a" activity development====<br />
<br />
*List of resources available<br />
**Base Activities/content<br />
**Additional Activities/content<br />
**Online resources/content repository<br />
*Ideas for projects/activites<br />
*How to adapt your existing activity/curriculum/lesson for use w/ XO.<br />
*How to create an activity for use w/ XO.<br />
**Sample activities<br />
**Links to models for activity creation/development (cf. [http://www.mamamedia.com/areas/grownups/new/21_learning/three_xs.html three x's]). <br />
**Conceptual templates for types of activites (research, games, etc).<br />
*Specific projects<br />
**Storytelling/Center for Digital Storytelling<br />
***Info abt. storytelling opportunities <br />
****Available Activties<br />
****Relevant resources<br />
****Examples we like<br />
**Mapping (Baktiar)<br />
**Language instruction<br />
***Avallain<br />
***Individs (Tim VanSlyke)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User fr]]<br />
[[Category:User es]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Lauren&diff=101423User:Lauren2008-01-25T17:02:22Z<p>Lauren: /* Overabundance */</p>
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<div>{|style="float:right"<br />
| {{User en}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{Educator <br />
| grades = University <br />
| subjects = {{Subject|Literature}} <br />
| school = City University of New York <br />
| country = USA}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
== About me ==<br />
<br />
Hi! I'm Lauren! And here is a picture that I took with my XO:<br />
<br />
[[image:laurenCameraShot.jpg|200px|Lauren and tree]]<br />
<br />
See also: <br />
*[http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~lklein/ Very old web page].<br />
*[http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fit.html Official work page] and [http://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&epiproxymethod=get&viewID=epiproxybanner&beanID=929751129&epiproxyrealurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cuny.edu%2Fportal_ur%2Fhonorscollege%2Fcurriculum%2Fitf_bios%2Flauren_klein.html bio].<br />
<br />
== This Week ==<br />
<br />
== Projects ==<br />
<br />
=== XO User Map ===<br />
Did you know? There's a Google Map for XO users: [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000001132ad0d5f3d14f8&ll=13.923404,4.21875&spn=169.160093,360&z=1 link]<br />
<br />
If you have an XO (or are getting one soon), you should add yourself to the map.<br />
<br />
=== Content Bundle Tools, Documentation, and Storage ===<br />
==== Description ====<br />
The experience of entering a library, either in real life or online, should be one of overabundance-- of infinite resources for learning, unlimited access to knowledge, and unbounded pathways of discovery. The OLPC content library must replicate this experience, and the first step towards replicating this experience is creating more content bundles. To this end, content bundles must be easier to make. We need user-friendly ways to create new content bundles, up-to-date documentation for the bundling process, and a selection of online repositories for storing and evaluating content bundles. <br />
<br />
The '''first part''' of this project relates to the actual process of content bundling. Until now, the various components of the content bundle -- the library.info file, the index page, and the xol file -- have had to be created by hand. This part of the project will result in a set of web-based content bundling scripts:<br />
<br />
# '''DONE:''' A web form that generates a library.info file.<br />
# A form that allows a user to upload an index.html file or create one if no html file exists.<br />
# A form that accepts other standard bundle formats and converts them to .xol bundles<br />
# A web-based script that runs a basic bundle checker suite on uploaded collections : metadata, bundle format [manifest], links. More complex validation can be developed as needed.<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS:''' A web-based version of the bundler script that creates the bundle directory structure, zips it, then renames it as an xol.<br />
# A wikibot that adds new bundles to the collections/activities pages.<br />
# A featured content portal, and wiki-pages for reviewing and assessing the best materials.<br />
<br />
The '''second part''' of the project proposes to revise the content bundle specification to reflect updates to the content bundle format. This part of the project would include updates/revisions to:<br />
<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Creating_a_content_bundle]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: '''[[Sample_library.info_file]] <br />
# '''DONE: '''[[Library.info]]<br />
# '''IN PROGRESS: ''' A revised metadata standard for .xo[l] bundles that includes new needed fields (see [[talk:bundles]])<br />
# [[Collections]] update<br />
<br />
and the creation of new pages about the library template system.<br />
<br />
The '''third part''' of the project is a longer-term solution to bundle storage, and this is to create OLPC tags or areas on various educational resource repositories and to place tagged content bundles there. This would create an OLPC presence on these OER repositories, ideally fueling more content bundle creation, as well as encourage users of these repositories to evaluate the bundles and/or incorporate them into their own learning projects.<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
Part 1.1: One day, completed by 12/14<br />
Part 2.1-3: One week, completed by 12/21<br />
Part 1.2: One day to one week (b/c involves poking around jinja), completed by 1/4<br />
Part 1.4, One day, completed by 1/9. <br />
Part 2.4, One day, completed by 1/9.<br />
Part 1.3: One day to one week (depending on complexity), completed by 1/25.<br />
Part 1.5: One day to one week (depending on technical limitations), completed by 1/25.<br />
Part 3: Ongoing, beginning 1/21<br />
<br />
=== School Server use cases ===<br />
<br />
==== Description ====<br />
<br />
What goes on a school server? What kinds of tools do kids need to learn? This project addresses the issue of content for the school server-- software, tools, library materials, etc. The goal : a disk image of a "starter" school server that can be customized for local, regional, and national deployment. <br />
<br />
Starting from the top-level description of the [[XS Server Software]], I will research, specify, and then configure software including (but not limited to) the following:<br />
# Tools for collaborative learning, including Moodle, MediaWiki, as-yet-unspecified blogging software, and a global annotation system.<br />
# An annotated, expanded XO Activity set, including media players and tools for filesharing.<br />
# An enhanced and expanded content library, including maps, reference, curated OER content, and documentation (with links to external repositories).<br />
<br />
In some ways, this project is one that must be defined as it unfolds. Rather than a "needs assessment" approach, I envision an organic process of development that will evolve through conversations with trial schools and the OLPC community.<br />
<br />
<br />
====Timeline====<br />
<br />
:Part 1: Tools for collaborative learning, specification, installation, and configuration - three weeks, concurrent with<br />
:Part 2: XO Activity Set, annotation and mirroring - two weeks, in parallel with 3<br />
:Part 3: Expanded content library, specification, formatting, and installation - two weeks, in parallel with 2<br />
:Part 4: User testing - ongoing, accompanying Part 1 (via community content team).<br />
<br />
=== Global Learning Activities ===<br />
====Description====<br />
As large-scale deployments begin and the G1G1 laptops make their way around the world, the global community of XO users will need ways to connect to each other. One of way to do this is through shared learning activities, in which children from all over the world participate in the same learning activity and then share their results and experiences with others. Potential projects include: local Bug Blitzes shared through ZipcodeZoo.com, additional Our Stories recordings shared on the now-live ourstories.org, classroom newspapers using the Journalism Activity and published to the web, etc.<br />
<br />
Projects could be explained and announced on the wiki, or through a once-weekly email sent to a mailinglist, or both.<br />
<br />
Ideal results? Kids talking to (and learning from) other kids, discussions about learning centered around shared experiences, initiating presence on various web sites with a "swarm" of OLPC-related contributions, models for future shared learning activities.<br />
====Timeline====<br />
Ongoing<br />
<br />
===Deprecated===<br />
<br />
====Library Automation====<br />
*Write to l10n list abt localization issues<br />
*Add geodata to .info spec<br />
*Make better interface for bundle creation/submission.<br />
<br />
====Curators and Coordinators====<br />
*Draft email to curators<br />
*Add obvs missing ones<br />
*Set up RT for curators.<br />
<br />
====Our Stories====<br />
*Do poll-builder activity, then<br />
*Send back to MMM for feedback<br />
<br />
====Learning Activities====<br />
*Do vertical activity template<br />
*Poll-builder (above)<br />
<br />
====Educators Portal====<br />
*Work on it<br />
<br />
====Administrivia====<br />
*Respond to wiki talk<br />
*Respond to various educators wiki pages.<br />
<br />
====Activating Educators====<br />
<br />
'''''Moved to [[Activating educators]]'''''<br />
<br />
Related:<br />
<br />
*Re-org of: <br />
**[[Educational content ideas]]<br />
**[[Educational activity ideas]]<br />
**[[Contributing content]]<br />
*Wiki template and/or form for content submission<br />
**In progress: [[Template:content submission]]<br />
<br />
====Educational Activity Guidelines====<br />
*Guidelines for activity development (cf. [[OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines]]).<br />
**In progress (and should get a name change): [[Educational activity guidelines]]<br />
<br />
====Organizing organizing====<br />
'''''Moved to [[Organizing organizing]]'''''<br />
<br />
====How-tos====<br />
*Ideas for how-tos:<br />
** Laptops<br />
***What are they?<br />
***What are the main components<br />
***Keyboard and touchpad<br />
***Antennas and wireless network<br />
***Taking care of your laptop<br />
***What do you do when something goes wrong? <br />
** Starting to use them<br />
***Applications<br />
***Mesh and friends<br />
***Username<br />
***A browser and the internet<br />
***Google and finding content<br />
***Email and creating a gmail account<br />
***Wiki for kids? <br />
**Safety<br />
***Handling power <br />
**Resources<br />
***OLPC's website<br />
***Wikipedia<br />
***Dictionary (Marriam Webster)<br />
***Google's image search <br />
*Good how-to how-tos<br />
**[http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/howto/howto-howto.html]<br />
*Webclippy? Have webclippy people convert startup sheets, which involves...<br />
**Locating startup sheets (Adam Brandi) (emailed 5/24)<br />
<br />
====Ideas for lowercase "a" activity development====<br />
<br />
*List of resources available<br />
**Base Activities/content<br />
**Additional Activities/content<br />
**Online resources/content repository<br />
*Ideas for projects/activites<br />
*How to adapt your existing activity/curriculum/lesson for use w/ XO.<br />
*How to create an activity for use w/ XO.<br />
**Sample activities<br />
**Links to models for activity creation/development (cf. [http://www.mamamedia.com/areas/grownups/new/21_learning/three_xs.html three x's]). <br />
**Conceptual templates for types of activites (research, games, etc).<br />
*Specific projects<br />
**Storytelling/Center for Digital Storytelling<br />
***Info abt. storytelling opportunities <br />
****Available Activties<br />
****Relevant resources<br />
****Examples we like<br />
**Mapping (Baktiar)<br />
**Language instruction<br />
***Avallain<br />
***Individs (Tim VanSlyke)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User fr]]<br />
[[Category:User es]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Educators&diff=93944Educators2008-01-08T22:49:31Z<p>Lauren: /* What to do first? */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{OLPC}}<br />
{{Translations}}<br />
{{TOCright}}<br />
==Welcome==<br />
One Laptop per Child is an education project, not a laptop project. Our goal is to provide children with access to libraries of knowledge, ideas, experiments, and art. Our hope is that this material will act as a window into the world, complete with examples and references on which to build. <br />
<br />
This page is designed for the community of educators who are interested in contributing to these libraries of knowledge, and supporting the community of teachers using XOs in their classrooms. If you are a teacher currently using (or about to use) XOs in your classroom, you may be interested in the [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]]. You may also want to explore the community page for [[XO Teachers]]. <br />
<br />
It's an exciting time to get involved with OLPC! This page is designed to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==Highlights==<br />
*An [[OLPC_Peru/Arahuay|overview]] of the trial in Arahuay, Peru.<br />
*[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ The Cardal blog], which discusses the ongoing trial in [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]], Uruguay.<br />
*The [[Khairat Chronicle]], a report from the [[Khairat school]] pilot in Maharashtra India.<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&ll=-18.229351,-47.724609&spn=168.939827,360&z=1 A Google Map] of current trial schools.<br />
<br />
==Trial schools==<br />
{| border="0" <br />
|-<br />
! [[OLPC Brazil/Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]]<br>[[OLPC Brazil]]<br />
! [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima|Galadima]]<br>[[OLPC Nigeria]]<br />
! [[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha]]<br>[[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|OLPC Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Porto_alegre.jpg|thumb|Porto Alegre is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]<br />
|[[Image:Galadima1.jpg|thumb|Galadima is a hamlet in Abuja, Nigeria]]<br />
|[[Image:Hiking02.jpg|thumb|Ban Samkha is a rural village in northern Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
! [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]]<br>[[OLPC Uruguay]]<br />
! [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]]<br>[[OLPC Peru]]<br />
! [[Khairat school]]<br>[[OLPC India]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Cardal2.JPG|thumb|Villa Cardal is a small town in Uruguay]]<br />
|[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|Arahuay is a small town in Peru]]<br />
|[[Image:India.JPG|thumb|Khairat is a remote village in Maharashtra, India]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''"Pupils go even beyond what I can teach in the class. It's a very interesting thing to use. I personally have a better idea about teaching... We discovered that giving them time to discover something and to do it in their own way, they feel more happy and they are so excited in using it that, 'Yes, I discovered it! Yes, I can get it!! Yes, I can do this on my own!!!' Teaching is getting more interesting and less stressful."'' — Mr. O., Galadima School, Abuja, Nigeria<br />
<br />
==Vision==<br />
The XO laptop will bring a world of new ideas, images, and materials to children around the world. It will also provide students and teachers with new ways to collaborate, create, and transform works over time. Our belief in collaboration as a fundamental part of learning underscores our commitment to editable document formats, revision tracking, and careful attribution of authors and sources. <br />
<br />
All of our projects are collaborative, and this wiki is where each of our projects takes shape. If you take a look around, you'll find projects in all stages of completion-- from rough outlines and meeting notes to detailed workplans and polished documents. Feel free to contribute your ideas and expertise to any project that interests you. We're counting on you to make OLPC a success. <br />
<br />
To learn more about our model for content creation, our network of curators, and our plan for school servers that will host (and share) each school's digital library, visit the [[Content]] page. Otherwise, keep reading to find out how you can join in.<br />
<br />
==Join In==<br />
<br />
===What to do first?===<br />
*Read about the OLPC '''[[Learning Vision]]''' to learn more about why we think children in developing countries need laptops and what we think laptops will enable them to do.<br />
*Visit the OLPC [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]] to learn about various activities, projects, and educational organizations that are involved with the project.<br />
*Familiarize yourself with our ideas about '''[[content|content and collaboration]]''', and the various [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses]. As a rule, we want educational materials produced for and connected with OLPC to be free and open source.<br />
<br />
===And then what?===<br />
Play, learn, explore, exchange-- you can do anything you want! Here are some ideas to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==== Join the community ====<br />
*'''[http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]''' on the OLPCWiki!<br />
*'''Add yourself''', or your organization, to the educator [[Educators/Roll Call|Roll Call]] page.<br />
*Add an '''[[Template:Educator|educator user box]]''' to your user page.<br />
*Create an '''[[Educational organization template|educational organization page]]''' for your organization, group, or school.<br />
*Find a '''[[education projects|project]]''' that excites you.<br />
<br />
==== Contribute content ====<br />
*Read about the '''[[content repository]]''' that will reside on the school servers. <br />
*Add to the '''[[Educational content ideas|list of ideas]]''' for content that should be included in the repository. <br />
*'''Contribute your content''' directly to OLPC by following [[contributing content|these instructions]].<br />
<br />
==== Create activities ====<br />
*Read the '''[[educational activity guidelines]]''' to learn about the features of the XO that pertain directly to educators.<br />
*Explore our '''repository of [[:Category:Learning_Activities|activity outlines and lesson plans]]'''.<br />
*Contribute to our collection of story-based '''[[learning activities]]'''.<br />
*'''Create a new activity,''' either based on one of our [[sample learning activities]] or entirely from scratch.<br />
<br />
==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
<br />
Ask a question and someone will try to answer it.<br />
<br />
=== Adults learning computer skills ===<br />
Hello. Can anyone tell me if these machines are appropriate for adults who want to learn computer skills? For example, can these laptops run MS Word, MS Excel, etc.????<br />
<br />
:It is not clear what the correlation is between learning computer skills and the availability of MS Word, etc. MS Office apps don't run on Linux, however, there is a word processor on the laptop and the Google apps run on the laptop. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:16, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
This tool is not for adults and learning computer skills! This machine is design for the children; and with that in mind, an entirely new interface was created. Look into the Journal application to find out more about what this new tool can do '''for children''' all over the world... ''- Alex Maloutas Sat 11/24/07 2:20pm<br />
''<br />
<br />
:[[Image:lupe_emailing.jpg|thumb|right|86-year-old sending e-mail on OLPC]]To answer your question: Yes! (Depending on your goals!)<br />
<br />
Although designed for small children, with a little support, my 86-year-old grandma, Lupe, was able to check her Hotmail e-mail. She already knew basic e-mail, but we're planning to introduce her to word processing.<br />
<br />
--[[User:A1437053|A1437053]] 02:32, 6 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
=== Standalone operation? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I heard that you can give one and get one for $400. What I would like to know is if this laptop will work standalone without being connected to a school server. Can my kid browse the web where there is a free Wi-Fi hotspot? What about educational software - do they run standalone ?<br />
<br />
:Yes. Yes. Plus, if there are multiple laptops in an area, they can "share" without the need to be connected to either a school server or the internet. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:10, 30 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
=== Mix OLPC and Laptops? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I bought an OLPC under the Give One Get One program to pilot at a school. Is it possible to mix an OLPC machine and a Linux machine in an non-emulation mode and create a mesh?<br />
* Creating a mesh network relies on special wireless hardware and software that is currently available only on the XOs. However, since the XOs really are special Linux laptops, you can definitely share activities between the XOs and another laptop running the same software so long as you are both connected to the same Jabber server.<br />
<br />
==Comments and Discussion==<br />
[[Regarding the Laptop Revolution]]<br />
<br />
Please leave comments on the Educators '''[[Talk:Educators|talk page]].'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Content]]<br />
[[Category:Educators]]<br />
[[Category:Education]]<br />
[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Educators&diff=93941Educators2008-01-08T22:48:58Z<p>Lauren: /* And then what? */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{OLPC}}<br />
{{Translations}}<br />
{{TOCright}}<br />
==Welcome==<br />
One Laptop per Child is an education project, not a laptop project. Our goal is to provide children with access to libraries of knowledge, ideas, experiments, and art. Our hope is that this material will act as a window into the world, complete with examples and references on which to build. <br />
<br />
This page is designed for the community of educators who are interested in contributing to these libraries of knowledge, and supporting the community of teachers using XOs in their classrooms. If you are a teacher currently using (or about to use) XOs in your classroom, you may be interested in the [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]]. You may also want to explore the community page for [[XO Teachers]]. <br />
<br />
It's an exciting time to get involved with OLPC! This page is designed to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==Highlights==<br />
*An [[OLPC_Peru/Arahuay|overview]] of the trial in Arahuay, Peru.<br />
*[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ The Cardal blog], which discusses the ongoing trial in [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]], Uruguay.<br />
*The [[Khairat Chronicle]], a report from the [[Khairat school]] pilot in Maharashtra India.<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&ll=-18.229351,-47.724609&spn=168.939827,360&z=1 A Google Map] of current trial schools.<br />
<br />
==Trial schools==<br />
{| border="0" <br />
|-<br />
! [[OLPC Brazil/Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]]<br>[[OLPC Brazil]]<br />
! [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima|Galadima]]<br>[[OLPC Nigeria]]<br />
! [[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha]]<br>[[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|OLPC Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Porto_alegre.jpg|thumb|Porto Alegre is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]<br />
|[[Image:Galadima1.jpg|thumb|Galadima is a hamlet in Abuja, Nigeria]]<br />
|[[Image:Hiking02.jpg|thumb|Ban Samkha is a rural village in northern Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
! [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]]<br>[[OLPC Uruguay]]<br />
! [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]]<br>[[OLPC Peru]]<br />
! [[Khairat school]]<br>[[OLPC India]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Cardal2.JPG|thumb|Villa Cardal is a small town in Uruguay]]<br />
|[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|Arahuay is a small town in Peru]]<br />
|[[Image:India.JPG|thumb|Khairat is a remote village in Maharashtra, India]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''"Pupils go even beyond what I can teach in the class. It's a very interesting thing to use. I personally have a better idea about teaching... We discovered that giving them time to discover something and to do it in their own way, they feel more happy and they are so excited in using it that, 'Yes, I discovered it! Yes, I can get it!! Yes, I can do this on my own!!!' Teaching is getting more interesting and less stressful."'' — Mr. O., Galadima School, Abuja, Nigeria<br />
<br />
==Vision==<br />
The XO laptop will bring a world of new ideas, images, and materials to children around the world. It will also provide students and teachers with new ways to collaborate, create, and transform works over time. Our belief in collaboration as a fundamental part of learning underscores our commitment to editable document formats, revision tracking, and careful attribution of authors and sources. <br />
<br />
All of our projects are collaborative, and this wiki is where each of our projects takes shape. If you take a look around, you'll find projects in all stages of completion-- from rough outlines and meeting notes to detailed workplans and polished documents. Feel free to contribute your ideas and expertise to any project that interests you. We're counting on you to make OLPC a success. <br />
<br />
To learn more about our model for content creation, our network of curators, and our plan for school servers that will host (and share) each school's digital library, visit the [[Content]] page. Otherwise, keep reading to find out how you can join in.<br />
<br />
==Join In==<br />
<br />
===What to do first?===<br />
*Read about the OLPC '''[[Learning Vision]]''' to learn more about why we think children in developing countries need laptops and what we think laptops will enable them to do.<br />
*Visit the OLPC [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]] to learn about various activities, projects, and educational organizations.<br />
*Familiarize yourself with our ideas about '''[[content|content and collaboration]]''', and the various [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses]. As a rule, we want educational materials produced for and connected with OLPC to be free and open source.<br />
<br />
===And then what?===<br />
Play, learn, explore, exchange-- you can do anything you want! Here are some ideas to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==== Join the community ====<br />
*'''[http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]''' on the OLPCWiki!<br />
*'''Add yourself''', or your organization, to the educator [[Educators/Roll Call|Roll Call]] page.<br />
*Add an '''[[Template:Educator|educator user box]]''' to your user page.<br />
*Create an '''[[Educational organization template|educational organization page]]''' for your organization, group, or school.<br />
*Find a '''[[education projects|project]]''' that excites you.<br />
<br />
==== Contribute content ====<br />
*Read about the '''[[content repository]]''' that will reside on the school servers. <br />
*Add to the '''[[Educational content ideas|list of ideas]]''' for content that should be included in the repository. <br />
*'''Contribute your content''' directly to OLPC by following [[contributing content|these instructions]].<br />
<br />
==== Create activities ====<br />
*Read the '''[[educational activity guidelines]]''' to learn about the features of the XO that pertain directly to educators.<br />
*Explore our '''repository of [[:Category:Learning_Activities|activity outlines and lesson plans]]'''.<br />
*Contribute to our collection of story-based '''[[learning activities]]'''.<br />
*'''Create a new activity,''' either based on one of our [[sample learning activities]] or entirely from scratch.<br />
<br />
==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
<br />
Ask a question and someone will try to answer it.<br />
<br />
=== Adults learning computer skills ===<br />
Hello. Can anyone tell me if these machines are appropriate for adults who want to learn computer skills? For example, can these laptops run MS Word, MS Excel, etc.????<br />
<br />
:It is not clear what the correlation is between learning computer skills and the availability of MS Word, etc. MS Office apps don't run on Linux, however, there is a word processor on the laptop and the Google apps run on the laptop. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:16, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
This tool is not for adults and learning computer skills! This machine is design for the children; and with that in mind, an entirely new interface was created. Look into the Journal application to find out more about what this new tool can do '''for children''' all over the world... ''- Alex Maloutas Sat 11/24/07 2:20pm<br />
''<br />
<br />
:[[Image:lupe_emailing.jpg|thumb|right|86-year-old sending e-mail on OLPC]]To answer your question: Yes! (Depending on your goals!)<br />
<br />
Although designed for small children, with a little support, my 86-year-old grandma, Lupe, was able to check her Hotmail e-mail. She already knew basic e-mail, but we're planning to introduce her to word processing.<br />
<br />
--[[User:A1437053|A1437053]] 02:32, 6 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
=== Standalone operation? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I heard that you can give one and get one for $400. What I would like to know is if this laptop will work standalone without being connected to a school server. Can my kid browse the web where there is a free Wi-Fi hotspot? What about educational software - do they run standalone ?<br />
<br />
:Yes. Yes. Plus, if there are multiple laptops in an area, they can "share" without the need to be connected to either a school server or the internet. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:10, 30 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
=== Mix OLPC and Laptops? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I bought an OLPC under the Give One Get One program to pilot at a school. Is it possible to mix an OLPC machine and a Linux machine in an non-emulation mode and create a mesh?<br />
* Creating a mesh network relies on special wireless hardware and software that is currently available only on the XOs. However, since the XOs really are special Linux laptops, you can definitely share activities between the XOs and another laptop running the same software so long as you are both connected to the same Jabber server.<br />
<br />
==Comments and Discussion==<br />
[[Regarding the Laptop Revolution]]<br />
<br />
Please leave comments on the Educators '''[[Talk:Educators|talk page]].'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Content]]<br />
[[Category:Educators]]<br />
[[Category:Education]]<br />
[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Educators&diff=93940Educators2008-01-08T22:48:47Z<p>Lauren: /* What to do first? */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{OLPC}}<br />
{{Translations}}<br />
{{TOCright}}<br />
==Welcome==<br />
One Laptop per Child is an education project, not a laptop project. Our goal is to provide children with access to libraries of knowledge, ideas, experiments, and art. Our hope is that this material will act as a window into the world, complete with examples and references on which to build. <br />
<br />
This page is designed for the community of educators who are interested in contributing to these libraries of knowledge, and supporting the community of teachers using XOs in their classrooms. If you are a teacher currently using (or about to use) XOs in your classroom, you may be interested in the [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]]. You may also want to explore the community page for [[XO Teachers]]. <br />
<br />
It's an exciting time to get involved with OLPC! This page is designed to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==Highlights==<br />
*An [[OLPC_Peru/Arahuay|overview]] of the trial in Arahuay, Peru.<br />
*[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ The Cardal blog], which discusses the ongoing trial in [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]], Uruguay.<br />
*The [[Khairat Chronicle]], a report from the [[Khairat school]] pilot in Maharashtra India.<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&ll=-18.229351,-47.724609&spn=168.939827,360&z=1 A Google Map] of current trial schools.<br />
<br />
==Trial schools==<br />
{| border="0" <br />
|-<br />
! [[OLPC Brazil/Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]]<br>[[OLPC Brazil]]<br />
! [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima|Galadima]]<br>[[OLPC Nigeria]]<br />
! [[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha]]<br>[[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|OLPC Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Porto_alegre.jpg|thumb|Porto Alegre is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]<br />
|[[Image:Galadima1.jpg|thumb|Galadima is a hamlet in Abuja, Nigeria]]<br />
|[[Image:Hiking02.jpg|thumb|Ban Samkha is a rural village in northern Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
! [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]]<br>[[OLPC Uruguay]]<br />
! [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]]<br>[[OLPC Peru]]<br />
! [[Khairat school]]<br>[[OLPC India]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Cardal2.JPG|thumb|Villa Cardal is a small town in Uruguay]]<br />
|[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|Arahuay is a small town in Peru]]<br />
|[[Image:India.JPG|thumb|Khairat is a remote village in Maharashtra, India]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''"Pupils go even beyond what I can teach in the class. It's a very interesting thing to use. I personally have a better idea about teaching... We discovered that giving them time to discover something and to do it in their own way, they feel more happy and they are so excited in using it that, 'Yes, I discovered it! Yes, I can get it!! Yes, I can do this on my own!!!' Teaching is getting more interesting and less stressful."'' — Mr. O., Galadima School, Abuja, Nigeria<br />
<br />
==Vision==<br />
The XO laptop will bring a world of new ideas, images, and materials to children around the world. It will also provide students and teachers with new ways to collaborate, create, and transform works over time. Our belief in collaboration as a fundamental part of learning underscores our commitment to editable document formats, revision tracking, and careful attribution of authors and sources. <br />
<br />
All of our projects are collaborative, and this wiki is where each of our projects takes shape. If you take a look around, you'll find projects in all stages of completion-- from rough outlines and meeting notes to detailed workplans and polished documents. Feel free to contribute your ideas and expertise to any project that interests you. We're counting on you to make OLPC a success. <br />
<br />
To learn more about our model for content creation, our network of curators, and our plan for school servers that will host (and share) each school's digital library, visit the [[Content]] page. Otherwise, keep reading to find out how you can join in.<br />
<br />
==Join In==<br />
<br />
===What to do first?===<br />
*Read about the OLPC '''[[Learning Vision]]''' to learn more about why we think children in developing countries need laptops and what we think laptops will enable them to do.<br />
*Visit the OLPC [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]] to learn about various activities, projects, and educational organizations.<br />
*Familiarize yourself with our ideas about '''[[content|content and collaboration]]''', and the various [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses]. As a rule, we want educational materials produced for and connected with OLPC to be free and open source.<br />
<br />
===And then what?===<br />
Play, learn, explore, exchange-- you can do anything you want! Here are some ideas to help you get started.<br />
<br />
:''Eventually, the following sub-categories should each have their own page...'' --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 18:51, 6 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
==== Join the community ====<br />
*'''[http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]''' on the OLPCWiki!<br />
*'''Add yourself''', or your organization, to the educator [[Educators/Roll Call|Roll Call]] page.<br />
*Add an '''[[Template:Educator|educator user box]]''' to your user page.<br />
*Create an '''[[Educational organization template|educational organization page]]''' for your organization, group, or school.<br />
*Find a '''[[education projects|project]]''' that excites you.<br />
<br />
==== Contribute content ====<br />
*Read about the '''[[content repository]]''' that will reside on the school servers. <br />
*Add to the '''[[Educational content ideas|list of ideas]]''' for content that should be included in the repository. <br />
*'''Contribute your content''' directly to OLPC by following [[contributing content|these instructions]].<br />
<br />
==== Create activities ====<br />
*Read the '''[[educational activity guidelines]]''' to learn about the features of the XO that pertain directly to educators.<br />
*Explore our '''repository of [[:Category:Learning_Activities|activity outlines and lesson plans]]'''.<br />
*Contribute to our collection of story-based '''[[learning activities]]'''.<br />
*'''Create a new activity,''' either based on one of our [[sample learning activities]] or entirely from scratch.<br />
<br />
==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
<br />
Ask a question and someone will try to answer it.<br />
<br />
=== Adults learning computer skills ===<br />
Hello. Can anyone tell me if these machines are appropriate for adults who want to learn computer skills? For example, can these laptops run MS Word, MS Excel, etc.????<br />
<br />
:It is not clear what the correlation is between learning computer skills and the availability of MS Word, etc. MS Office apps don't run on Linux, however, there is a word processor on the laptop and the Google apps run on the laptop. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:16, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
This tool is not for adults and learning computer skills! This machine is design for the children; and with that in mind, an entirely new interface was created. Look into the Journal application to find out more about what this new tool can do '''for children''' all over the world... ''- Alex Maloutas Sat 11/24/07 2:20pm<br />
''<br />
<br />
:[[Image:lupe_emailing.jpg|thumb|right|86-year-old sending e-mail on OLPC]]To answer your question: Yes! (Depending on your goals!)<br />
<br />
Although designed for small children, with a little support, my 86-year-old grandma, Lupe, was able to check her Hotmail e-mail. She already knew basic e-mail, but we're planning to introduce her to word processing.<br />
<br />
--[[User:A1437053|A1437053]] 02:32, 6 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
=== Standalone operation? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I heard that you can give one and get one for $400. What I would like to know is if this laptop will work standalone without being connected to a school server. Can my kid browse the web where there is a free Wi-Fi hotspot? What about educational software - do they run standalone ?<br />
<br />
:Yes. Yes. Plus, if there are multiple laptops in an area, they can "share" without the need to be connected to either a school server or the internet. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:10, 30 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
=== Mix OLPC and Laptops? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I bought an OLPC under the Give One Get One program to pilot at a school. Is it possible to mix an OLPC machine and a Linux machine in an non-emulation mode and create a mesh?<br />
* Creating a mesh network relies on special wireless hardware and software that is currently available only on the XOs. However, since the XOs really are special Linux laptops, you can definitely share activities between the XOs and another laptop running the same software so long as you are both connected to the same Jabber server.<br />
<br />
==Comments and Discussion==<br />
[[Regarding the Laptop Revolution]]<br />
<br />
Please leave comments on the Educators '''[[Talk:Educators|talk page]].'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Content]]<br />
[[Category:Educators]]<br />
[[Category:Education]]<br />
[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Educators&diff=93935Educators2008-01-08T22:47:08Z<p>Lauren: /* What are some interesting things to do first? */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{OLPC}}<br />
{{Translations}}<br />
{{TOCright}}<br />
==Welcome==<br />
One Laptop per Child is an education project, not a laptop project. Our goal is to provide children with access to libraries of knowledge, ideas, experiments, and art. Our hope is that this material will act as a window into the world, complete with examples and references on which to build. <br />
<br />
This page is designed for the community of educators who are interested in contributing to these libraries of knowledge, and supporting the community of teachers using XOs in their classrooms. If you are a teacher currently using (or about to use) XOs in your classroom, you may be interested in the [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]]. You may also want to explore the community page for [[XO Teachers]]. <br />
<br />
It's an exciting time to get involved with OLPC! This page is designed to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==Highlights==<br />
*An [[OLPC_Peru/Arahuay|overview]] of the trial in Arahuay, Peru.<br />
*[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ The Cardal blog], which discusses the ongoing trial in [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]], Uruguay.<br />
*The [[Khairat Chronicle]], a report from the [[Khairat school]] pilot in Maharashtra India.<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&ll=-18.229351,-47.724609&spn=168.939827,360&z=1 A Google Map] of current trial schools.<br />
<br />
==Trial schools==<br />
{| border="0" <br />
|-<br />
! [[OLPC Brazil/Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]]<br>[[OLPC Brazil]]<br />
! [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima|Galadima]]<br>[[OLPC Nigeria]]<br />
! [[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha]]<br>[[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|OLPC Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Porto_alegre.jpg|thumb|Porto Alegre is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]<br />
|[[Image:Galadima1.jpg|thumb|Galadima is a hamlet in Abuja, Nigeria]]<br />
|[[Image:Hiking02.jpg|thumb|Ban Samkha is a rural village in northern Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
! [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]]<br>[[OLPC Uruguay]]<br />
! [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]]<br>[[OLPC Peru]]<br />
! [[Khairat school]]<br>[[OLPC India]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Cardal2.JPG|thumb|Villa Cardal is a small town in Uruguay]]<br />
|[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|Arahuay is a small town in Peru]]<br />
|[[Image:India.JPG|thumb|Khairat is a remote village in Maharashtra, India]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''"Pupils go even beyond what I can teach in the class. It's a very interesting thing to use. I personally have a better idea about teaching... We discovered that giving them time to discover something and to do it in their own way, they feel more happy and they are so excited in using it that, 'Yes, I discovered it! Yes, I can get it!! Yes, I can do this on my own!!!' Teaching is getting more interesting and less stressful."'' — Mr. O., Galadima School, Abuja, Nigeria<br />
<br />
==Vision==<br />
The XO laptop will bring a world of new ideas, images, and materials to children around the world. It will also provide students and teachers with new ways to collaborate, create, and transform works over time. Our belief in collaboration as a fundamental part of learning underscores our commitment to editable document formats, revision tracking, and careful attribution of authors and sources. <br />
<br />
All of our projects are collaborative, and this wiki is where each of our projects takes shape. If you take a look around, you'll find projects in all stages of completion-- from rough outlines and meeting notes to detailed workplans and polished documents. Feel free to contribute your ideas and expertise to any project that interests you. We're counting on you to make OLPC a success. <br />
<br />
To learn more about our model for content creation, our network of curators, and our plan for school servers that will host (and share) each school's digital library, visit the [[Content]] page. Otherwise, keep reading to find out how you can join in.<br />
<br />
==Join In==<br />
<br />
===What to do first?===<br />
*Read about the OLPC '''[[Learning Vision]]''' to learn more about why we think children in developing countries need laptops and what we think laptops will enable them to do.<br />
*Visit the OLPC [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]].<br />
*Read an [http://laptop.org/children/learning/ overview] of our current '''pilot programs''', visit the '''[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ OLPC Ceibal blog]''', or read field notes from [[Galadima|Nigeria]] and [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha|Thailand]]. <br />
*Familiarize yourself with our ideas about '''[[content|content and collaboration]]''', and the various [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses]. As a rule, we want educational materials produced for and connected with OLPC to be free and open source.<br />
*Contribute ideas (you can learn about contributing to a wiki ...'''where??''').<br />
<br />
===And then what?===<br />
Play, learn, explore, exchange-- you can do anything you want! Here are some ideas to help you get started.<br />
<br />
:''Eventually, the following sub-categories should each have their own page...'' --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 18:51, 6 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
==== Join the community ====<br />
*'''[http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]''' on the OLPCWiki!<br />
*'''Add yourself''', or your organization, to the educator [[Educators/Roll Call|Roll Call]] page.<br />
*Add an '''[[Template:Educator|educator user box]]''' to your user page.<br />
*Create an '''[[Educational organization template|educational organization page]]''' for your organization, group, or school.<br />
*Find a '''[[education projects|project]]''' that excites you.<br />
<br />
==== Contribute content ====<br />
*Read about the '''[[content repository]]''' that will reside on the school servers. <br />
*Add to the '''[[Educational content ideas|list of ideas]]''' for content that should be included in the repository. <br />
*'''Contribute your content''' directly to OLPC by following [[contributing content|these instructions]].<br />
<br />
==== Create activities ====<br />
*Read the '''[[educational activity guidelines]]''' to learn about the features of the XO that pertain directly to educators.<br />
*Explore our '''repository of [[:Category:Learning_Activities|activity outlines and lesson plans]]'''.<br />
*Contribute to our collection of story-based '''[[learning activities]]'''.<br />
*'''Create a new activity,''' either based on one of our [[sample learning activities]] or entirely from scratch.<br />
<br />
==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
<br />
Ask a question and someone will try to answer it.<br />
<br />
=== Adults learning computer skills ===<br />
Hello. Can anyone tell me if these machines are appropriate for adults who want to learn computer skills? For example, can these laptops run MS Word, MS Excel, etc.????<br />
<br />
:It is not clear what the correlation is between learning computer skills and the availability of MS Word, etc. MS Office apps don't run on Linux, however, there is a word processor on the laptop and the Google apps run on the laptop. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:16, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
This tool is not for adults and learning computer skills! This machine is design for the children; and with that in mind, an entirely new interface was created. Look into the Journal application to find out more about what this new tool can do '''for children''' all over the world... ''- Alex Maloutas Sat 11/24/07 2:20pm<br />
''<br />
<br />
:[[Image:lupe_emailing.jpg|thumb|right|86-year-old sending e-mail on OLPC]]To answer your question: Yes! (Depending on your goals!)<br />
<br />
Although designed for small children, with a little support, my 86-year-old grandma, Lupe, was able to check her Hotmail e-mail. She already knew basic e-mail, but we're planning to introduce her to word processing.<br />
<br />
--[[User:A1437053|A1437053]] 02:32, 6 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
=== Standalone operation? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I heard that you can give one and get one for $400. What I would like to know is if this laptop will work standalone without being connected to a school server. Can my kid browse the web where there is a free Wi-Fi hotspot? What about educational software - do they run standalone ?<br />
<br />
:Yes. Yes. Plus, if there are multiple laptops in an area, they can "share" without the need to be connected to either a school server or the internet. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:10, 30 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
=== Mix OLPC and Laptops? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I bought an OLPC under the Give One Get One program to pilot at a school. Is it possible to mix an OLPC machine and a Linux machine in an non-emulation mode and create a mesh?<br />
* Creating a mesh network relies on special wireless hardware and software that is currently available only on the XOs. However, since the XOs really are special Linux laptops, you can definitely share activities between the XOs and another laptop running the same software so long as you are both connected to the same Jabber server.<br />
<br />
==Comments and Discussion==<br />
[[Regarding the Laptop Revolution]]<br />
<br />
Please leave comments on the Educators '''[[Talk:Educators|talk page]].'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Content]]<br />
[[Category:Educators]]<br />
[[Category:Education]]<br />
[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Educators&diff=93934Educators2008-01-08T22:46:49Z<p>Lauren: /* Vision */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{OLPC}}<br />
{{Translations}}<br />
{{TOCright}}<br />
==Welcome==<br />
One Laptop per Child is an education project, not a laptop project. Our goal is to provide children with access to libraries of knowledge, ideas, experiments, and art. Our hope is that this material will act as a window into the world, complete with examples and references on which to build. <br />
<br />
This page is designed for the community of educators who are interested in contributing to these libraries of knowledge, and supporting the community of teachers using XOs in their classrooms. If you are a teacher currently using (or about to use) XOs in your classroom, you may be interested in the [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]]. You may also want to explore the community page for [[XO Teachers]]. <br />
<br />
It's an exciting time to get involved with OLPC! This page is designed to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==Highlights==<br />
*An [[OLPC_Peru/Arahuay|overview]] of the trial in Arahuay, Peru.<br />
*[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ The Cardal blog], which discusses the ongoing trial in [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]], Uruguay.<br />
*The [[Khairat Chronicle]], a report from the [[Khairat school]] pilot in Maharashtra India.<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&ll=-18.229351,-47.724609&spn=168.939827,360&z=1 A Google Map] of current trial schools.<br />
<br />
==Trial schools==<br />
{| border="0" <br />
|-<br />
! [[OLPC Brazil/Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]]<br>[[OLPC Brazil]]<br />
! [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima|Galadima]]<br>[[OLPC Nigeria]]<br />
! [[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha]]<br>[[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|OLPC Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Porto_alegre.jpg|thumb|Porto Alegre is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]<br />
|[[Image:Galadima1.jpg|thumb|Galadima is a hamlet in Abuja, Nigeria]]<br />
|[[Image:Hiking02.jpg|thumb|Ban Samkha is a rural village in northern Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
! [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]]<br>[[OLPC Uruguay]]<br />
! [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]]<br>[[OLPC Peru]]<br />
! [[Khairat school]]<br>[[OLPC India]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Cardal2.JPG|thumb|Villa Cardal is a small town in Uruguay]]<br />
|[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|Arahuay is a small town in Peru]]<br />
|[[Image:India.JPG|thumb|Khairat is a remote village in Maharashtra, India]]<br />
|}<br />
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''"Pupils go even beyond what I can teach in the class. It's a very interesting thing to use. I personally have a better idea about teaching... We discovered that giving them time to discover something and to do it in their own way, they feel more happy and they are so excited in using it that, 'Yes, I discovered it! Yes, I can get it!! Yes, I can do this on my own!!!' Teaching is getting more interesting and less stressful."'' — Mr. O., Galadima School, Abuja, Nigeria<br />
<br />
==Vision==<br />
The XO laptop will bring a world of new ideas, images, and materials to children around the world. It will also provide students and teachers with new ways to collaborate, create, and transform works over time. Our belief in collaboration as a fundamental part of learning underscores our commitment to editable document formats, revision tracking, and careful attribution of authors and sources. <br />
<br />
All of our projects are collaborative, and this wiki is where each of our projects takes shape. If you take a look around, you'll find projects in all stages of completion-- from rough outlines and meeting notes to detailed workplans and polished documents. Feel free to contribute your ideas and expertise to any project that interests you. We're counting on you to make OLPC a success. <br />
<br />
To learn more about our model for content creation, our network of curators, and our plan for school servers that will host (and share) each school's digital library, visit the [[Content]] page. Otherwise, keep reading to find out how you can join in.<br />
<br />
==Join In==<br />
<br />
===What are some interesting things to do first?===<br />
*Read about the OLPC '''[[Learning Vision]]''' to learn more about why we think children in developing countries need laptops and what we think laptops will enable them to do.<br />
*Visit the OLPC [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]].<br />
*Read an [http://laptop.org/children/learning/ overview] of our current '''pilot programs''', visit the '''[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ OLPC Ceibal blog]''', or read field notes from [[Galadima|Nigeria]] and [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha|Thailand]]. <br />
*Familiarize yourself with our ideas about '''[[content|content and collaboration]]''', and the various [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses]. As a rule, we want educational materials produced for and connected with OLPC to be free and open source.<br />
*Contribute ideas (you can learn about contributing to a wiki ...'''where??''').<br />
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===And then what?===<br />
Play, learn, explore, exchange-- you can do anything you want! Here are some ideas to help you get started.<br />
<br />
:''Eventually, the following sub-categories should each have their own page...'' --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 18:51, 6 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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==== Join the community ====<br />
*'''[http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]''' on the OLPCWiki!<br />
*'''Add yourself''', or your organization, to the educator [[Educators/Roll Call|Roll Call]] page.<br />
*Add an '''[[Template:Educator|educator user box]]''' to your user page.<br />
*Create an '''[[Educational organization template|educational organization page]]''' for your organization, group, or school.<br />
*Find a '''[[education projects|project]]''' that excites you.<br />
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==== Contribute content ====<br />
*Read about the '''[[content repository]]''' that will reside on the school servers. <br />
*Add to the '''[[Educational content ideas|list of ideas]]''' for content that should be included in the repository. <br />
*'''Contribute your content''' directly to OLPC by following [[contributing content|these instructions]].<br />
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==== Create activities ====<br />
*Read the '''[[educational activity guidelines]]''' to learn about the features of the XO that pertain directly to educators.<br />
*Explore our '''repository of [[:Category:Learning_Activities|activity outlines and lesson plans]]'''.<br />
*Contribute to our collection of story-based '''[[learning activities]]'''.<br />
*'''Create a new activity,''' either based on one of our [[sample learning activities]] or entirely from scratch.<br />
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==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
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Ask a question and someone will try to answer it.<br />
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=== Adults learning computer skills ===<br />
Hello. Can anyone tell me if these machines are appropriate for adults who want to learn computer skills? For example, can these laptops run MS Word, MS Excel, etc.????<br />
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:It is not clear what the correlation is between learning computer skills and the availability of MS Word, etc. MS Office apps don't run on Linux, however, there is a word processor on the laptop and the Google apps run on the laptop. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:16, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
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This tool is not for adults and learning computer skills! This machine is design for the children; and with that in mind, an entirely new interface was created. Look into the Journal application to find out more about what this new tool can do '''for children''' all over the world... ''- Alex Maloutas Sat 11/24/07 2:20pm<br />
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:[[Image:lupe_emailing.jpg|thumb|right|86-year-old sending e-mail on OLPC]]To answer your question: Yes! (Depending on your goals!)<br />
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Although designed for small children, with a little support, my 86-year-old grandma, Lupe, was able to check her Hotmail e-mail. She already knew basic e-mail, but we're planning to introduce her to word processing.<br />
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--[[User:A1437053|A1437053]] 02:32, 6 January 2008 (EST)<br />
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=== Standalone operation? ===<br />
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Question: I heard that you can give one and get one for $400. What I would like to know is if this laptop will work standalone without being connected to a school server. Can my kid browse the web where there is a free Wi-Fi hotspot? What about educational software - do they run standalone ?<br />
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:Yes. Yes. Plus, if there are multiple laptops in an area, they can "share" without the need to be connected to either a school server or the internet. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:10, 30 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
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=== Mix OLPC and Laptops? ===<br />
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Question: I bought an OLPC under the Give One Get One program to pilot at a school. Is it possible to mix an OLPC machine and a Linux machine in an non-emulation mode and create a mesh?<br />
* Creating a mesh network relies on special wireless hardware and software that is currently available only on the XOs. However, since the XOs really are special Linux laptops, you can definitely share activities between the XOs and another laptop running the same software so long as you are both connected to the same Jabber server.<br />
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==Comments and Discussion==<br />
[[Regarding the Laptop Revolution]]<br />
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Please leave comments on the Educators '''[[Talk:Educators|talk page]].'''<br />
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[[Category:Content]]<br />
[[Category:Educators]]<br />
[[Category:Education]]<br />
[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Talk:Educators&diff=93932Talk:Educators2008-01-08T22:46:08Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>== A Note of Context ==<br />
TRIAL-2 is just now getting started, so most of these links (currently all) are from TRIAL-1. Which mostly used ''very'' limited (pre-alpha) software, on mainly early, more limited hardware prototypes. So the answer to why they aren't making greater use of their Journals, and online collaborative capabilities, is they mostly didn't have them yet.<br />
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== School collections ==<br />
Some of these trial schools have already set up their own school server and aggregator for hosting materials made by their students. See for instance the [http://lucianadeabreu.no-ip.org:8080/amadis/tools/projects/project.php?frm_codProjeto=1 AMADIS system] from the Porto Alegre school.<br />
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* Is this an OLPC-maintained page? Then kindly put under it that category.<br />
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== Old comments ==<br />
* Thank you. Then as to "playing" the content, would you have specifications, like what browser to expect and the plugins? We have to know this because of the limited resources we have in the machine. Somewhere it was already said that Java will not be there, so will there be any SCORM adaptation for OLPC? - [[User:Raffy]]<br />
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:There are several pages on the Wiki that describe the [[Software specification]] which you can find by searching.<br />
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==Audiobooks and Speech recordings==<br />
I would like to bring LibriVox (http://www.librivox.org) to your attention. LibriVox is an online community devoted to the production of public domain audio books, from copyright free published works, many of which are drawn from the gutenberg project. All of these recordings, which now number several hundred, range from complete novels to poetry, are in several languages, and are hosted at archive.org in ogg format, amongst others. <br />
The LibriVox community is a vigorous one, with over 70 projects completed in March of this year alone. I would invite the OLPC community to view the catalogue, and if any spoken word recordings were especially wanted for the project, I dare say many LibriVoxers would be very happy to consider helping such a worthy cause. [[User:ChrisHughes]]<br />
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== English? ==<br />
I don't quite understand why the Algebra book will be written in English; is this so it can be more easily translated into the native languages of the students? I am asking this because of two paragraphs in article I read on money.cnn.com (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391805/index.htm):<br />
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"Muammar Qaddafi plans to give one to every schoolchild in Libya. Shimon Peres hopes to do something similar for Palestinian kids in the West Bank.<br />
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Negroponte has also seduced <br />
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:I hope that is not the word they meant. --[[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] 05:15, 5 November 2006 (EST)<br />
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the leaders of Argentina, Brazil, Nigeria and - until the recent coup - Thailand with his vision. Each says he wants at least a million for his country's children. And serious talks are underway with Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mexico, Vietnam and others."<br />
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Only Nigeria perhaps counts as a country where English is widely spoken.<br />
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I sincerely don't mean to be negative at all, but surely it can't be the case that you are requiring each student to learn English, even a very simple variant of it, before they can learn Algebra.<br />
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[[User:69.12.133.6|69.12.133.6]] 23:49, 2 November 2006 (EST)Fred LaForge<br />
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:: The idea is not to have a single Algebra book that somehow gets the OLPC stamp of approval, and is written in one language and then translated into others. It is to have books in various languages and sources available to teachers and students. The existence of an English Algebra text does not mean there will be no other Algebra texts formatted for the OLPC, in English or in other languages. [[User:Sj|Sj]] [[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9"><small>talk</small></font>]]<br />
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:I would suggest that one important reason why the texbook is being written in English because that is the only language that the potential authors share. It makes no sense to think of writing it in Arabic first (even if Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khowarizmi wrote the first algebra book, Kitab al-jabr w'al-muqabali, in Arabic) and then translate to English, Hebrew, and other languages from there. It would make sense to have an illustrative page from al-Khowarizmi in the new book, though. --[[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] 05:15, 5 November 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Your problem ==<br />
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I don't think you guys understand what a terrible idea this is. Think about all the problems facing Africa right now - the genocide in Darfur, the AIDS epidemic, widespread poverty and hunger. How can you possibly justify spending this much money on laptops? I know it's supposed to be educational, but '''education is kind of useless when you're dead'''. I would suggest stopping this project immediately and donating all of your resources to something that may actually benefit mankind.<br />
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:This was an anonymous comment posted on the article page that I have moved to the discussion page. In response, OLPC is certainly not in denial about the many problems people in developing countries (and elsewhere) face: war, hunger, etc. If you are at war, your first priority must be peace. If you are starving your first priority must be food. Beyond that, we argue that learning is an essential factor in addressing the litany of problems you present. It is not the solution in and of itself, rather it is an integral part of the agency for large-scale change. We at OLPC are working on that aspect of the problem. We encourage others to work with us or on other aspects of the problem. To paint it as an either-or choice for the world is not a fair charcaterization. The world spends many order of magnitude on endevours that arguably have less potential upside. That said, we welcome concrete suggestions as to how we can best ensure the maximum positive impact of the project. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 03:02, 7 December 2006 (EST)<br />
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:: "To paint it as an either-or choice for the world is not a fair charcaterization." There is certainly an either-or choice at hand. Either spend absurd sums of money on the research and manufacturing necessary to produce these laptops, or spend money to directly improve the lives of suffering people. Making the laptops edible may salvage the project however.<br />
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:::I don't think you (anonimous contributor) realize the problem facing the '''world''' (not just Africa). The problems you mention, as dire and anguishing as they are, are the problems that usually make it to 'western media and news outlets'. There are thousands of little problems that actually stop the machinery from working. Education has always been regarded as the best multi-purpose tool to solve problems because it sets you in a path or way of thinking that probably somebody, somewhere, somehow has probably developed a solution for a problem similar to yours that you can '''learn from'''. Besides, there are millions of kids that already have enough food, but no education. It would be a waste not to educate them properly or give them a better chance at it... Development is not an unidimensional problem. The problems you mention have to be dealt with too, education is one of the tools; medicines and grain by themselves will not solve them. --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 06:36, 7 December 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Improving site organization - Content contribution storyboarding? ==<br />
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My greatest problem has been searching for places to put things, and not finding good choices. If there is a statement of vision of how this is all to be organized, I missed it. It could be useful to do a set of "user stories" for content contribution. It might include:<br />
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*User has<br />
**idea<br />
**suggestion<br />
**question<br />
**criticism<br />
**content draft<br />
*User suggests<br />
**software<br />
***existing package<br />
***type of application<br />
**a website<br />
etc<br />
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--[[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 14:42, 12 January 2007 (EST)<br />
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:I totally agree with you!! I think many would agree too. One of the main problems with the site is the diversity and quantity of subjects or areas it has to deal with! You mention ideas? You can check [[:Category:Hardware ideas]], [[:Category:Software ideas]], [[:Category:Pedagogical ideas]] and even [[:Category:OLPC ideas]]... same goes for suggestions, questions (the [[Ask OLPC a Question]] and sub-pages on [[Ask OLPC a Question about Hardware|hardware]], [[Ask OLPC a Question about Software|software]], [[Ask OLPC a Question about Countries|countries]], [[Ask OLPC a Question about Social Issues|social issues]], [[Ask OLPC a Question about Distribution|distribution, roll-out, marketing and sales|distribution, roll-out, marketing & sales]], [[Ask OLPC a Question about Product Life-cycle]] and let's not forget the relentless growth of the [[Ask OLPC a Question#New questions|never ending new questions]]) and it gets messy quite fast!<br />
:There's some talk about things to do in [[OLPCWiki talk:Community Portal]]... I'm currently trying to obtain a better categorization of the pages and the hierarchies they involve. In the short run, that's relatively simple (tagging pages), but in the medium-long run it should involve lots of cut-and-paste... with constant attention until it takes a clear shape&mdash;I would say like making a bonsaii (if I knew what it really takes ;)<br />
:I would really like to help doing this, and any suggestions or ideas will be appreciated. I've traced some of the discussions about the subject (in my user page).--[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 00:42, 13 January 2007 (EST)<br />
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== Editorial notes moved from [[User talk:MitchellNCharity]] ==<br />
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In re: big picture, yes, or rather-- rapidly gaining focus. I'm working on a few of the pieces: [[Educator template]], [[Educational activity guidelines]], [[Learning activities]], etc., but haven't put them all together yet. Don't want to link to [[Educators]] off the main page until it has more of a shape, but that should be soon. <br />
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How to help? See: [[Activating educators]] for (so far mostly my) projects and ideas. --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 13:33, 18 June 2007 (EDT)<br />
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A model for [[Educators]]?: [[Community:Art]]. --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 16:34, 20 June 2007 (EDT)<br />
:Nice page. It's a bit more "focused on a single task" (providing art support), than the Educators page, which should probably cater to a variety of intents/roles. But something like that could be nifty. I just now copied over the "Welcome". [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 17:30, 20 June 2007 (EDT)<br />
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:OK. Look now: [[Educators]] --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 17:12, 21 June 2007 (EDT)<br />
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Some inspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Education<br />
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From SJ: ''The developers program lists specific reasons to contribute, for people who might want machines: [[Developers_program#Goals]]. Something to add to and update as the builds progress... and a place to add needs for licensing apps, specific types of content and other visual/display activities.''<br />
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Also, additional inspiration: [http://www.mamamedia.org/uruguay/home/en/], especially high-level organization and navigation. They built this for us so we can use what seems good.<br />
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--[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 10:02, 3 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
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== Scratch space ==<br />
=== Categories from mmm.org ===<br />
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'''Play''' to learn<br />
- creative games<br />
- science sims<br />
- casual games<br />
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'''Learn''' to build<br />
- designing<br />
- programming<br />
- multimedia<br />
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'''Explore''' together<br />
- my planet<br />
- in class<br />
- at home<br />
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'''Exchange''' ideas<br />
- for peace<br />
- kids gallery<br />
- community blog<br />
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== Augmentative Communication ==<br />
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Children and adults who cannot use their natural voice to talk can benefit from using augmentative communication. These children and adults may have various special needs such as cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, or autism. These individuals benefit from various communication techniques: people use everything from writing with a pencil to pointing at letters, words, and symbols on a paper display, to using the most advanced computers systems available. Through the use of augmentative and alternative communication, or AAC, individuals can develop an effective communication system, despite their inability to use their natural voice to fully meet their communication needs. <br />
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There is potential for the One Laptop per Child project to help children and adults with special needs, who have communication disorders. Additionally, it is inspiring to consider the advantages other children with special needs may benefit from the assistive technology resources available through the use of the laptops. <br />
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Please contact me at samuel.sennott@gmail.com if you would like to participate in brainstorming this collaborative issue.<br />
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==Educators who Gave One Got One==<br />
How many of us are out there? I just received this great device last night and after reading many of the reviews it surpasses my expectations. Will there be a seminar at the national ed tech conference this summer? (ISTE) This project is aimed at foreign students and that is a wonderful goal, but the Give One Get One Idea seems great for U.S. schools too. (Every U.S. student who gets one also donates one to another child in the project.)<br />
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I've promoted the educational uses of computers for some time, including the Palm devices and keyboard devices, and this machine seems like a breakthrough. I read the 8 year old reveiwer who preferred his Leapfrog or a "real" laptop, and kids are our audience after all, but some of the resistance to one to one computing in schools is the expense and management of Windows or Mac computers and networks. This one reminds me of the Apples that were green and used the Newton OS (eMate) in the 90's. But I am hoping we can turn a corner with this OLPC vision and develop large-scale, student-centered, technology-based learning that will make a difference for our kids--especially digital divide kids. <br />
</p><br />
Who else out there is not a developer but wants to play with these and try out the learning tools with kids in the U.S.? Ellen 01/04/08</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Educators&diff=93930Educators2008-01-08T22:45:24Z<p>Lauren: /* Trial schools */</p>
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<div>{{OLPC}}<br />
{{Translations}}<br />
{{TOCright}}<br />
==Welcome==<br />
One Laptop per Child is an education project, not a laptop project. Our goal is to provide children with access to libraries of knowledge, ideas, experiments, and art. Our hope is that this material will act as a window into the world, complete with examples and references on which to build. <br />
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This page is designed for the community of educators who are interested in contributing to these libraries of knowledge, and supporting the community of teachers using XOs in their classrooms. If you are a teacher currently using (or about to use) XOs in your classroom, you may be interested in the [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]]. You may also want to explore the community page for [[XO Teachers]]. <br />
<br />
It's an exciting time to get involved with OLPC! This page is designed to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==Highlights==<br />
*An [[OLPC_Peru/Arahuay|overview]] of the trial in Arahuay, Peru.<br />
*[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ The Cardal blog], which discusses the ongoing trial in [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]], Uruguay.<br />
*The [[Khairat Chronicle]], a report from the [[Khairat school]] pilot in Maharashtra India.<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&ll=-18.229351,-47.724609&spn=168.939827,360&z=1 A Google Map] of current trial schools.<br />
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==Trial schools==<br />
{| border="0" <br />
|-<br />
! [[OLPC Brazil/Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]]<br>[[OLPC Brazil]]<br />
! [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima|Galadima]]<br>[[OLPC Nigeria]]<br />
! [[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha]]<br>[[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|OLPC Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Porto_alegre.jpg|thumb|Porto Alegre is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]<br />
|[[Image:Galadima1.jpg|thumb|Galadima is a hamlet in Abuja, Nigeria]]<br />
|[[Image:Hiking02.jpg|thumb|Ban Samkha is a rural village in northern Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
! [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]]<br>[[OLPC Uruguay]]<br />
! [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]]<br>[[OLPC Peru]]<br />
! [[Khairat school]]<br>[[OLPC India]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Cardal2.JPG|thumb|Villa Cardal is a small town in Uruguay]]<br />
|[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|Arahuay is a small town in Peru]]<br />
|[[Image:India.JPG|thumb|Khairat is a remote village in Maharashtra, India]]<br />
|}<br />
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''"Pupils go even beyond what I can teach in the class. It's a very interesting thing to use. I personally have a better idea about teaching... We discovered that giving them time to discover something and to do it in their own way, they feel more happy and they are so excited in using it that, 'Yes, I discovered it! Yes, I can get it!! Yes, I can do this on my own!!!' Teaching is getting more interesting and less stressful."'' — Mr. O., Galadima School, Abuja, Nigeria<br />
<br />
==Vision==<br />
The XO laptop will bring a world of new ideas, images, and materials to children around the world. It will also provide students and teachers with new ways to collaborate, create, and transform works over time. Our belief in collaboration as a fundamental part of learning underscores our commitment to editable document formats, revision tracking, and careful attribution of authors and sources. <br />
<br />
All of our projects are collaborative, and this wiki is where each of our projects takes shape. If you take a look around, you'll find projects in all stages of completion-- from rough outlines and meeting notes to detailed workplans and polished documents. Feel free to contribute your ideas and expertise to any project that interests you. We're counting on you to make OLPC a success. <br />
<br />
To learn more about our model for content creation, our network of curators, and our plan for school servers that will host (and share) each school's digital library, visit [[Content]]. Otherwise, keep reading to find out how you can join in.<br />
<br />
==Join In==<br />
<br />
===What are some interesting things to do first?===<br />
*Read about the OLPC '''[[Learning Vision]]''' to learn more about why we think children in developing countries need laptops and what we think laptops will enable them to do.<br />
*Visit the OLPC [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]].<br />
*Read an [http://laptop.org/children/learning/ overview] of our current '''pilot programs''', visit the '''[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ OLPC Ceibal blog]''', or read field notes from [[Galadima|Nigeria]] and [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha|Thailand]]. <br />
*Familiarize yourself with our ideas about '''[[content|content and collaboration]]''', and the various [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses]. As a rule, we want educational materials produced for and connected with OLPC to be free and open source.<br />
*Contribute ideas (you can learn about contributing to a wiki ...'''where??''').<br />
<br />
===And then what?===<br />
Play, learn, explore, exchange-- you can do anything you want! Here are some ideas to help you get started.<br />
<br />
:''Eventually, the following sub-categories should each have their own page...'' --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 18:51, 6 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
==== Join the community ====<br />
*'''[http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]''' on the OLPCWiki!<br />
*'''Add yourself''', or your organization, to the educator [[Educators/Roll Call|Roll Call]] page.<br />
*Add an '''[[Template:Educator|educator user box]]''' to your user page.<br />
*Create an '''[[Educational organization template|educational organization page]]''' for your organization, group, or school.<br />
*Find a '''[[education projects|project]]''' that excites you.<br />
<br />
==== Contribute content ====<br />
*Read about the '''[[content repository]]''' that will reside on the school servers. <br />
*Add to the '''[[Educational content ideas|list of ideas]]''' for content that should be included in the repository. <br />
*'''Contribute your content''' directly to OLPC by following [[contributing content|these instructions]].<br />
<br />
==== Create activities ====<br />
*Read the '''[[educational activity guidelines]]''' to learn about the features of the XO that pertain directly to educators.<br />
*Explore our '''repository of [[:Category:Learning_Activities|activity outlines and lesson plans]]'''.<br />
*Contribute to our collection of story-based '''[[learning activities]]'''.<br />
*'''Create a new activity,''' either based on one of our [[sample learning activities]] or entirely from scratch.<br />
<br />
==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
<br />
Ask a question and someone will try to answer it.<br />
<br />
=== Adults learning computer skills ===<br />
Hello. Can anyone tell me if these machines are appropriate for adults who want to learn computer skills? For example, can these laptops run MS Word, MS Excel, etc.????<br />
<br />
:It is not clear what the correlation is between learning computer skills and the availability of MS Word, etc. MS Office apps don't run on Linux, however, there is a word processor on the laptop and the Google apps run on the laptop. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:16, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
This tool is not for adults and learning computer skills! This machine is design for the children; and with that in mind, an entirely new interface was created. Look into the Journal application to find out more about what this new tool can do '''for children''' all over the world... ''- Alex Maloutas Sat 11/24/07 2:20pm<br />
''<br />
<br />
:[[Image:lupe_emailing.jpg|thumb|right|86-year-old sending e-mail on OLPC]]To answer your question: Yes! (Depending on your goals!)<br />
<br />
Although designed for small children, with a little support, my 86-year-old grandma, Lupe, was able to check her Hotmail e-mail. She already knew basic e-mail, but we're planning to introduce her to word processing.<br />
<br />
--[[User:A1437053|A1437053]] 02:32, 6 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
=== Standalone operation? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I heard that you can give one and get one for $400. What I would like to know is if this laptop will work standalone without being connected to a school server. Can my kid browse the web where there is a free Wi-Fi hotspot? What about educational software - do they run standalone ?<br />
<br />
:Yes. Yes. Plus, if there are multiple laptops in an area, they can "share" without the need to be connected to either a school server or the internet. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:10, 30 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
=== Mix OLPC and Laptops? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I bought an OLPC under the Give One Get One program to pilot at a school. Is it possible to mix an OLPC machine and a Linux machine in an non-emulation mode and create a mesh?<br />
* Creating a mesh network relies on special wireless hardware and software that is currently available only on the XOs. However, since the XOs really are special Linux laptops, you can definitely share activities between the XOs and another laptop running the same software so long as you are both connected to the same Jabber server.<br />
<br />
==Comments and Discussion==<br />
[[Regarding the Laptop Revolution]]<br />
<br />
Please leave comments on the Educators '''[[Talk:Educators|talk page]].'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Content]]<br />
[[Category:Educators]]<br />
[[Category:Education]]<br />
[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Educators&diff=93926Educators2008-01-08T22:43:28Z<p>Lauren: /* Highlights */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{OLPC}}<br />
{{Translations}}<br />
{{TOCright}}<br />
==Welcome==<br />
One Laptop per Child is an education project, not a laptop project. Our goal is to provide children with access to libraries of knowledge, ideas, experiments, and art. Our hope is that this material will act as a window into the world, complete with examples and references on which to build. <br />
<br />
This page is designed for the community of educators who are interested in contributing to these libraries of knowledge, and supporting the community of teachers using XOs in their classrooms. If you are a teacher currently using (or about to use) XOs in your classroom, you may be interested in the [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]]. You may also want to explore the community page for [[XO Teachers]]. <br />
<br />
It's an exciting time to get involved with OLPC! This page is designed to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==Highlights==<br />
*An [[OLPC_Peru/Arahuay|overview]] of the trial in Arahuay, Peru.<br />
*[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ The Cardal blog], which discusses the ongoing trial in [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]], Uruguay.<br />
*The [[Khairat Chronicle]], a report from the [[Khairat school]] pilot in Maharashtra India.<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&ll=-18.229351,-47.724609&spn=168.939827,360&z=1 A Google Map] of current trial schools.<br />
<br />
==Trial schools==<br />
{| border="0" <br />
|-<br />
! [[OLPC Brazil/Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]]<br>[[OLPC Brazil]]<br />
! [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima|Galadima]]<br>[[OLPC Nigeria]]<br />
! [[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha]]<br>[[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|OLPC Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Porto_alegre.jpg|thumb|Porto Alegre is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]<br />
|[[Image:Galadima1.jpg|thumb|Galadima is a hamlet in Abuja, Nigeria]]<br />
|[[Image:Hiking02.jpg|thumb|Ban Samkha is a rural village in northern Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
! [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]]<br>[[OLPC Uruguay]]<br />
! [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]]<br>[[OLPC Peru]]<br />
! [[Khairat school]]<br>[[OLPC India]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Cardal2.JPG|thumb|Villa Cardal is a small town in Uruguay]]<br />
|[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|Arahuay is a small town in Peru]]<br />
|[[Image:India.JPG|thumb|Khairat is a remote village in Maharashtra, India]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''"Pupils go even beyond what I can teach in the class. It's a very interesting thing to use. I personally have a better idea about teaching... We discovered that giving them time to discover something and to do it in their own way, they feel more happy and they are so excited in using it that, 'Yes, I discovered it! Yes, I can get it!! Yes, I can do this on my own!!!' Teaching is getting more interesting and less stressful."'' — Mr. O., Galadima School, Abuja, Nigeria<br />
<br />
A note of context: TRIAL-2 is just now getting started, so most of these links (currently all) are from TRIAL-1. Which mostly used ''very'' limited (pre-alpha) software, on mainly early, more limited hardware prototypes. So the answer to why they aren't making greater use of their Journals, and online collaborative capabilities, is they mostly didn't have them yet.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== School collections ===<br />
Some of these trial schools have already set up their own school server and aggregator for hosting materials made by their students. See for instance the [http://lucianadeabreu.no-ip.org:8080/amadis/tools/projects/project.php?frm_codProjeto=1 AMADIS system] from the Porto Alegre school.<br />
<br />
==Vision==<br />
The XO laptop will bring a world of new ideas, images, and materials to children around the world. It will also provide students and teachers with new ways to collaborate, create, and transform works over time. Our belief in collaboration as a fundamental part of learning underscores our commitment to editable document formats, revision tracking, and careful attribution of authors and sources. <br />
<br />
All of our projects are collaborative, and this wiki is where each of our projects takes shape. If you take a look around, you'll find projects in all stages of completion-- from rough outlines and meeting notes to detailed workplans and polished documents. Feel free to contribute your ideas and expertise to any project that interests you. We're counting on you to make OLPC a success. <br />
<br />
To learn more about our model for content creation, our network of curators, and our plan for school servers that will host (and share) each school's digital library, visit [[Content]]. Otherwise, keep reading to find out how you can join in.<br />
<br />
==Join In==<br />
<br />
===What are some interesting things to do first?===<br />
*Read about the OLPC '''[[Learning Vision]]''' to learn more about why we think children in developing countries need laptops and what we think laptops will enable them to do.<br />
*Visit the OLPC [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]].<br />
*Read an [http://laptop.org/children/learning/ overview] of our current '''pilot programs''', visit the '''[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ OLPC Ceibal blog]''', or read field notes from [[Galadima|Nigeria]] and [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha|Thailand]]. <br />
*Familiarize yourself with our ideas about '''[[content|content and collaboration]]''', and the various [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses]. As a rule, we want educational materials produced for and connected with OLPC to be free and open source.<br />
*Contribute ideas (you can learn about contributing to a wiki ...'''where??''').<br />
<br />
===And then what?===<br />
Play, learn, explore, exchange-- you can do anything you want! Here are some ideas to help you get started.<br />
<br />
:''Eventually, the following sub-categories should each have their own page...'' --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 18:51, 6 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
==== Join the community ====<br />
*'''[http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]''' on the OLPCWiki!<br />
*'''Add yourself''', or your organization, to the educator [[Educators/Roll Call|Roll Call]] page.<br />
*Add an '''[[Template:Educator|educator user box]]''' to your user page.<br />
*Create an '''[[Educational organization template|educational organization page]]''' for your organization, group, or school.<br />
*Find a '''[[education projects|project]]''' that excites you.<br />
<br />
==== Contribute content ====<br />
*Read about the '''[[content repository]]''' that will reside on the school servers. <br />
*Add to the '''[[Educational content ideas|list of ideas]]''' for content that should be included in the repository. <br />
*'''Contribute your content''' directly to OLPC by following [[contributing content|these instructions]].<br />
<br />
==== Create activities ====<br />
*Read the '''[[educational activity guidelines]]''' to learn about the features of the XO that pertain directly to educators.<br />
*Explore our '''repository of [[:Category:Learning_Activities|activity outlines and lesson plans]]'''.<br />
*Contribute to our collection of story-based '''[[learning activities]]'''.<br />
*'''Create a new activity,''' either based on one of our [[sample learning activities]] or entirely from scratch.<br />
<br />
==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
<br />
Ask a question and someone will try to answer it.<br />
<br />
=== Adults learning computer skills ===<br />
Hello. Can anyone tell me if these machines are appropriate for adults who want to learn computer skills? For example, can these laptops run MS Word, MS Excel, etc.????<br />
<br />
:It is not clear what the correlation is between learning computer skills and the availability of MS Word, etc. MS Office apps don't run on Linux, however, there is a word processor on the laptop and the Google apps run on the laptop. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:16, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
This tool is not for adults and learning computer skills! This machine is design for the children; and with that in mind, an entirely new interface was created. Look into the Journal application to find out more about what this new tool can do '''for children''' all over the world... ''- Alex Maloutas Sat 11/24/07 2:20pm<br />
''<br />
<br />
:[[Image:lupe_emailing.jpg|thumb|right|86-year-old sending e-mail on OLPC]]To answer your question: Yes! (Depending on your goals!)<br />
<br />
Although designed for small children, with a little support, my 86-year-old grandma, Lupe, was able to check her Hotmail e-mail. She already knew basic e-mail, but we're planning to introduce her to word processing.<br />
<br />
--[[User:A1437053|A1437053]] 02:32, 6 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
=== Standalone operation? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I heard that you can give one and get one for $400. What I would like to know is if this laptop will work standalone without being connected to a school server. Can my kid browse the web where there is a free Wi-Fi hotspot? What about educational software - do they run standalone ?<br />
<br />
:Yes. Yes. Plus, if there are multiple laptops in an area, they can "share" without the need to be connected to either a school server or the internet. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:10, 30 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
=== Mix OLPC and Laptops? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I bought an OLPC under the Give One Get One program to pilot at a school. Is it possible to mix an OLPC machine and a Linux machine in an non-emulation mode and create a mesh?<br />
* Creating a mesh network relies on special wireless hardware and software that is currently available only on the XOs. However, since the XOs really are special Linux laptops, you can definitely share activities between the XOs and another laptop running the same software so long as you are both connected to the same Jabber server.<br />
<br />
==Comments and Discussion==<br />
[[Regarding the Laptop Revolution]]<br />
<br />
Please leave comments on the Educators '''[[Talk:Educators|talk page]].'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Content]]<br />
[[Category:Educators]]<br />
[[Category:Education]]<br />
[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Educators&diff=93924Educators2008-01-08T22:42:16Z<p>Lauren: /* Welcome */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{OLPC}}<br />
{{Translations}}<br />
{{TOCright}}<br />
==Welcome==<br />
One Laptop per Child is an education project, not a laptop project. Our goal is to provide children with access to libraries of knowledge, ideas, experiments, and art. Our hope is that this material will act as a window into the world, complete with examples and references on which to build. <br />
<br />
This page is designed for the community of educators who are interested in contributing to these libraries of knowledge, and supporting the community of teachers using XOs in their classrooms. If you are a teacher currently using (or about to use) XOs in your classroom, you may be interested in the [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]]. You may also want to explore the community page for [[XO Teachers]]. <br />
<br />
It's an exciting time to get involved with OLPC! This page is designed to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==Highlights==<br />
*The [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]] page, which gives a good overview of a trial in Peru.<br />
*[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ The Cardal blog], which discusses the ongoing trial in [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]], Uruguay.<br />
*The [[Khairat Chronicle]] from the [[Khairat school]] pilot in Maharashtra India.<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&ll=-18.229351,-47.724609&spn=168.939827,360&z=1 A Google Map] of current trial schools.<br />
<br />
==Trial schools==<br />
{| border="0" <br />
|-<br />
! [[OLPC Brazil/Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]]<br>[[OLPC Brazil]]<br />
! [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima|Galadima]]<br>[[OLPC Nigeria]]<br />
! [[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha]]<br>[[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|OLPC Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Porto_alegre.jpg|thumb|Porto Alegre is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]<br />
|[[Image:Galadima1.jpg|thumb|Galadima is a hamlet in Abuja, Nigeria]]<br />
|[[Image:Hiking02.jpg|thumb|Ban Samkha is a rural village in northern Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
! [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]]<br>[[OLPC Uruguay]]<br />
! [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]]<br>[[OLPC Peru]]<br />
! [[Khairat school]]<br>[[OLPC India]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Cardal2.JPG|thumb|Villa Cardal is a small town in Uruguay]]<br />
|[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|Arahuay is a small town in Peru]]<br />
|[[Image:India.JPG|thumb|Khairat is a remote village in Maharashtra, India]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''"Pupils go even beyond what I can teach in the class. It's a very interesting thing to use. I personally have a better idea about teaching... We discovered that giving them time to discover something and to do it in their own way, they feel more happy and they are so excited in using it that, 'Yes, I discovered it! Yes, I can get it!! Yes, I can do this on my own!!!' Teaching is getting more interesting and less stressful."'' — Mr. O., Galadima School, Abuja, Nigeria<br />
<br />
A note of context: TRIAL-2 is just now getting started, so most of these links (currently all) are from TRIAL-1. Which mostly used ''very'' limited (pre-alpha) software, on mainly early, more limited hardware prototypes. So the answer to why they aren't making greater use of their Journals, and online collaborative capabilities, is they mostly didn't have them yet.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== School collections ===<br />
Some of these trial schools have already set up their own school server and aggregator for hosting materials made by their students. See for instance the [http://lucianadeabreu.no-ip.org:8080/amadis/tools/projects/project.php?frm_codProjeto=1 AMADIS system] from the Porto Alegre school.<br />
<br />
==Vision==<br />
The XO laptop will bring a world of new ideas, images, and materials to children around the world. It will also provide students and teachers with new ways to collaborate, create, and transform works over time. Our belief in collaboration as a fundamental part of learning underscores our commitment to editable document formats, revision tracking, and careful attribution of authors and sources. <br />
<br />
All of our projects are collaborative, and this wiki is where each of our projects takes shape. If you take a look around, you'll find projects in all stages of completion-- from rough outlines and meeting notes to detailed workplans and polished documents. Feel free to contribute your ideas and expertise to any project that interests you. We're counting on you to make OLPC a success. <br />
<br />
To learn more about our model for content creation, our network of curators, and our plan for school servers that will host (and share) each school's digital library, visit [[Content]]. Otherwise, keep reading to find out how you can join in.<br />
<br />
==Join In==<br />
<br />
===What are some interesting things to do first?===<br />
*Read about the OLPC '''[[Learning Vision]]''' to learn more about why we think children in developing countries need laptops and what we think laptops will enable them to do.<br />
*Visit the OLPC [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]].<br />
*Read an [http://laptop.org/children/learning/ overview] of our current '''pilot programs''', visit the '''[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ OLPC Ceibal blog]''', or read field notes from [[Galadima|Nigeria]] and [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha|Thailand]]. <br />
*Familiarize yourself with our ideas about '''[[content|content and collaboration]]''', and the various [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses]. As a rule, we want educational materials produced for and connected with OLPC to be free and open source.<br />
*Contribute ideas (you can learn about contributing to a wiki ...'''where??''').<br />
<br />
===And then what?===<br />
Play, learn, explore, exchange-- you can do anything you want! Here are some ideas to help you get started.<br />
<br />
:''Eventually, the following sub-categories should each have their own page...'' --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 18:51, 6 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
==== Join the community ====<br />
*'''[http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]''' on the OLPCWiki!<br />
*'''Add yourself''', or your organization, to the educator [[Educators/Roll Call|Roll Call]] page.<br />
*Add an '''[[Template:Educator|educator user box]]''' to your user page.<br />
*Create an '''[[Educational organization template|educational organization page]]''' for your organization, group, or school.<br />
*Find a '''[[education projects|project]]''' that excites you.<br />
<br />
==== Contribute content ====<br />
*Read about the '''[[content repository]]''' that will reside on the school servers. <br />
*Add to the '''[[Educational content ideas|list of ideas]]''' for content that should be included in the repository. <br />
*'''Contribute your content''' directly to OLPC by following [[contributing content|these instructions]].<br />
<br />
==== Create activities ====<br />
*Read the '''[[educational activity guidelines]]''' to learn about the features of the XO that pertain directly to educators.<br />
*Explore our '''repository of [[:Category:Learning_Activities|activity outlines and lesson plans]]'''.<br />
*Contribute to our collection of story-based '''[[learning activities]]'''.<br />
*'''Create a new activity,''' either based on one of our [[sample learning activities]] or entirely from scratch.<br />
<br />
==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
<br />
Ask a question and someone will try to answer it.<br />
<br />
=== Adults learning computer skills ===<br />
Hello. Can anyone tell me if these machines are appropriate for adults who want to learn computer skills? For example, can these laptops run MS Word, MS Excel, etc.????<br />
<br />
:It is not clear what the correlation is between learning computer skills and the availability of MS Word, etc. MS Office apps don't run on Linux, however, there is a word processor on the laptop and the Google apps run on the laptop. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:16, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
This tool is not for adults and learning computer skills! This machine is design for the children; and with that in mind, an entirely new interface was created. Look into the Journal application to find out more about what this new tool can do '''for children''' all over the world... ''- Alex Maloutas Sat 11/24/07 2:20pm<br />
''<br />
<br />
:[[Image:lupe_emailing.jpg|thumb|right|86-year-old sending e-mail on OLPC]]To answer your question: Yes! (Depending on your goals!)<br />
<br />
Although designed for small children, with a little support, my 86-year-old grandma, Lupe, was able to check her Hotmail e-mail. She already knew basic e-mail, but we're planning to introduce her to word processing.<br />
<br />
--[[User:A1437053|A1437053]] 02:32, 6 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
=== Standalone operation? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I heard that you can give one and get one for $400. What I would like to know is if this laptop will work standalone without being connected to a school server. Can my kid browse the web where there is a free Wi-Fi hotspot? What about educational software - do they run standalone ?<br />
<br />
:Yes. Yes. Plus, if there are multiple laptops in an area, they can "share" without the need to be connected to either a school server or the internet. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:10, 30 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
=== Mix OLPC and Laptops? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I bought an OLPC under the Give One Get One program to pilot at a school. Is it possible to mix an OLPC machine and a Linux machine in an non-emulation mode and create a mesh?<br />
* Creating a mesh network relies on special wireless hardware and software that is currently available only on the XOs. However, since the XOs really are special Linux laptops, you can definitely share activities between the XOs and another laptop running the same software so long as you are both connected to the same Jabber server.<br />
<br />
==Comments and Discussion==<br />
[[Regarding the Laptop Revolution]]<br />
<br />
Please leave comments on the Educators '''[[Talk:Educators|talk page]].'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Content]]<br />
[[Category:Educators]]<br />
[[Category:Education]]<br />
[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Educators&diff=93922Educators2008-01-08T22:41:49Z<p>Lauren: /* Highlights */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{OLPC}}<br />
{{Translations}}<br />
{{TOCright}}<br />
==Welcome==<br />
One Laptop per Child is an education project, not a laptop project. Our goal is to provide children with access to libraries of knowledge, ideas, experiments, and art. Our hope is that this material will act as a window into the world, complete with examples and references on which to build. <br />
<br />
This page is designed for the community of educators who are interested in contributing to these libraries of knowledge, and supporting the community of teachers using XOs in their classrooms. If you are a teacher currently using (or about to use) XOs in your classroom, you may be interested in the [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]]. You may also want to explore the community page for [[XO Teachers]]. <br />
<br />
It's an exciting time to get involved with OLPC. This page is designed to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==Highlights==<br />
*The [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]] page, which gives a good overview of a trial in Peru.<br />
*[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ The Cardal blog], which discusses the ongoing trial in [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]], Uruguay.<br />
*The [[Khairat Chronicle]] from the [[Khairat school]] pilot in Maharashtra India.<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&ll=-18.229351,-47.724609&spn=168.939827,360&z=1 A Google Map] of current trial schools.<br />
<br />
==Trial schools==<br />
{| border="0" <br />
|-<br />
! [[OLPC Brazil/Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]]<br>[[OLPC Brazil]]<br />
! [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima|Galadima]]<br>[[OLPC Nigeria]]<br />
! [[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha]]<br>[[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|OLPC Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Porto_alegre.jpg|thumb|Porto Alegre is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]<br />
|[[Image:Galadima1.jpg|thumb|Galadima is a hamlet in Abuja, Nigeria]]<br />
|[[Image:Hiking02.jpg|thumb|Ban Samkha is a rural village in northern Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
! [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]]<br>[[OLPC Uruguay]]<br />
! [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]]<br>[[OLPC Peru]]<br />
! [[Khairat school]]<br>[[OLPC India]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Cardal2.JPG|thumb|Villa Cardal is a small town in Uruguay]]<br />
|[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|Arahuay is a small town in Peru]]<br />
|[[Image:India.JPG|thumb|Khairat is a remote village in Maharashtra, India]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''"Pupils go even beyond what I can teach in the class. It's a very interesting thing to use. I personally have a better idea about teaching... We discovered that giving them time to discover something and to do it in their own way, they feel more happy and they are so excited in using it that, 'Yes, I discovered it! Yes, I can get it!! Yes, I can do this on my own!!!' Teaching is getting more interesting and less stressful."'' — Mr. O., Galadima School, Abuja, Nigeria<br />
<br />
A note of context: TRIAL-2 is just now getting started, so most of these links (currently all) are from TRIAL-1. Which mostly used ''very'' limited (pre-alpha) software, on mainly early, more limited hardware prototypes. So the answer to why they aren't making greater use of their Journals, and online collaborative capabilities, is they mostly didn't have them yet.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== School collections ===<br />
Some of these trial schools have already set up their own school server and aggregator for hosting materials made by their students. See for instance the [http://lucianadeabreu.no-ip.org:8080/amadis/tools/projects/project.php?frm_codProjeto=1 AMADIS system] from the Porto Alegre school.<br />
<br />
==Vision==<br />
The XO laptop will bring a world of new ideas, images, and materials to children around the world. It will also provide students and teachers with new ways to collaborate, create, and transform works over time. Our belief in collaboration as a fundamental part of learning underscores our commitment to editable document formats, revision tracking, and careful attribution of authors and sources. <br />
<br />
All of our projects are collaborative, and this wiki is where each of our projects takes shape. If you take a look around, you'll find projects in all stages of completion-- from rough outlines and meeting notes to detailed workplans and polished documents. Feel free to contribute your ideas and expertise to any project that interests you. We're counting on you to make OLPC a success. <br />
<br />
To learn more about our model for content creation, our network of curators, and our plan for school servers that will host (and share) each school's digital library, visit [[Content]]. Otherwise, keep reading to find out how you can join in.<br />
<br />
==Join In==<br />
<br />
===What are some interesting things to do first?===<br />
*Read about the OLPC '''[[Learning Vision]]''' to learn more about why we think children in developing countries need laptops and what we think laptops will enable them to do.<br />
*Visit the OLPC [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]].<br />
*Read an [http://laptop.org/children/learning/ overview] of our current '''pilot programs''', visit the '''[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ OLPC Ceibal blog]''', or read field notes from [[Galadima|Nigeria]] and [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha|Thailand]]. <br />
*Familiarize yourself with our ideas about '''[[content|content and collaboration]]''', and the various [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses]. As a rule, we want educational materials produced for and connected with OLPC to be free and open source.<br />
*Contribute ideas (you can learn about contributing to a wiki ...'''where??''').<br />
<br />
===And then what?===<br />
Play, learn, explore, exchange-- you can do anything you want! Here are some ideas to help you get started.<br />
<br />
:''Eventually, the following sub-categories should each have their own page...'' --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 18:51, 6 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
==== Join the community ====<br />
*'''[http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]''' on the OLPCWiki!<br />
*'''Add yourself''', or your organization, to the educator [[Educators/Roll Call|Roll Call]] page.<br />
*Add an '''[[Template:Educator|educator user box]]''' to your user page.<br />
*Create an '''[[Educational organization template|educational organization page]]''' for your organization, group, or school.<br />
*Find a '''[[education projects|project]]''' that excites you.<br />
<br />
==== Contribute content ====<br />
*Read about the '''[[content repository]]''' that will reside on the school servers. <br />
*Add to the '''[[Educational content ideas|list of ideas]]''' for content that should be included in the repository. <br />
*'''Contribute your content''' directly to OLPC by following [[contributing content|these instructions]].<br />
<br />
==== Create activities ====<br />
*Read the '''[[educational activity guidelines]]''' to learn about the features of the XO that pertain directly to educators.<br />
*Explore our '''repository of [[:Category:Learning_Activities|activity outlines and lesson plans]]'''.<br />
*Contribute to our collection of story-based '''[[learning activities]]'''.<br />
*'''Create a new activity,''' either based on one of our [[sample learning activities]] or entirely from scratch.<br />
<br />
==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
<br />
Ask a question and someone will try to answer it.<br />
<br />
=== Adults learning computer skills ===<br />
Hello. Can anyone tell me if these machines are appropriate for adults who want to learn computer skills? For example, can these laptops run MS Word, MS Excel, etc.????<br />
<br />
:It is not clear what the correlation is between learning computer skills and the availability of MS Word, etc. MS Office apps don't run on Linux, however, there is a word processor on the laptop and the Google apps run on the laptop. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:16, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
This tool is not for adults and learning computer skills! This machine is design for the children; and with that in mind, an entirely new interface was created. Look into the Journal application to find out more about what this new tool can do '''for children''' all over the world... ''- Alex Maloutas Sat 11/24/07 2:20pm<br />
''<br />
<br />
:[[Image:lupe_emailing.jpg|thumb|right|86-year-old sending e-mail on OLPC]]To answer your question: Yes! (Depending on your goals!)<br />
<br />
Although designed for small children, with a little support, my 86-year-old grandma, Lupe, was able to check her Hotmail e-mail. She already knew basic e-mail, but we're planning to introduce her to word processing.<br />
<br />
--[[User:A1437053|A1437053]] 02:32, 6 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
=== Standalone operation? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I heard that you can give one and get one for $400. What I would like to know is if this laptop will work standalone without being connected to a school server. Can my kid browse the web where there is a free Wi-Fi hotspot? What about educational software - do they run standalone ?<br />
<br />
:Yes. Yes. Plus, if there are multiple laptops in an area, they can "share" without the need to be connected to either a school server or the internet. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:10, 30 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
=== Mix OLPC and Laptops? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I bought an OLPC under the Give One Get One program to pilot at a school. Is it possible to mix an OLPC machine and a Linux machine in an non-emulation mode and create a mesh?<br />
* Creating a mesh network relies on special wireless hardware and software that is currently available only on the XOs. However, since the XOs really are special Linux laptops, you can definitely share activities between the XOs and another laptop running the same software so long as you are both connected to the same Jabber server.<br />
<br />
==Comments and Discussion==<br />
[[Regarding the Laptop Revolution]]<br />
<br />
Please leave comments on the Educators '''[[Talk:Educators|talk page]].'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Content]]<br />
[[Category:Educators]]<br />
[[Category:Education]]<br />
[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Educators&diff=93920Educators2008-01-08T22:40:41Z<p>Lauren: /* Highlights */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{OLPC}}<br />
{{Translations}}<br />
{{TOCright}}<br />
==Welcome==<br />
One Laptop per Child is an education project, not a laptop project. Our goal is to provide children with access to libraries of knowledge, ideas, experiments, and art. Our hope is that this material will act as a window into the world, complete with examples and references on which to build. <br />
<br />
This page is designed for the community of educators who are interested in contributing to these libraries of knowledge, and supporting the community of teachers using XOs in their classrooms. If you are a teacher currently using (or about to use) XOs in your classroom, you may be interested in the [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]]. You may also want to explore the community page for [[XO Teachers]]. <br />
<br />
It's an exciting time to get involved with OLPC. This page is designed to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==Highlights==<br />
*The [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]] page, which gives a good overview of a trial in Peru.<br />
*[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ The Uruguay/Cardal blog], which discusses the ongoing trial in [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal]].<br />
*[[Khairat Chronicle]] from the [[Khairat school]] pilot in Maharashtra India.<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&ll=-18.229351,-47.724609&spn=168.939827,360&z=1 A Google Map] of current trial schools.<br />
<br />
==Trial schools==<br />
{| border="0" <br />
|-<br />
! [[OLPC Brazil/Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]]<br>[[OLPC Brazil]]<br />
! [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima|Galadima]]<br>[[OLPC Nigeria]]<br />
! [[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha]]<br>[[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|OLPC Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Porto_alegre.jpg|thumb|Porto Alegre is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]<br />
|[[Image:Galadima1.jpg|thumb|Galadima is a hamlet in Abuja, Nigeria]]<br />
|[[Image:Hiking02.jpg|thumb|Ban Samkha is a rural village in northern Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
! [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]]<br>[[OLPC Uruguay]]<br />
! [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]]<br>[[OLPC Peru]]<br />
! [[Khairat school]]<br>[[OLPC India]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Cardal2.JPG|thumb|Villa Cardal is a small town in Uruguay]]<br />
|[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|Arahuay is a small town in Peru]]<br />
|[[Image:India.JPG|thumb|Khairat is a remote village in Maharashtra, India]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''"Pupils go even beyond what I can teach in the class. It's a very interesting thing to use. I personally have a better idea about teaching... We discovered that giving them time to discover something and to do it in their own way, they feel more happy and they are so excited in using it that, 'Yes, I discovered it! Yes, I can get it!! Yes, I can do this on my own!!!' Teaching is getting more interesting and less stressful."'' — Mr. O., Galadima School, Abuja, Nigeria<br />
<br />
A note of context: TRIAL-2 is just now getting started, so most of these links (currently all) are from TRIAL-1. Which mostly used ''very'' limited (pre-alpha) software, on mainly early, more limited hardware prototypes. So the answer to why they aren't making greater use of their Journals, and online collaborative capabilities, is they mostly didn't have them yet.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== School collections ===<br />
Some of these trial schools have already set up their own school server and aggregator for hosting materials made by their students. See for instance the [http://lucianadeabreu.no-ip.org:8080/amadis/tools/projects/project.php?frm_codProjeto=1 AMADIS system] from the Porto Alegre school.<br />
<br />
==Vision==<br />
The XO laptop will bring a world of new ideas, images, and materials to children around the world. It will also provide students and teachers with new ways to collaborate, create, and transform works over time. Our belief in collaboration as a fundamental part of learning underscores our commitment to editable document formats, revision tracking, and careful attribution of authors and sources. <br />
<br />
All of our projects are collaborative, and this wiki is where each of our projects takes shape. If you take a look around, you'll find projects in all stages of completion-- from rough outlines and meeting notes to detailed workplans and polished documents. Feel free to contribute your ideas and expertise to any project that interests you. We're counting on you to make OLPC a success. <br />
<br />
To learn more about our model for content creation, our network of curators, and our plan for school servers that will host (and share) each school's digital library, visit [[Content]]. Otherwise, keep reading to find out how you can join in.<br />
<br />
==Join In==<br />
<br />
===What are some interesting things to do first?===<br />
*Read about the OLPC '''[[Learning Vision]]''' to learn more about why we think children in developing countries need laptops and what we think laptops will enable them to do.<br />
*Visit the OLPC [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]].<br />
*Read an [http://laptop.org/children/learning/ overview] of our current '''pilot programs''', visit the '''[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ OLPC Ceibal blog]''', or read field notes from [[Galadima|Nigeria]] and [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha|Thailand]]. <br />
*Familiarize yourself with our ideas about '''[[content|content and collaboration]]''', and the various [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses]. As a rule, we want educational materials produced for and connected with OLPC to be free and open source.<br />
*Contribute ideas (you can learn about contributing to a wiki ...'''where??''').<br />
<br />
===And then what?===<br />
Play, learn, explore, exchange-- you can do anything you want! Here are some ideas to help you get started.<br />
<br />
:''Eventually, the following sub-categories should each have their own page...'' --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 18:51, 6 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
==== Join the community ====<br />
*'''[http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]''' on the OLPCWiki!<br />
*'''Add yourself''', or your organization, to the educator [[Educators/Roll Call|Roll Call]] page.<br />
*Add an '''[[Template:Educator|educator user box]]''' to your user page.<br />
*Create an '''[[Educational organization template|educational organization page]]''' for your organization, group, or school.<br />
*Find a '''[[education projects|project]]''' that excites you.<br />
<br />
==== Contribute content ====<br />
*Read about the '''[[content repository]]''' that will reside on the school servers. <br />
*Add to the '''[[Educational content ideas|list of ideas]]''' for content that should be included in the repository. <br />
*'''Contribute your content''' directly to OLPC by following [[contributing content|these instructions]].<br />
<br />
==== Create activities ====<br />
*Read the '''[[educational activity guidelines]]''' to learn about the features of the XO that pertain directly to educators.<br />
*Explore our '''repository of [[:Category:Learning_Activities|activity outlines and lesson plans]]'''.<br />
*Contribute to our collection of story-based '''[[learning activities]]'''.<br />
*'''Create a new activity,''' either based on one of our [[sample learning activities]] or entirely from scratch.<br />
<br />
==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
<br />
Ask a question and someone will try to answer it.<br />
<br />
=== Adults learning computer skills ===<br />
Hello. Can anyone tell me if these machines are appropriate for adults who want to learn computer skills? For example, can these laptops run MS Word, MS Excel, etc.????<br />
<br />
:It is not clear what the correlation is between learning computer skills and the availability of MS Word, etc. MS Office apps don't run on Linux, however, there is a word processor on the laptop and the Google apps run on the laptop. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:16, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
This tool is not for adults and learning computer skills! This machine is design for the children; and with that in mind, an entirely new interface was created. Look into the Journal application to find out more about what this new tool can do '''for children''' all over the world... ''- Alex Maloutas Sat 11/24/07 2:20pm<br />
''<br />
<br />
:[[Image:lupe_emailing.jpg|thumb|right|86-year-old sending e-mail on OLPC]]To answer your question: Yes! (Depending on your goals!)<br />
<br />
Although designed for small children, with a little support, my 86-year-old grandma, Lupe, was able to check her Hotmail e-mail. She already knew basic e-mail, but we're planning to introduce her to word processing.<br />
<br />
--[[User:A1437053|A1437053]] 02:32, 6 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
=== Standalone operation? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I heard that you can give one and get one for $400. What I would like to know is if this laptop will work standalone without being connected to a school server. Can my kid browse the web where there is a free Wi-Fi hotspot? What about educational software - do they run standalone ?<br />
<br />
:Yes. Yes. Plus, if there are multiple laptops in an area, they can "share" without the need to be connected to either a school server or the internet. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:10, 30 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
=== Mix OLPC and Laptops? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I bought an OLPC under the Give One Get One program to pilot at a school. Is it possible to mix an OLPC machine and a Linux machine in an non-emulation mode and create a mesh?<br />
* Creating a mesh network relies on special wireless hardware and software that is currently available only on the XOs. However, since the XOs really are special Linux laptops, you can definitely share activities between the XOs and another laptop running the same software so long as you are both connected to the same Jabber server.<br />
<br />
==Comments and Discussion==<br />
[[Regarding the Laptop Revolution]]<br />
<br />
Please leave comments on the Educators '''[[Talk:Educators|talk page]].'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Content]]<br />
[[Category:Educators]]<br />
[[Category:Education]]<br />
[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Educators&diff=93919Educators2008-01-08T22:39:37Z<p>Lauren: /* Welcome */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{OLPC}}<br />
{{Translations}}<br />
{{TOCright}}<br />
==Welcome==<br />
One Laptop per Child is an education project, not a laptop project. Our goal is to provide children with access to libraries of knowledge, ideas, experiments, and art. Our hope is that this material will act as a window into the world, complete with examples and references on which to build. <br />
<br />
This page is designed for the community of educators who are interested in contributing to these libraries of knowledge, and supporting the community of teachers using XOs in their classrooms. If you are a teacher currently using (or about to use) XOs in your classroom, you may be interested in the [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]]. You may also want to explore the community page for [[XO Teachers]]. <br />
<br />
It's an exciting time to get involved with OLPC. This page is designed to help you get started.<br />
<br />
==Highlights==<br />
*[[OLPC Peru/Arahuay]], which gives a good overview of a trial.<br />
*[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ The Uruguay/Cardal blog], which discusses the ongoing trial in [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal]].<br />
*[[Khairat Chronicle]] from the [[Khairat school]] pilot in Maharashtra India.<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&cd=1&om=1&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&ll=-18.229351,-47.724609&spn=168.939827,360&z=1 A Google Map] of current trial schools.<br />
<br />
==Trial schools==<br />
{| border="0" <br />
|-<br />
! [[OLPC Brazil/Porto Alegre|Porto Alegre]]<br>[[OLPC Brazil]]<br />
! [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima|Galadima]]<br>[[OLPC Nigeria]]<br />
! [[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha]]<br>[[OLPC Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|OLPC Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Porto_alegre.jpg|thumb|Porto Alegre is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]]<br />
|[[Image:Galadima1.jpg|thumb|Galadima is a hamlet in Abuja, Nigeria]]<br />
|[[Image:Hiking02.jpg|thumb|Ban Samkha is a rural village in northern Thailand]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
! [[OLPC Uruguay/Cardal|Cardal]]<br>[[OLPC Uruguay]]<br />
! [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay]]<br>[[OLPC Peru]]<br />
! [[Khairat school]]<br>[[OLPC India]]<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
|[[Image:Cardal2.JPG|thumb|Villa Cardal is a small town in Uruguay]]<br />
|[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|Arahuay is a small town in Peru]]<br />
|[[Image:India.JPG|thumb|Khairat is a remote village in Maharashtra, India]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''"Pupils go even beyond what I can teach in the class. It's a very interesting thing to use. I personally have a better idea about teaching... We discovered that giving them time to discover something and to do it in their own way, they feel more happy and they are so excited in using it that, 'Yes, I discovered it! Yes, I can get it!! Yes, I can do this on my own!!!' Teaching is getting more interesting and less stressful."'' — Mr. O., Galadima School, Abuja, Nigeria<br />
<br />
A note of context: TRIAL-2 is just now getting started, so most of these links (currently all) are from TRIAL-1. Which mostly used ''very'' limited (pre-alpha) software, on mainly early, more limited hardware prototypes. So the answer to why they aren't making greater use of their Journals, and online collaborative capabilities, is they mostly didn't have them yet.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== School collections ===<br />
Some of these trial schools have already set up their own school server and aggregator for hosting materials made by their students. See for instance the [http://lucianadeabreu.no-ip.org:8080/amadis/tools/projects/project.php?frm_codProjeto=1 AMADIS system] from the Porto Alegre school.<br />
<br />
==Vision==<br />
The XO laptop will bring a world of new ideas, images, and materials to children around the world. It will also provide students and teachers with new ways to collaborate, create, and transform works over time. Our belief in collaboration as a fundamental part of learning underscores our commitment to editable document formats, revision tracking, and careful attribution of authors and sources. <br />
<br />
All of our projects are collaborative, and this wiki is where each of our projects takes shape. If you take a look around, you'll find projects in all stages of completion-- from rough outlines and meeting notes to detailed workplans and polished documents. Feel free to contribute your ideas and expertise to any project that interests you. We're counting on you to make OLPC a success. <br />
<br />
To learn more about our model for content creation, our network of curators, and our plan for school servers that will host (and share) each school's digital library, visit [[Content]]. Otherwise, keep reading to find out how you can join in.<br />
<br />
==Join In==<br />
<br />
===What are some interesting things to do first?===<br />
*Read about the OLPC '''[[Learning Vision]]''' to learn more about why we think children in developing countries need laptops and what we think laptops will enable them to do.<br />
*Visit the OLPC [[Portal:Education|Education Portal]].<br />
*Read an [http://laptop.org/children/learning/ overview] of our current '''pilot programs''', visit the '''[http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/ OLPC Ceibal blog]''', or read field notes from [[Galadima|Nigeria]] and [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha|Thailand]]. <br />
*Familiarize yourself with our ideas about '''[[content|content and collaboration]]''', and the various [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ Creative Commons licenses]. As a rule, we want educational materials produced for and connected with OLPC to be free and open source.<br />
*Contribute ideas (you can learn about contributing to a wiki ...'''where??''').<br />
<br />
===And then what?===<br />
Play, learn, explore, exchange-- you can do anything you want! Here are some ideas to help you get started.<br />
<br />
:''Eventually, the following sub-categories should each have their own page...'' --[[User:Lauren|Lauren]] 18:51, 6 July 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
==== Join the community ====<br />
*'''[http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]''' on the OLPCWiki!<br />
*'''Add yourself''', or your organization, to the educator [[Educators/Roll Call|Roll Call]] page.<br />
*Add an '''[[Template:Educator|educator user box]]''' to your user page.<br />
*Create an '''[[Educational organization template|educational organization page]]''' for your organization, group, or school.<br />
*Find a '''[[education projects|project]]''' that excites you.<br />
<br />
==== Contribute content ====<br />
*Read about the '''[[content repository]]''' that will reside on the school servers. <br />
*Add to the '''[[Educational content ideas|list of ideas]]''' for content that should be included in the repository. <br />
*'''Contribute your content''' directly to OLPC by following [[contributing content|these instructions]].<br />
<br />
==== Create activities ====<br />
*Read the '''[[educational activity guidelines]]''' to learn about the features of the XO that pertain directly to educators.<br />
*Explore our '''repository of [[:Category:Learning_Activities|activity outlines and lesson plans]]'''.<br />
*Contribute to our collection of story-based '''[[learning activities]]'''.<br />
*'''Create a new activity,''' either based on one of our [[sample learning activities]] or entirely from scratch.<br />
<br />
==Frequently Asked Questions==<br />
<br />
Ask a question and someone will try to answer it.<br />
<br />
=== Adults learning computer skills ===<br />
Hello. Can anyone tell me if these machines are appropriate for adults who want to learn computer skills? For example, can these laptops run MS Word, MS Excel, etc.????<br />
<br />
:It is not clear what the correlation is between learning computer skills and the availability of MS Word, etc. MS Office apps don't run on Linux, however, there is a word processor on the laptop and the Google apps run on the laptop. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:16, 23 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
This tool is not for adults and learning computer skills! This machine is design for the children; and with that in mind, an entirely new interface was created. Look into the Journal application to find out more about what this new tool can do '''for children''' all over the world... ''- Alex Maloutas Sat 11/24/07 2:20pm<br />
''<br />
<br />
:[[Image:lupe_emailing.jpg|thumb|right|86-year-old sending e-mail on OLPC]]To answer your question: Yes! (Depending on your goals!)<br />
<br />
Although designed for small children, with a little support, my 86-year-old grandma, Lupe, was able to check her Hotmail e-mail. She already knew basic e-mail, but we're planning to introduce her to word processing.<br />
<br />
--[[User:A1437053|A1437053]] 02:32, 6 January 2008 (EST)<br />
<br />
=== Standalone operation? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I heard that you can give one and get one for $400. What I would like to know is if this laptop will work standalone without being connected to a school server. Can my kid browse the web where there is a free Wi-Fi hotspot? What about educational software - do they run standalone ?<br />
<br />
:Yes. Yes. Plus, if there are multiple laptops in an area, they can "share" without the need to be connected to either a school server or the internet. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:10, 30 October 2007 (EDT)<br />
<br />
=== Mix OLPC and Laptops? ===<br />
<br />
Question: I bought an OLPC under the Give One Get One program to pilot at a school. Is it possible to mix an OLPC machine and a Linux machine in an non-emulation mode and create a mesh?<br />
* Creating a mesh network relies on special wireless hardware and software that is currently available only on the XOs. However, since the XOs really are special Linux laptops, you can definitely share activities between the XOs and another laptop running the same software so long as you are both connected to the same Jabber server.<br />
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[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_project&diff=93904Portal:Education/Featured project2008-01-08T22:17:31Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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The '''[[Learning_activities/Bug_Blitz|Bug Blitz]]''' is the idea of renowned naturalist and scholar Professor Edward O. Wilson of Harvard University. Students and teachers combine to focus on the issues that surround biodiversity. <br />
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There is a Bug Blitz underway at [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha school]] in [[OLPC_Thailand|Thailand]].<br />
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You can track their progress at [http://zipcodezoo.com/forum/index.php?topic=204.0 ZipcodeZoo.com].</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_project&diff=93903Portal:Education/Featured project2008-01-08T22:17:08Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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The [[Learning_activities/Bug_Blitz|Bug Blitz]] is the idea of renowned naturalist and scholar Professor Edward O. Wilson of Harvard University. Students and teachers combine to focus on the issues that surround biodiversity. <br />
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There is a Bug Blitz underway at [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha school]] in [[OLPC_Thailand|Thailand]].<br />
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You can track their progress at [http://zipcodezoo.com/forum/index.php?topic=204.0 ZipcodeZoo.com].</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_project&diff=93902Portal:Education/Featured project2008-01-08T22:16:52Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>The [[Learning_activities/Bug_Blitz|Bug Blitz]] is the idea of renowned naturalist and scholar Professor Edward O. Wilson of Harvard University. Students and teachers combine to focus on the issues that surround biodiversity. <br />
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There is a Bug Blitz underway at [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha school]] in [[OLPC_Thailand|Thailand]].<br />
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You can track their progress at [http://zipcodezoo.com/forum/index.php?topic=204.0 ZipcodeZoo.com].<br />
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[[Image:Hiking01.jpg|thumb|100px]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_project&diff=93901Portal:Education/Featured project2008-01-08T22:16:23Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>The [[Learning_activities/Bug_Blitz|Bug Blitz]] is the idea of renowned naturalist and scholar Professor Edward O. Wilson of Harvard University. Students and teachers combine to focus on the issues that surround biodiversity. <br />
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There is a Bug Blitz underway at [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha school]] in [[OLPC_Thailand|Thailand]].<br />
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You can track their progress at [http://zipcodezoo.com/forum/index.php?topic=204.0 ZipcodeZoo.com].<br />
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[[Image:Hiking01.jpg]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_project&diff=93900Portal:Education/Featured project2008-01-08T22:13:42Z<p>Lauren: New page: The Bug Blitz is the idea of renowned naturalist and scholar Professor Edward O. Wilson of Harvard University. Students and teachers combine to focus on t...</p>
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<div>The [[Learning_activities/Bug_Blitz|Bug Blitz]] is the idea of renowned naturalist and scholar Professor Edward O. Wilson of Harvard University. Students and teachers combine to focus on the issues that surround biodiversity. <br />
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There is a Bug Blitz underway at [[OLPC_Thailand/Ban_Samkha/trial-200705|Ban Samkha school]] in [[OLPC_Thailand|Thailand]].<br />
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You can track their progress at [http://zipcodezoo.com/forum/index.php?topic=204.0 ZipcodeZoo.com].</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_pilot_site&diff=93899Portal:Education/Featured pilot site2008-01-08T22:09:11Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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'''[[Khairat school]]''' is [[OLPC India|India]]'s pilot site. There is a [[Khairat Chronicle]] and [[Khairat Technical|a few technical notes]] from the October start-up, as well as some [[Khairat Today|more recent notes]] on this wiki.</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_educational_organization&diff=93898Portal:Education/Featured educational organization2008-01-08T22:08:44Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>'''Curriki''', a play on the words 'curriculum' and 'wiki', is a nonprofit organization that aims to bridge the educational divide. Curriki serves as a platform on which to host Open Source Curriculum (OSC), to provide universal access to free curricula and instructional materials for grades K-12. <br />
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Curriki’s initial focus is to develop an online repository for K-12 curricula in the areas of mathematics, science, technology, reading and language arts, social studies, and languages. To do this, the organization is partnering with publishers, curriculum developers, not-for-profits, and universities. Once a core repository is developed, the resource will attract a committed community of educators to populate, modify, and enrich it. <br />
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Curriki is also reaching out to a broad community of educators to share in, upload, or author content. (Content can be anything from a stand alone learning resource to a comprehensive unit of study.) <br />
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For more information, visit the [[Curriki]] page on this wiki or [http://www.curriki.org/ Curriki] on the web.</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_educational_organization&diff=93897Portal:Education/Featured educational organization2008-01-08T22:08:35Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>'''Curriki''', a play on the words 'curriculum' and 'wiki', is a nonprofit organization that aims to bridge the educational divide. Curriki serves as a platform on which to host Open Source Curriculum (OSC), to provide universal access to free curricula and instructional materials for grades K-12. <br />
<br />
Curriki’s initial focus is to develop an online repository for K-12 curricula in the areas of mathematics, science, technology, reading and language arts, social studies, and languages. To do this, the organization is partnering with publishers, curriculum developers, not-for-profits, and universities. Once a core repository is developed, the resource will attract a committed community of educators to populate, modify, and enrich it. <br />
<br />
Curriki is also reaching out to a broad community of educators to share in, upload, or author content. (Content can be anything from a stand alone learning resource to a comprehensive unit of study.) <br />
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For more information, visit the [[curriki]] page on this wiki or [http://www.curriki.org/ Curriki] on the web.</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_activity&diff=93896Portal:Education/Featured activity2008-01-08T22:05:39Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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'''Poll Builder''' is a simple poll tool that allows children to express their opinions on a given topic by selecting one of five answer choices and submitting a vote. The results are tallied by total number of votes and percentage of total votes cast for each choice - like the usual web polls.<br />
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For more information, see the [[Poll_Builder|Poll Builder]] page or visit the [[Activities#Math_.26_Science|Activities]] page to download it.</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_pilot_site&diff=93895Portal:Education/Featured pilot site2008-01-08T22:04:59Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>[[Image:P1070758.JPG|thumb|100px]]<br />
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'''[[Khairat school]]''' is [[OLPC India|India]]'s pilot site. There is a [[Khairat Chronicle]] and [[Khairat Technical|a few technical notes]] from the October start-up, as well as some [[Khairat Today|more recent notes]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education&diff=93894Portal:Education2008-01-08T22:04:40Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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[[Category:Portals]]</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Glossary&diff=93892Portal:Education/Glossary2008-01-08T22:03:16Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>'''Brainstorm''' is to come up with ideas. If a class is '''brainstorming''', it is coming up with all the ideas it can think of regarding a specific topic.<br />
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This definition comes from the MaMaMedia Learning Center. Visit the [[MaMaMedia_Learning_Center|Learning Center]] page or visit the [[Activities#Teacher_and_New_User_Tools|Activities]] page to download it.</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Glossary&diff=93890Portal:Education/Glossary2008-01-08T22:03:00Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>'''Brainstorm''' is to come up with ideas. If a class is '''brainstorming''', it is coming up with all the ideas it can think of regarding a specific topic.<br />
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This definition comes from the MaMaMedia Learning Center. Visit the [[MaMaMedia_Learning_Center|Learning Center]] page or visit the [[Activities#Teacher_and_New_User_Tools]] page to download it.</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Glossary&diff=93884Portal:Education/Glossary2008-01-08T22:01:15Z<p>Lauren: New page: '''Brainstorm''' is to come up with ideas. If a class is '''brainstorming''', it is coming up with all the ideas it can think of regarding a specific topic. This definition comes from the...</p>
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<div>'''Brainstorm''' is to come up with ideas. If a class is '''brainstorming''', it is coming up with all the ideas it can think of regarding a specific topic.<br />
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This definition comes from the MaMaMedia Learning Center. Visit the</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_educational_organization&diff=93880Portal:Education/Featured educational organization2008-01-08T21:59:34Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>'''Curriki''', a play on the words 'curriculum' and 'wiki', is a nonprofit organization that aims to bridge the educational divide. Curriki serves as a platform on which to host Open Source Curriculum (OSC), to provide universal access to free curricula and instructional materials for grades K-12. <br />
<br />
Curriki’s initial focus is to develop an online repository for K-12 curricula in the areas of mathematics, science, technology, reading and language arts, social studies, and languages. To do this, the organization is partnering with publishers, curriculum developers, not-for-profits, and universities. Once a core repository is developed, the resource will attract a committed community of educators to populate, modify, and enrich it. <br />
<br />
Curriki is also reaching out to a broad community of educators to share in, upload, or author content. (Content can be anything from a stand alone learning resource to a comprehensive unit of study.) <br />
<br />
For more information, visit the [[curriki]] site on this wiki or [http://www.curriki.org/ Curriki] on the web.</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_educational_organization&diff=93879Portal:Education/Featured educational organization2008-01-08T21:58:57Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>Curriki, a play on the words 'curriculum' and 'wiki', is a nonprofit organization that aims to bridge the educational divide. Curriki serves as a platform on which to host Open Source Curriculum (OSC), to provide universal access to free curricula and instructional materials for grades K-12. <br />
<br />
Curriki’s initial focus is to develop an online repository for K-12 curricula in the areas of mathematics, science, technology, reading and language arts, social studies, and languages. To do this, the organization is partnering with publishers, curriculum developers, not-for-profits, and universities. Once a core repository is developed, the resource will attract a committed community of educators to populate, modify, and enrich it. <br />
<br />
Curriki is also reaching out to a broad community of educators to share in, upload, or author content. (Content can be anything from a stand alone learning resource to a comprehensive unit of study.) <br />
<br />
For more information, visit the [[curriki]] site on this wiki or [http://www.curriki.org/ Curriki] on the web.</div>Laurenhttp://wiki.laptop.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Portal:Education/Featured_educational_organization&diff=93877Portal:Education/Featured educational organization2008-01-08T21:56:39Z<p>Lauren: </p>
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<div>Curriki, a play on the words 'curriculum' and 'wiki', is a nonprofit organization that aims to bridge the educational divide. Curriki serves as a platform on which to host Open Source Curriculum (OSC), to provide universal access to free curricula and instructional materials for grades K-12. <br />
<br />
Curriki’s initial focus is to develop an online repository for K-12 curricula in the areas of mathematics, science, technology, reading and language arts, social studies, and languages. To do this, the organization is partnering with publishers, curriculum developers, not-for-profits, and universities. Once a core repository is developed, the resource will attract a committed community of educators to populate, modify, and enrich it. <br />
<br />
Curriki is also reaching out to a broad community of educators to share in, upload, or author content. (Content can be anything from a stand alone learning resource to a comprehensive unit of study.) <br />
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In June 2007, Curriki launched content creation tools and templates known as the Currikulum Builder. The functionality in the Currikulum Builder allows educators the groundbreaking ability to author and or modify curricula using Wiki technology. <br />
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Currently Curriki has a lesson plan “template,” or Wiki-based tool that allows for easy creation and modification of materials. The next release will include additional templates, such as Quiz, Students Activity, and General Learning Resource. Curriki is also adding point-of-use help, strategies, and instructional design tips. A future release will include tools to aggregate textbooks from open source learning resources. <br />
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Early contributors and partners come from all over the United States, as well as India, France, South Africa, and Canada, with membership growing daily.</div>Lauren