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Welcome to OlpcProject !

The OlpcProject: namespace is a collection of pages devoted to the management of a specific pedagogical topic or family of topics related to One Laptop per Child. It is not a place to write articles directly, but a resource to help coordinate and organize article writing. The convenient forum of attached talk pages is designed for people who are interested in a particular project. It's more like a group of editors than a group of articles. Because of its social foundation, the project’s success depends on its ability to function as a cohesive group of editors working towards a common goal.

The double goal of the OLPC Projects on this wiki are: to provide tools and resources to teachers/educators, and to offer a constructivist learning environment for children.

How can OlpcProjects contribute to OLPC's vision ?

OlpcProjects can develop resources for a particular topic (targeting both educators and children), create portals (see the Wikipedia Portal of Astronomy for example), design children's activities, and allow children to explore, express, and learn.

How Can I participate ?

Before creating a new project, check to see if a similar project already exists; see the List of OlpcProjects.

Create a New Project

If you want create a Project, ask yourself these questions:

Is my goal to create a project for my topic rather than an article?
Is my project interesting enough to enlist a group of editors ?
Does my Project fit the criteria of the Learning Vision and The Goals of OLPC ?
Does my Project interest only educators or both educators and children ?

My Proposals

When you are ready to create a new OlpcProject, you must create a base page for it. The title format for OlpcProjects is "OlpcProject:Name of project". For example, if you were creating a OlpcProject about Learning Community, you would create the following page: OlpcProject:Learning community, then you would insert your OlpcProject name in the List of OlpcProjects.

Initial Setup

A possible outline for a new OlpcProject page is highlighted below. Appropriate vocabulary relating to the topic should be substituted as required.

Welcome to the ... OlpcProject!

; Goals
* ...
* ...

; Scope
* The project...

== Members ==
# [[User:UserName|UserName]] (interested in everything about learning communities)
# [[User:UserName|UserName]]

== Open tasks ==
* ...

== Categories ==
* [[:Category:OlpcProject]]

== Templates ==
* ...

== Related projects ==
* [[OlpcProject:Educational ideas]]


[[Category:OlpcProject:Educational ideas]]

Recruiting

One of the most basic aspects of keeping an OlpcProject active is recruiting editors. A WikiProject must recruit new members to allow for attrition. Unfortunately, a project that fails to do so, will eventually collapse. How, then, does one recruit these invaluable participants? By far, the most effective method is through the use of a project banner template.

<center>
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" 
|-
|[[Image:OlpcProject.png|45px]]
|
!<div style="background:#FF9;">  This article is within the scope of the [[OlpcProject:Learning community|Learning communities OlpcProject]], 
a collaborative effort to improve learning communities. 
If you would like to take part,
please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.</div>
|}
</center>

Which produces:

		This article is within the scope of the Learning communities OlpcProject, a collaborative effort to improve learning communities. If you would like to take part, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.

Getting To Work

Once a project has begun to attract member editors, the challenge is to keep them busy. Hanging on to editors is harder than recruiting them. Bored editors will quickly leave.

You can create a task list (articles, open source software, pedagogical ideas, resources for educators, resources for students, etc.). You can write technical notes and/or translating your texts.

Remember that people from different cultures will utilize this resource so it is preferable to integrate a multicultural approach.

Links

Educational ideas

Subjects

WikiProject in Wikipedia WikiProject_Council in Wikipedia

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+{{obsolete|link=[[Education projects]]}}
-{{stub}}
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 |<center>[[Image:OlpcProject2.png]]</center>
-A OlpcProject is a collection of pages devoted to the management of a specific pedagogical topic or family of topics. It is not a place to write articles directly, but a resource to help coordinate and organize article writing. The attached talk pages are a convenient forum for those interested in a particular project. It's more a group of editors than a group of articles. It's a social construct; its success depends on its ability to function as a cohesive group of editors working towards a common goal.
+The OlpcProject: namespace is a collection of pages devoted to the management of a '''specific pedagogical topic''' or family of topics related to One Laptop per Child.  It is not a place to write articles directly, but a '''resource to help coordinate and organize''' article writing. The convenient forum of attached talk pages is designed for people who are interested in a particular project. It's more like a''' group of editors''' than a group of articles. Because of its '''social''' foundation, the project’s success depends on its ability to function as '''a cohesive group''' of editors working towards '''a common goal'''.
-The double goal of OlpcProject is to give tools and resources to teachers and educators ''and'' to offer an Constructivist Learning Environment for pupils and students.
+The double goal of the OLPC Projects on this wiki are: to provide '''tools and resources''' to '''teachers/educators''', and to offer a '''constructivist learning environment''' for '''children'''.
 |-
 |}
-===How can OlpcProject contribute to Olpc's vision ?===
+===How can OlpcProjects contribute to OLPC's vision ?===
+OlpcProjects can develop resources for a particular topic (targeting both educators and children), create portals (see the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Astronomy Portal of Astronomy] for example), design children's activities, and allow children to explore, express, and learn.
-OlpcProject can develop resources for a particular topic (both teachers or educators and children), create portals (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Astronomy Portal of Astronomy] in Wikipedia for example), design children's activities, and allow children to explore, express, and learn.
-===How can I participate ?===
+===How Can I participate ?===
+Before creating a new project, check to see if a similar project already exists; see the [[List of OlpcProjects]].
-Before creating a new project, check to see if a similar project doesn't already exist; see the [[List of OlpcProjects]].
-====Create a new project====
+====Create a New Project====
+If you want create a Project, ask yourself these questions:
+* Is my goal to create a project for my topic rather than an article?
+* Is my project interesting enough to enlist a group of editors ?
+* Does my Project fit the criteria of the [[Learning Vision]] and [[The Goals of OLPC]] ?
+* Does my Project interest only educators or both educators ''and'' children ?
-If you want create an OlpcProject, ask yourself these questions:
+====My Proposals====
-* Is it more appropriate to create a project for my topic rather than an article?
+When you are ready to create a new OlpcProject, you must create a base page for it. The title format for OlpcProjects is "OlpcProject:Name of project". For example, if you were creating a OlpcProject about [[Learning Community]], you would create the following page: [[OlpcProject:Learning community]], then you would insert your OlpcProject name in the [[List of OlpcProjects]].
-* Would my project interest enough people to build a group of editors ?
-* Does my OlpcProject contribute to [[Learning Vision]] and [[The Goals of olpc]] ?
-* Does my OlpcProject interest only teachers or both educators ''and'' children ?
-====My proposals====
-Once you have determined that you will create a new OlpcProject, you must create a base page for it. The naming convention for OlpcProjects is "OlpcProject:Name of project".
-For example, if you were creating a OlpcProject about [[Learning Community]], you would create this page [[OlpcProject:Learning community]].
-You can put your OlpcProject name in the [[List of OlpcProjects]].
 ====Initial Setup====
+A possible outline for a new OlpcProject page is highlighted below.
-One possible outline for a new OlpcProject page is given here; wording appropriate to the topic should be substituted as required:
+Appropriate vocabulary relating to the topic should be substituted as required.
 <blockquote><pre>
-Welcome to the Learning Community OlpcProject!
+Welcome to the ... OlpcProject!
 ; Goals
+* ...
-* Explain what a learning community is and how to design it (for teachers and educators).
+* ...
-* Explain how to create it and/or participate in it (from the children's point-of-view).
 ; Scope
+* The project...
-* The project covers articles about learning communities and proposes learning communities for children for specific topics.
 == Members ==
-# {{User|MyName}} (interested in everything about learning communities)
+# [[User:UserName|UserName]] (interested in everything about learning communities)
+# [[User:UserName|UserName]]
 == Open tasks ==
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 == Categories ==
-* [[:Category:Learning Communities]]
+* [[:Category:OlpcProject]]
-* ...
 == Templates ==
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 * [[OlpcProject:Educational ideas]]
-[[Category:OlpcProjects|Learning Communities]]
+[[Category:OlpcProject:Educational ideas]]
 </pre></blockquote>
 ====Recruiting====
+One of the most basic aspects of keeping an OlpcProject active is recruiting editors. A WikiProject must recruit new members to allow for attrition. Unfortunately, a project that fails to do so, will eventually collapse. How, then, does one recruit these invaluable participants? By far, the most effective method is through the use of a project banner template.
-One of the most basic aspects of keeping a OlpcProject active is recruiting editors. A WikiProject must recruit new members to make up for attrition; any project that fails to do this will eventually collapse.
-How, then, to recruit these precious participants? By far the most effective method is through the use of a project banner template.
 <blockquote><pre>
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 |
 !<div style="background:#FF9;">&nbsp;&nbsp;This article is within the scope of the [[OlpcProject:Learning community|Learning communities OlpcProject]],
-a collaborative effort to improve learning communities. If you would like to participate,
+a collaborative effort to improve learning communities.
+If you would like to take part,
-you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.</div>
+please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.</div>
 |}
 </center>
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 |[[Image:OlpcProject.png|45px]]
 |
 !<div style="background:#FF9;">&nbsp;&nbsp;This article is within the scope of the [[OlpcProject:Learning community|Learning communities OlpcProject]],
-a collaborative effort to improve learning communities. If you would like to participate,
+a collaborative effort to improve learning communities.
+If you would like to take part,
-you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.</div>
+please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.</div>
 |}
 </center>
-====Getting to work====
+====Getting To Work====
-Once a project has begun to attract members, the pressing problem becomes finding something for them to do. Keeping people around is harder than recruiting them; bored editors will quickly leave.
+Once a project has begun to attract member editors, the challenge is to keep them busy. Hanging on to editors is harder than recruiting them. Bored editors will quickly leave.
-You can create a task list (articles, open source software, pedagogical ideas, resources for teachers or educators, resources for children, etc.). You can write technical notes. You can translate your works.
+You can create a task list (articles, open source software, pedagogical ideas, resources for educators, resources for students, etc.). You can write technical notes and/or translating your texts.
+Remember that people from different cultures will utilize this resource so it is preferable to integrate a multicultural approach.
-Don't forget that people from different cultures will use the material; use a multicultural approach.
 ===Links===
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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject WikiProject in Wikipedia]
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide WikiProject_Council in Wikipedia]
-[[Category:Pedagogical ideas]]

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