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== Two goals ==
== Goals ==


1. Building a community platform for supporting and activating teachers who are actually using XOs. See [[Activating_educators#Educators | educators]] below.
#Building a community platform for supporting and encouraging teachers who are using XOs. See [[Activating_educators#Educators | educators]] below.
#Building a community platform for involving volunteers of various abilities and backgrounds (educators, teachers, and others interested in visiting and contributing). See [[Activating_educators#Developers|developers]] below.


== General Issues ==
2. Building a community platform for activating volunteers of various abilities and backgrounds (e.g., educators, teachers, as well as others who are interested in visiting and contributing). See [[Activating_educators#Developers | developers]] below.
How to inspire teachers to contribute?
*Not all teachers are eager to contribute. Engage those teachers who are interested in contributing. That's an "old art."
*Even among those who contribute, support and establish the right "voice."


== Educators ==
== Thoughts on Activities ==
Several kinds of activities:
#Digital/collaborative [[Activities]], some w/ corresponding physical activity
#Activities that expand/enhance existing lessons
#Local activities vs. those that require internet connectivity


''Local work with activities - a preliminary set; and on a Wiki/Web in the global application that will arrive later because we first have to figure out how to work locally with teachers and students who are novices and do not have connectivity anywhere anytime...''
Educators: teachers currently in the field and those about to receive XOs (along w/ OLPC staff and supporting orgs)


== For Educators ==
*Emphasis: support, self-documentation, journaling/blogging, collaboration and exchange.
*To be migrated to educator wiki: [[XO Teachers]]
*Tutorials for teachers, incl.
**MediaWiki training (take from Globaloria site)
**How to use activities
**How to make activities
*Teacher Activity, might incl.
**
*Syndicated country/pilot blogs
*Personal user page, incl.
**Instructions for getting started
**Photo
**Location/affiliation
**Answers to questions


Audience: teachers currently in the field and those about to receive XOs (along w/ OLPC staff and supporting orgs)
== Developers==


Emphasis: support, self-documentation, journaling/blogging, collaboration and exchange.
Developers: teachers who want to volunteer/create lesson plans/activities.


=== Project Ideas ===
*Need to develop [[Educators]]
'''''Note:''' Once a project begins to take shape, create a [[sample task|task page]] for it and link to the new task page from the [[Educators#Open_Projects|open projects]] section of the Educators page.''
*Develop companion repository/"Educational Content Management" site. Features incl:
**Activity/lesson template
**Rating system
**Discussion/feedback system
**Search/sort/tag by subject, lesson type,
**Example activities for Activities incl. in base install
**Idit says: You probably should start by thinking: if this is an OLPC Content Repository COMMUNITY, then who are its members now vs. later, and who do YOU want as members now vs. later. You must prioritize and create a "production rationale and development schedule" accordingly. Ask yourself: what makes sense at this early stage of OLPC deployment in the world...FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS... create and assess the usability of a prototype MODEL MODEL MODEL... and LEARN LEARN LEARN (With your communities, of course)
*[[Educational activity guidelines]]. Principles incl.
**Constructionism. It's important to realize and emphasize that we are looking at inspiring and supporting two types of constructionist learning.
***1 . Constructionist Learning that is specifically connected to digital learning with activities with XO laptops in user-communities within developing countries around the world.
***2. Constructionist learning in these same communities, that is going on in and out of school, with or without the Laptop. IN other words, we are trying to show how find ways for integrating the laptop as much as possible to as many activitoes as possible, if it makes sense; but also, we are using the fact that we can talk to these teachers about education reform in general in this context. Become a constructionist educator - the laptop (any laptop) historically being a great object to think with about new ways of learning and teaching, a catalyst of change-thinking, and an agent of change in itself.
**Collaboration
**Iteration
**"View Source"
**Example activities from MMM?
**''It's important to realize and emphasize that we are looking at inspiring and supporting two types of constructionist learning.
*Lesson Plan Jam


*Educator wiki (or sub-section of wiki)
In terms of activities...
** [[XO Teachers]]
** [[Educators]]
* Tutorials for teachers, incl.
** MediaWiki training (take from WikiEducator site tutorials)
** How to use and make activities
*** See [[Activating educators#Synthesizing_Info_from_Pilot_Programs]]
* Teacher [[Activity]] in general?
** See [[Educational toolkit]]
** Syndicated country/pilot blogs
* User page templates...
** See [[Activating educators#Expand_presence_of_educators_on_wiki]]
* Online professional learning community. Connecting educators/teachers who are on the ground using OLPC to find peers and connect for support and development of instructional frameworks
== For Developers==


Audience: teachers who want to volunteer/create lesson plans/activities.
1. Digital [[Activities]]
1a. Digital Activities w/ corresponding physical activity


Emphasis: constructionist ethos, transparency of information.
2. Activities that expand/enhance existing exercise

=== Project Ideas ===
'''''Note:''' once a project begins to take shape, create a [[sample task|task page]] for it and link to the new task page from the [[Educators#Open_Projects|open projects]] section of the Educators page.''

*Ideas for content repository. Features include:
** Activity/lesson templates
** Rating system
** Discussion/feedback system
** Search/sort/tag by subject, lesson type,
** Example activities for Activities incl. in base install
*Develop ties to existing companion repository/"Educational Content Management" sites.
*Think about content repository COMMUNITY: who are its members now vs. later; who do we want as members now vs. later.
*What makes sense at this early stage of deployment?
*Create and assess the usability of models... learn with communities. To that end,
**Sites that do things well:
*** We The Teachers "Lessons and Files": http://www.wetheteachers.com/plans.php
*** Open Planner "Member Built Curriculum": http://www.openplanner.org/sitemenu
*** WikiEducator [http://wikieducator.org/Learning_Design#Tools.2C_Templates_and_Guides wiki templates]-- a place to send [[Educators]].
*** MaMaMedia [http://www.mamamedia.com/areas/grownups/new/learning/home.html?src=21cl lesson templates]
*** Connexions bringing together of authors, instructors, and learners: http://cnx.org/
*** Common Content "catalog" of resources: http://commoncontent.org/
*** Curriki personalization: http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/lklein
**** add/create/build designations: http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/lklein
*** OER Commons "Detail View" (w/ rating, tags, review, notes): http://www.oercommons.org/courses/18th-century-public-sphere-early-newspaper-coffee-houses-political-discourse-from-the-course-history-of-information/
***WikiTeach "Edit Lesson Plan" [http://www.wikiteach.org/index.php/Wikiteach/WikiteachWriteMgr/action/edit/iVar/159 format]
***WikiJET sorting scheme: http://jet.wikia.com/wiki/Teaching

*Educational activity guidelines.
**See [[Activating_educators#Educational_activity_guidelines]]

* Lesson Plan Jam
** See [[Activating_educators#Educator_Jam]]
** Bring educators of early childhood who have experiences integrating computers in constructionist ways, in and out of the classroom. Let them work in teams to build learning activities and lessons.
** Reflection in action, guideless co-construction, platforms evaluation, etc.

== Open Projects ==

'''''Moved to [[Educators#Open_Projects]]'''''

== Comments and Discussion ==

=== From MaMaMedia ===
:Emphasis on local network activities
:10 activities w/ versions and themes
:Aimed at K-2, computer novices We now design for Both teachers and students who are novices.
:Emphasis on 3Xs.
Including initial open playful engagement and exploration , combined with structure and learning values, skills, and objectives that are suitable to curriculum and relevant to culture, location and interest.
IN JUNE : LAUNCHING initial set of 3 prototype activities, each with 3 embedded lesson plans (incl. 1 that involves internet).

We also develop a strategy for a Related developer wiki and educator wiki.
:Lesson 1 is how to use activities. - open play exploration
:Lessons 2 and 3 are how to make your own. - self expression, both free creative flow as well as based on thematic curricular goals.
:Lesson 4-5 - Exchanges via mesh.

[[Category:Education]]

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Goals

  1. Building a community platform for supporting and encouraging teachers who are using XOs. See educators below.
  2. Building a community platform for involving volunteers of various abilities and backgrounds (educators, teachers, and others interested in visiting and contributing). See developers below.

General Issues

How to inspire teachers to contribute?

  • Not all teachers are eager to contribute. Engage those teachers who are interested in contributing. That's an "old art."
  • Even among those who contribute, support and establish the right "voice."

Thoughts on Activities

Several kinds of activities:

  1. Digital/collaborative Activities, some w/ corresponding physical activity
  2. Activities that expand/enhance existing lessons
  3. Local activities vs. those that require internet connectivity

Local work with activities - a preliminary set; and on a Wiki/Web in the global application that will arrive later because we first have to figure out how to work locally with teachers and students who are novices and do not have connectivity anywhere anytime...

For Educators

Audience: teachers currently in the field and those about to receive XOs (along w/ OLPC staff and supporting orgs)

Emphasis: support, self-documentation, journaling/blogging, collaboration and exchange.

Project Ideas

Note: Once a project begins to take shape, create a task page for it and link to the new task page from the open projects section of the Educators page.

For Developers

Audience: teachers who want to volunteer/create lesson plans/activities.

Emphasis: constructionist ethos, transparency of information.

Project Ideas

Note: once a project begins to take shape, create a task page for it and link to the new task page from the open projects section of the Educators page.

  • Lesson Plan Jam
    • See Activating_educators#Educator_Jam
    • Bring educators of early childhood who have experiences integrating computers in constructionist ways, in and out of the classroom. Let them work in teams to build learning activities and lessons.
    • Reflection in action, guideless co-construction, platforms evaluation, etc.

Open Projects

Moved to Educators#Open_Projects

Comments and Discussion

From MaMaMedia

Emphasis on local network activities
10 activities w/ versions and themes
Aimed at K-2, computer novices We now design for Both teachers and students who are novices.
Emphasis on 3Xs.

Including initial open playful engagement and exploration , combined with structure and learning values, skills, and objectives that are suitable to curriculum and relevant to culture, location and interest.

IN JUNE : LAUNCHING initial set of 3 prototype activities, each with 3 embedded lesson plans (incl. 1 that involves internet).

We also develop a strategy for a Related developer wiki and educator wiki.

Lesson 1 is how to use activities. - open play exploration
Lessons 2 and 3 are how to make your own. - self expression, both free creative flow as well as based on thematic curricular goals.
Lesson 4-5 - Exchanges via mesh.
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