Learning workshops

Learning Team Website: Coming soon

Getting Started Guide: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Getting_Started

Deployment Guide: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployment_Guide

Contact Information for Learning Team

David Cavallo, VP of Learning: cavallo@laptop.org

Nia Lewis, Learning Team Coordinator: nia@laptop.org

Julia Reynolds, Learning Team Coordinator: julia@laptop.org

Cynthia Solomon, Director of Learning Activities: cynthia@laptop.org

Claudia Urrea, Learning Team, Latin & South America: claudia@laptop.org

African Regional Workshop

Kigali, Rwanda, September 29 - October 2, 2008

Cambridge Workshop: September 17-19, 2008

On September 17-19, 2008, attendees from around the world, mainly Colombia, Paraguay, Puerto Rico and Mexico, attended a learning workshop at OLPC headquarters. Participants walked away with a better understanding of the XO laptop, learning and the goals of One Laptop per Child.

Overview:

The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Regional Workshop is designed to provide participants with a pragmatic understanding of laptops for learning at both the micro and macro scales. The micro scale involves how children learn and how children use laptops for learning in productive, joyful ways. The macro scale involves how to create high-quality learning environments for everyone, not just a few. This workshop is part of a larger series of events both at OLPC and in other countries and localities aimed at building local capacity and forming an international network of organizations to deploy one laptop per child.

The workshop will be practical and hands-on, yet it is not a mere technical training. Participants will become familiar with laptops for learning and will use the concrete experience as a basis for reflection upon the learning process. Participants will also learn from the examples of countries already adopting one laptop per child at national levels so as to plan how to best implement in their own countries. Participants will also get to know each other to form their own learning network so as to enable richer development in each country and the region.

List of Participants:

File:Cambridge Workshop Attendee List.doc

Presentations:

Day 1: Introduction to One Laptop per Child & Learning

To view these ppt files on the web, please see the OLPC account at Slideshare.net

File:International Operations.ppt

Overview of Current Deployments, Robert Fadel, VP of International Operations:

File:The XO & Learning.ppt

The XO & Learning, Claudia Urrea, Learning Team:

File:Birmingham, AL Deployment.ppt

Birmingham, Alabama Deployment, Julian Daily, Learning Team:

Day 2: Using the XO

File:Software Presentation.ppt

Software, Ed McNierney, VP of Software Development:

File:Laptop Hardware.ppt

Hardware, John Watlington, VP of Hardware Development

File:Customizing Your XO.ppt

Customizing Your XO, Julia Reynolds, Assistant to Learning & Technology Teams:

File:Country Technical Support.ppt

Country Technical Support, Kim Quirk, VP of Technical Support & Reuben Caron, Support Engineer:

File:Power on the XO.ppt

Power, Richard Smith, Director of Embedded Engineering:

File:Storytelling on the XO.pdf

Storytelling with the XO, Barbara Barry, Learning Team:

File:Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn.ppt

Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn, Angel Fernandez, Youth Teacher:

Day 3: Implementation

File:Connectivity on the XO.ppt

Michail Bletsas, VP of Connectivity & Advanced Technology

File:Real World Implementation.ppt

Claudia Urrea, Learning Team

File:OLPC-Paraguay.doc

Cecilia Alcala, Raul Gutierrez, Miguel Martin

Suggested Reading Materials:

• Designing Multimedia Environments for Children Allison Druin and Cynthia Solomon
• Computer Environments for Children: A Reflection on Theories of Learning and Education Cynthia Solomon
• Symbolic Computing Brian Harvey's Logo computer science books
• Mindstorms, The Connected Family Seymour Papert
• The Children's Machine Seymour Papert
• TurtleArt by Artemis Papert and Brian Silverman
• Books by Allison Druin
• File:One to One Connections, Building a Community Learning Culture by Claudia Urrea.pdf

Discussion

Planning and Deployment workshop for core team more comprehensive planning documentation guides for getting started - send this to the team what wiki pages you want to go to for starters case studies whats needed for the members ofthe core team - specific job description - regional , federal and local levels - how do you transfer th knowlee knowledge level of self - certification - how you know you are ready to work - example- Geek Corps online training - form people who have already gone through the process feedback - share your experience - you are part of the process and the community

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How do we sell the XO do you need a curriculum in order to learn? XO is not the only tool in the education suggestions: teachers can share lesson plans/videos DoE should visit a pilot to see the activites should have a goal and be a challenge have a model country place to teachers experiences - learn more about XO in classroom - a forum for teachers home use integrate to the community and family life (CEIBAL book)

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core issue - need for social network - one place where everyone can come together university involvement- how does the the university - incentives in order to help be a community that helps to support OLPC - research credits, etc, ground support using wiki or facebook model for the creating network - reach teachers students tech suport - topic links, lesson plans, projects, archive of ideas, homework, -students - network with others, activities/games - blogs, sharing, etc indicators for Evaluation - # of users, exam scores, attritions rates, survey (teacher /student)

Photos

Asia Regional Workshop: July 28-August 1, 2008

The OLPC Asia Workshop, the first of several OLPC regional workshops, was held in Bangkok, Thailand at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) from Start date::July 28, 2008-End date::August 1, 2008. Participants came from across Asia and the South Pacific to participate; learn more about the future of learning, technology and, of course, the XO laptop.

The primary objectives of this workshop were to:

• a progressive deepening understanding of the learning process;
• how the XO laptop enables more effective learning through construction, expression, and collaboration;
• the roles of technology in general and one-to-one environments in particular;
• the pragmatics of children, laptops and learning;
• introduction to and participation in a regional and international network of practitioners of 1:1 environments

Please feel free to contact the OLPC Learning Team if you have any questions or concerns as you move forward:

David Cavallo, Vice President of Learning: cavallo@laptop.org

Nia Lewis, Manager of Learning Team: nia@laptop.org

Julia Reynolds, Asst. to Learning Team: julia@laptop.org

Or members of the OLPC International Team:

Anthony Wong, Director, Asia: anthony.wong@laptop.org

Michael Hutak, Director, Oceania: hutak@laptop.org

Presentations

Dr. David Cavallo, Vice President of Learning, OLPC coming shortly

"File:Using Computational Thinking as means for human comprehension.ppt"

Dr. Arnan "Roger" Sipitakiat, Professor, Chiang Mai University: "

"File:BB Slides OLPC Bangkok 7 28 08-1-.pdf"

Dr. Barbara Barry, Learning Consultant, OLPC

"File:Khun Pisuth Learning Community part1-1-.pdf"

Mr. Paron Isarasena Na Ayudhaya, President, Darunsikkhalai School for Innovative Learning & Dr. Suchin Petcharugsa, Teacher, Northern Region Non-Formal Education

List of Participants

File:OLPC ASIA WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS.xls

Workshop Discussion

See Asia Workshop Discussion

• Ms. Paola Dimaio has set up a google group for all participants. Feel free to join:

http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-workshop

• Khun Pisuth Paliboonrat has set up a wiki page for the workshop:

http://stks.or.th/wiki/doku.php?id=olpc-asia