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Revision as of 18:56, 18 March 2009
Elizabeth Ross sent in this draft of the Colorado College group's OLPCorps proposal.
Application draft: (.doc, .pdf)
Place place comments on the discussion page.
Elizabeth Ross can be contacted at kasiisiproject@yahoo.com
Text version (worse formatting than .doc and .pdf)
OLPcorps_Colorado College_Uganda_Wrangham
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Ian Wrangham | Koojo Matthew | Kenyange Joanne | |
School | Colorado College | Kampala International University, Uganda | University of Ohio |
Nationality | USA/UK | Ugandan | Ugandan |
Uganda Link | Frequent resident in Kibale
National Park since 1991 8 week Volunteer at Kasiisi School 2007 |
Kasiisi School graduate.
Member local community. Native Rutooro speaker. |
Member of local community.
Native Rutooro speaker. |
Timing | 6/8/09 – 8/8/09 | 6/8/09 – 9/7/09
12/15/09 - |
7/24/09 – 9/7/09
12/15/09 - |
Target School: Kasiisi
Primary School, Kabarole District, Uganda
- The Kasiisi Project, an educational support project, has worked at Kasiis for 13 years. (<a href="http://www.kasiisiproject.org" target="_blank">www.kasiisiproject.org</a>)
- Students and staff are in class and accessible between June and August.
- Through our mothers, Director of The Kasiisi Project (Wrangham) and, Principal of Kasiisi (Kenyange) we are firmly integrated in the school and local rural community and have the resources to ensure the program will be properly administered and guided after our departure.
- The principal and staff fully support the introduction of XOs and have pledged the logistical support and flexibility needed to incorporate training into a packed and exam driven curriculum.
- XOs will extend
the reach and impact of an ongoing 5-year academic and cultural collaboration
with Weston Public Schools, Massachusetts <a href="http://www.kasiisiproject.org/WelcomeWeston2008/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.kasiisiproject.org/
WelcomeWeston2008/index.htm</a> by really enhancing communication. Weston schools will provide resources for successful project design, implementation and outcome. - Kasiisi graduates,
recipients of Kasiisi Project secondary and tertiary scholarships <a href="http://www.kasiisiproject.org/Scholars2009/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.kasiisiproject.org/
Scholars2009/index.htm</a> will be trained to assist teachers in teaching students.
Target Class: Primary 5A
(Grade 4)
- Little is written in the local language and by P5 the children’s English is relatively fluent as this is their second year of English immersion.
- In their remaining 2 years at Kasiisi, students and their teachers will be able to develop ongoing projects exploring the potential of the XOs and also introduce XOs to younger children,
- Class size (90) means every child will receive a computer.
Deployment and Training
Deployment and training will
be school based as follows:
- Appointment of a Kasiisi staff member as school program coordinator.
- Partner with Ugandan NGO, Kibale Forest Schools and Student Support Project, to educate parents, the community and local government.
- Training of teachers after school and during weekends.
- Training of High School mentors during weekends.
- Handout of computers and training of students and teachers in class, after school and at weekends.
- Continuing training and integration of XO’s after the end of August
Projects
The potential for XOs to teach
desperately needed academic and computer skills is obvious. However
the focus of our program will be 3 projects that utilize its connective
power to promote collaborative learning and problem solving with classmates,
other Ugandan schools and partner schools in the USA.
1. Explore an application
Students in groups will be
assigned an application to explore. They will then share what they have
learned, developing confidence and ownership. This has also been shown
to be a good forum for teachers to learn from students.
2. Who am I?
The focus of this project will be on developing comfort using writing, recording and graphics applications by sharing personal information with classmates and pen-pals in the USA who will take part in the same exercise.
- Brainstorm categories e.g. me, my school etc
- In pairs develop lists under each category
- Using photos, drawings, videos, tables and text, publish scripts comparing the 2 children
- Share information via internet, printouts etc with colleagues in the USA.
2. 21st Century Skills
and XOs make a difference!
Using the format of Challenge
20/20 <a name="0.1__Hlt98919617"></a>based on Jean
Francois Rischard’s book ‘High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years
to Solve Them’. <a href="http://www.nais.org/conferences/index.cfm?ItemNumber=147262&sn.ItemNumber=148035" target="_blank">http://www.nais.org/
- Brainstorming a variety of local conservation concerns to be solved and choosing one.
- Collaboratively identifying and ranking solutions using mind-mapping graphics similar to Mindmeister (<a href="http://www.mindmeister.com" target="_blank">www.mindmeister.com</a>) to clearly understand and solve problems.
- Planning implementation of identified solution.
Supervision.
Koojo and Kanyange, as local residents, will oversee and support the program after August assisted by,
- The Kasiisi Project, which will provide back-up, further training and supervision.
- Ugandan CBO, The Kibale Forest Schools and Student Support Project, which will liaise with the local community.
- Great Primate Handshake <a name="0.1__Hlt98425499"></a><a href="http://www.primatehandshake.org" target="_blank">www.primatehandshake.org</a>. ,which is developing XO-based software for primate conservation (developers license request pending) will provide technical and internet back up for Kasiisi students and local computer technicians.
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Item | Unit Cost | # | Total Cost | Covered | Total Requested | Running
Total |
Airfare
USA – Entebbe return Wrangham and Kenyange |
$2200 | 2 | $4400 | 0 | $4400 | $4400 |
Ugandan
Visa Wrangham |
$50 | 1 | $50 | 0 | $50 | $4450 |
Airfare
Entebbe - Kigali return Wrangham, Koojo, |
$350 | 2 | $700 | 0 | $700 | $5150 |
Accommodation
Entebbe Wrangham, Koojo |
$100 | 2 | $200 | 0 | $220 | $5350 |
|
$200 | 1 | $200 | 0 | $200 | $5550 |
Transport
Ebb-Kibale-Ebb Wrangham, Koojo, Kenyange |
$200 | 3 | $600 | 0 | $600 | $6170 |
Kibale
National Park entry fees Wrangham |
$100 | 1 | $100 | 0 | $100 | $6270 |
8 weeks
accommodation Koojo and Kenyange will live at home. Wrangham – Accommodation Makerere University Biological Field Station, Kibale Nat. Park @ $60 per week |
0 $480 |
0 1 |
0 $480 |
0 0 |
0 $480 |
$6270 $6750 |
Transport
– to school 36 days @ $10/day Wrangham, and Koojo Kenyange will walk |
$360 | 2 | $720 | 0 | $720 | $7470 |
Transport around Kampala | $50 | 3 | $150 | 0 | $150 | $7620 |
**Memory Stick | $15 | 20 | $300 | 0 | $300 | $7920 |
Hard Drives | $80 | 3 | $240 | 0 | $240 | $8160 |
Manuals | $18 | 2 | $36 | 0 | $36 | $8196 |
Transport
expenses for teachers, HS volunteers etc for week endtraining |
$50 | 15 | $750 | 0 | $750 | $8940 |
Food/drinks for training sessions | $500 | 1 | $500 | 0 | $500 | $9440 |
** A memory stick collection will be organized in college