Learning activities/Interviews

Notes from Nigeria 5/07

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Children brought different kinds of interviews. One child asked his brother to interview him. So, he is the one answering the questions (Idea that I found very creative.) He was very proud that the setting was his dad's pickup. One girl interviewed her cousin. She asked one question, and he talked and talked for like 15 minutes, really enjoying being recorded. A drawback is the poor quality of the recordings because the interviewee is farther away from the XO than the interviewer.

...We explained the purpose of the OLPC Project and the XOs, and the discussion was mainly about community involvement. Then children came into the classroom with their XOs and the idea was that they would be the facilitators of their parents. Most parents had seen it but never tried it, and many were shy to do so. They had a good time and it was good for them to understand not only how the XOs were being used at school, and out of school, but that they were part of the OLPC initiative.

One father started scolding his daughter because she could not quicky take the photo and insert it in Abiword, so she started crying. Abiword, in fact, was hanging, so she was clicking everywhere to get it going. The teacher came and told her not to cry. The father told the teacher that she didn't know anything. The teacher said, "She knows, she is in my class, and she knows how to use it very well." He stayed with them until they finished writing something about the two of them (father and daughter ) next to their photo, and then they started with eToys. Some parents are illiterate, so children helped them more.

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