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=OLPC Nauru= |
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| ⚫ | Deployments in Nauru have commenced on August 1st-8th 2008. The trials are being implemented in Yaren Primary School in collaboration with the University of the South Pacific (USP) Centre in Nauru, and the Ministry of Education. USP Centre have opened a community FM radio broadcast station, and the intention is to link the OLPC trials in the school with content development centered around the radio broadcasting. |
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Participants of the [http://www.wikieducator.org/Learning4Content/Workshops/Face-to-Face_schedule/L4C6 Wikieducator training workshop] created teaching and learning resources and ported them onto the XS school server where they could be viewed on the XOs. |
Participants of the [http://www.wikieducator.org/Learning4Content/Workshops/Face-to-Face_schedule/L4C6 Wikieducator training workshop] created teaching and learning resources and ported them onto the XS school server where they could be viewed on the XOs. |
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=Teacher training= |
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Some feedback from the teacher training [http://www.wikieducator.org/OLPC_Oceania/Training/Lesson_Plans/Notes_and_ideas_for_teacher_training can be found here] |
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* [[User:Leeming|David Leeming]] |
* [[User:Leeming|David Leeming]] |
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* Michael Longhurst, Director of Education, Ministry of Education, Republic of Nauru (contact tel: (674) 444 3133) |
* Michael Longhurst, Director of Education, Ministry of Education, Republic of Nauru (contact tel: (674) 444 3133) |
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Click on any picture to enlarge (mostly of teacher training) at Yaren Primary School: |
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= Localization = |
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A localization project is being opened on the OLPC Pootle server for Nauru language. |
A localization project is being opened on the OLPC Pootle server for Nauru language. |
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* [[Wikipedia:Nauru_language | Wikipedia on the Nauru language]] |
* [[Wikipedia:Nauru_language | Wikipedia on the Nauru language]] |
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=Useful links= |
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*[[Wikipedia:Nauru Wikipedia on Nauru]] |
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Revision as of 23:43, 9 August 2008
Cook Islands -French Polynesia - Kiribati - Nauru - New Caledonia - Niue - Palau - Papua New Guinea - Samoa- Solomon Islands - Tonga - Tokelau - Tuvalu - Vanuatu
OLPC Nauru
Deployments in Nauru have commenced on August 1st-8th 2008. The trials are being implemented in Yaren Primary School in collaboration with the University of the South Pacific (USP) Centre in Nauru, and the Ministry of Education. USP Centre have opened a community FM radio broadcast station, and the intention is to link the OLPC trials in the school with content development centered around the radio broadcasting.
Participants of the Wikieducator training workshop created teaching and learning resources and ported them onto the XS school server where they could be viewed on the XOs.
Teacher training
Some feedback from the teacher training can be found here
Contacts
- David Leeming
- Michael Longhurst, Director of Education, Ministry of Education, Republic of Nauru (contact tel: (674) 444 3133)
- Xavier Barker, Director, University of the South Pacific Centre of Nauru (contact tel: +674 444 3774)
Gallery
Click on any picture to enlarge (mostly of teacher training) at Yaren Primary School:
Localization
A localization project is being opened on the OLPC Pootle server for Nauru language. [1]
Nauruan is used as the language of instruction in early childhood education. The Ministry of Education is developing it's own language rules. The language uses special characters and some research is needed to identify the best way to localise the laptop for Nauruan.