Learning workshops

For presentations from Learning Team Members who assisted core teams in current XO deployments please visit:

OLPC Haiti deployment status
OLPC Rwanda deployment status
OLPC Ethiopia deployment status

Learning Team Website: Coming soon

Getting Started Guide

Deployment Guide

Contact Information for Learning Team

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

Juliano Bittencourt, Learning Consultant: juliano@laptop.org

Silvia Kist, Learning Consultant: silvia@laptop.org

Barbara Barry, Learning Consultant: barbara@laptop.org

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

Brian Jordan, Intern: brian@laptop.org

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

African Regional Workshop: Kigali, Rwanda, September 29-October 1, 2008

Overview:

The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) African 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 productive, joyful ways to use laptops for learning. The macro scale involves how to create high-quality learning environments for everyone, not just a few.

The workshop will have two tracks. One destined to project managers and government representatives that will explore the macro level of the implementation of a country-wide laptops in education project. Another for teachers and students with the objective of explore powerful ideas about the use laptops in educational environments through construction and expression. His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda concluded the workshop.

Agenda

African Regional Workshop Agenda(doc)

Presentations

CHASE: Child Health & Social Ecology

Felton (Tony) Earls, Principal Investigator

CHASE: Child Health & Social Ecology cont.

Mary (Maya) Carlson, Co-Principal Investigator

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:

Cambrige Workshop Attendee List (doc) (pdf)

Presentations:

Day 1: Introduction to One Laptop per Child & Learning

You can also view these presentations (ppt and pdf files) on a machine without a PowerPoint viewer; please see the OLPC account at Slideshare.net

International Operations (pdf)

Robert Fadel, VP of International Operations:

The XO & Learning (pdf)

Claudia Urrea, Learning Team:

Birmingham, Alabama Deployment (pdf)

Julian Daily, Learning Team:

Day 2: Using the XO

Software (pdf)

Ed McNierney, VP of Software Development:

Laptop Hardware (pdf)

John Watlington, VP of Hardware Development

Customizing Your XO (pdf)

Julia Reynolds, Learning Team Coordinator:

Country Technical Support (pdf)

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

Power on the XO (pdf)

Richard Smith, Director of Embedded Engineering:

Storytelling with the XO (pdf)

Barbara Barry, Learning Team:

Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn (pdf)

Angel Fernandez, Youth Teacher:

Day 3: Implementation

Connectivity on the XO (pdf)

Michail Bletsas, VP of Connectivity & Advanced Technology

Real World Implementation (pdf)

Claudia Urrea, Learning Team

Paraguay Presentation (pdf)

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
• Media: 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, Learning Team Coordinator: 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

Using Computational Thinking as a means for Human Comprehension (pdf)

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

Learners, Computers & the Storytelling Habit (pdf)

Dr. Barbara Barry, Learning Consultant, OLPC

Village That Learns (pdf)

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

List of Participants

Participants of the Asia Workshop

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

May Cambridge Learning Workshop: May 21-23, 2008

This is the fourth in a series of workshops to be held at OLPC or in countries to strengthen deployment teams so as to maximize learning. Attendees should have a focus on learning; administering and implementing a 1-to-1 laptop initiative; working with children; working with teachers, schools, and communities; developing activities and content, or other similar educational issues.

Agenda:

Media:May 21-23 Agenda for Learning Workshop.pdf

May 20th Country Meeting: May 20, 2008

The OLPC May 20th event was a one-day conference that was attended by government officials, business, and organization leaders from around the world. European Parliament member, Nerj Deva delivered the keynote address.

Agenda:

Media:May 20th Agenda.pdf

Attendee List:

Media:Global Meeting Attendee List.xls

Please see: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Presentations/May_2008_Country_Workshop for slides/video of presentations