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== Project Ideas == |
== Project Ideas == |
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See [[Activating educators]] for |
See [[Activating educators]] for additional project ideas and organizational principles. |
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=== Synthesizing Info from Pilot Programs === |
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* Extrapolate ideas for activities from Carla's reports, including: |
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** Example activity. (See [[Activity template]]). |
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** Anecdotes/pix from actual activities. (See [[Learning activities]]). |
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=== Expand presence of educators on wiki=== |
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* Begin w/ template for educational org user page. (See [[Educational organization template]]). |
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* Ask specific orgs to seed: |
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** WikiJunior |
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** OERCommons |
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** CK12? (see also cnx, curriki, &c) |
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** MaMaMedia |
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** E3F |
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** WikiEducator |
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** Curriki |
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=== Educational bundle as part of each release=== |
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Emphasis on mixed/multi-media format, composed of: |
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* Activity |
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* Sample lesson plan(s) for activity |
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* Example of activity in use, possibly including... |
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** Kid's final product (if generative activity) or |
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** Page that documents activity in classroom (anecdotes, pix, etc). |
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* Explanation of theory behind activity. |
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First one for a July release? (Or practice w/ eToys for late June). |
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=== Educational activity guidelines === |
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See [[Educational activity guidelines]]. Basically, the HIG for educators, w/ examples. |
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=== Educator Jam === |
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Cf. Game Jam, but for educators w/ aim of designing activities for Activites. |
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Discussion begins 6/18. |
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* Dates? |
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* Locations? |
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* Agenda? |
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=== Meta-indexing for library === |
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How to be able to search existing content repositories? |
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* XML spec/namespace? |
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* thing to embed? |
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Revision as of 13:35, 15 June 2007
There are a number of ways to become involved with the OLPC project:
- Read some background material on constructionist education;
- Share ideas for innovative educational uses of the laptops;
- Share ideas for educational content that could be distributed on the laptops or to OLPC's partner countries (see below);
- Share ideas for educational activities, lessons, and curricula that could make use of the laptops in one of their many capacities;
- Help modify and package existing content for use on the laptops;
- Test early-stage laptops and content modules, and provide feedback on teacher and student experiences
- Contribute to a Wikibook text in progress, such as Algebra 1 in Simple English
- Contribute articles to Simple English Wikipedia. Information in simple English will be critical to these new learners.
Project Ideas
See Activating educators for additional project ideas and organizational principles.