RIT honors seminar, developing for the OLPC XO
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- Professor Stephen Jacobs' course in collaborative innovation, Honors Seminar Developing for the One Laptop Per Child XO, a community, open source course including OLPC, XO, Sugar, & OLPC Has_location_city::Rochester, NY Has_location_country::USA. Starting: Friday Start_date::13 March 2009, 10:00 am, running weekly on Fridays at 10:00 - 11:50 EDT through End_date::22 May 2009. The weekly seminar meets in RIT Building 70, Room 2000.
- Support the Math4 Team effort organized around the 4th-Grade Math Curriculum Framework proposal.
- Seminar link-sharing hub: http://delicious.com/maths4olpc/
On 13 March 2009, adjunct faculty member Eric M. Grace, instructed the first OLPC Development seminar. Introductions, Seminar outline, Online tools, and development goals were discussed to build the foundation of the course. Focus on collaboration, communication, and creativity was key in fostering an innovative and productive learning environment.
A presentation provided the framework of the seminar discussion and can be downloaded here. .ppt.zip (1.9 MB) .odp (1.75 MB)