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Educator's Workshop(under construction)

Welcome message

Welcome to the Educator's Workshop! When it is complete, we hope you will use this section to help you learn to use the XO laptops in your classroom.

We are including sections on getting started, getting connected, and using the activities. There will also be sections where you can share lesson plans and discuss successes with other teachers from around the world. We will include a special discussion section as well.

This Educator's Workshop will be yoursection. We hope you will take the time visit the site and to share with your colleagues. Bookmark this page! Come back often to see what is new, and please, contribute to its content.

The XO around the world

(text with links to other sections already on the wiki) The OLPC project has been introduced in schools in several countries around the world. If you would like to see what some of these students and teachers have been doing with their XO machines, you will want to be sure to visit the Educators page. Just click on the word "Educators" and it will take you there. (When you have finished, just click on your "Back" arrow in your browser to come back to this page.)

Online in-service training

It would be wonderful if all the teachers involved with the OLPC project could meet together face-to-face and learn together about the XO machine and how to use it with their classes. Since that isn't possible, we will try to provide a similar experience here online. We have many resources to help you and this section is designed to assist you in finding just the right information for your needs.

Get help getting started

If you have already received your XO machine and need some help getting started, you have come to the right place! Regardless of your prior computer experience, you should take a look at some of this section which applies to all users: http://www.laptop.org/en/laptop/start/

New to computers

                   (a short welcome, simple instructions, links)

Experienced but new to XO

If you have used a laptop computer before, you will immediately notice some differences in the XO computer. For example, it has no disk drive. However it has 3 usb ports that will accept flash drives and one SD port (hidden under the screen). There is just 1 GB of memory, so programs need to be tidy. It uses a form of Linex which is an open source programming language which you can modify to fit the needs of your school. Here is where to find out more about the software: http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/software-and-interface.php

Help connecting

Using the mesh network

                    (explain, simple instructions, links)

Using a wireless connection

                    (explain, simple instructions, links)

Connecting to T-Mobile

                  (explain, simple instructions, links)
   

Help using the activities

Activity Name

(Short discription of each activity)

See it in action

(links)

Learn to use it

(simple,non-technical instruction, links to more

                       technical information

Educator's Roundtable

Lesson Plan exchange

     (instructions for submitting...organize by activity, list other materials and supplies          
     needed, ages of students, include photos and/or videos and examples of projects)

Success Stories

(include photos, stories, videos)

Teachers Lounge

                    (a chat page/room)...exchange of ideas for application and   
                    use, help and the like.)