Cambridge Learning Workshop Sept2008
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.
Attendee List:
Presentations:
Day 1:
Overview of Current Deployments, Robert Fadel, VP of International Operations: File:International Operations.ppt
The XO & Learning, Claudia Urrea, Learning Team: File:The XO & Learning.ppt
Birmingham, Alabama Deployment, Julian Daily, Learning Team: File:Birmingham, AL Deployment.ppt
Day 2:
- Software, Ed McNierney, VP of Software Development:
- Hardware, John Watlington, VP of Hardware Development:
- Customizing Your XO, Julia Reynolds, Assistant to Learning & Technology Teams:
- Country Technical Support, Kim Quirk, VP of Technical Support & Reuben Caron, Support Engineer:
- Power, Richard Smith, Director of Embedded Engineering:
- Storytelling with the XO, Barbara Barry, Learning Team:
- Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn, Angel Fernandez, Youth Teacher:
Day 3
- File:Connectivity on the XO.ppt
- Michail Bletsas, VP of Connectivity & Advanced Technology
- File:Real World Implementation.ppt
- Claudia Urrea, Learning Team
- File:OLPC-Paraguay.doc
- 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
- Books by Seymour Papert
- TurtleArt by Artemis Papert and Brian Silverman
- Books by Allison Druin
Discussion
- The Wiki needs to be cleaned up, so that information is more easily accessed.
- Important role of university involvement in deployments.