Teacher training
Wiki Educator project
I would find it difficult to develop programs for the XO but am interested in teacher training. My background is in Instructional Technology, have taught at K-12, undergrad and grad levels. I would like working with like-minded individuals on training initiatives.
The OLPC Oceania project has been evaluating the Wiki Educator project by the Commonwealth of Learning and thinks it is a very useful tool for use in schools that have deployed OLPCs
The following PDF document was readily produced on the Wiki Educator site and then converted to a PDF file. It is a simple Lesson Plan for teaching teachers about the laptop
The Medium is The Message
I believe on eating our own catfood ("train teachers _through_ the XO, not through presentations or classroom-style, for the medium is the message!..."). I will be elaborating on this for the Sugarcamp Nov 17-21st. Yamaplos
