On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Christoph Derndorfer <e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote: > Hola Alejandro, > > I'm currently not aware of any other OLPC or Sugar projects working with > children at that age. Most pilots and deployments currently seem to be > focused on primary-school children (age 6 to 10). >
We have a local Montessori that has two XOs and is considering using them with the 4 to 5 year olds. They haven't started yet, but it would be interesting to see what their experience is like once they begin in the summer. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ > What kind of educational activities did you have in mind? > > One really great activity is the TypingTurtle > (http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4026), the Memory > activity also seems to be really popular with the the first-graders in > our small Austrian OLPC / Sugar pilot. > > By the way, I'm also copying the "It's an education project" > mailing-list (http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep), people there > might have some good pointers for you. > > Hope that helps, > Christoph > > Alejandro Fernandez schrieb: >> Hi, >> I'd like to get in contact with those using XOs with kids under 5. >> >> I am helping a group of kindergarten teachers use a pair of OLPC >> I got for them. Last year we made a small experience teaching kids to >> use the XO to take pictures and video. Then, they took the XO home, >> taught their family how to use it, recorded greetings, and browsed the >> greetings and pictures left by other families. They enjoyed it. >> >> This year we are planning to use them as educational tool (that >> is, adding value not just technology). >> >> Pointers to books, blogs, pedagogical patterns, activities, and >> notes are welcomed. >> >> Regards, >> Alejandro >> >> > > -- > Christoph Derndorfer > co-editor, olpcnews > url: www.olpcnews.com > e-mail: christ...@olpcnews.com > _______________________________________________ > Grassroots mailing list > grassro...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep