Edward, I like your idea. And plan on setting up a blog, or other site, where the students I am working with could share with one another about their experiences with the XOs.
Gerald On Saturday, January 22, 2011, Edward Cherlin <echer...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have suggested creating a walled garden Web site for all OLPC > children. We can discuss whether teachers should be allowed in, but > definitely no parents. ^_^ They should have their own place to discuss > whatever concerns them. Education, poverty, government corruption, > international e-commerce... > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 17:32, Christoph Derndorfer > <e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote: >> I finally got around to reading Claudia's article and one of the core >> take-aways for me is that building communities (plural!) which help >> disseminate knowledge about how to use "technology for learning" is a >> core challenge which hasn't been sufficiently addressed yet. >> >> To me 2010 did show the first promises of this happening within the OLPC >> / Sugar community with collaboration starting between Plan Ceibal and >> ParaguayEduca, the work of organizations and communities such as >> ceibalJAM and RAP Ceibal, a better integration of Latin American >> contributors in the global community, eKindling's work in the >> Philippines, all the time Bernie, Daniel, Claudia, Walter and others are >> spending sharing with and learning from deployments, events such the >> community summit in San Francisco and the realness summit, the >> olpcMAP.net project, etc. >> >> And with some OLE Nepal staff having started the year by flying out to >> Rwanda to support the deployment there 2011 is also definitely beginning >> on a high-note. >> >> Having said that I personally feel that at the moment this network of >> networks (or community of communities, take your pick;-) is wide rather >> than deep - often seemingly ending at people living in capitals or major >> cities, being experienced with FLOSS and/or innovative education, etc. >> rather than reaching and benefiting the children, parents, teachers, >> principals, and administrators who are really the major stakeholders of >> education initiatives. >> >> I don't have a simple answer on how to deal with this (and who knows, it >> might just be an issue perceived by yours truly) but I think keeping it >> in the back of the head might be a start. >> >> Cheers, >> Christoph >> >> Am 20.01.2011 17:24, schrieb Holt: >>> Thanks Bastien. Back on the home front, also check out Claudia Urrea's >>> (OLPC Assoc's Chief Learner ;) article today on one-to-one edutech etc: >>> http://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-schools/technologies-for-learning-vs-learning-about-technology/ >>> >>> On 1/20/2011 9:46 AM, Bastien wrote: >>>> Hi Christoph and all, >>>> >>>> I always enjoy those resources about education, thank you for the >>>> pointers -- and to everyone for the comments! >>>> >>>> Let me share two recent readings of mine: >>>> >>>> John Maeda : The Laws of Simplicity >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.amazon.com/Laws-Simplicity-Design-Technology-Business/dp/0262134721 >>>> >>>> My attention got caught when I saw John Maeda referring to Nicholas >>>> Negroponte in the chapter « Context ». While discussing the importance >>>> of focusing, he mentions this advice from NN : "Be as an electric bulb, >>>> not as a lazer ray." Which I found to be quite an inspiring metaphor in >>>> the context of learning: let's all learn how to shed light on things as >>>> bulbs, taking care of others and the context, not as lazer ray, only >>>> taking care of the subject matter. >>>> >>>> George Steiner - « Éloge de la transmission - Le maître et l'élève » >>>> >>>> >>>> http://livre.fnac.com/a1904995/George-Steiner-Eloge-de-la-transmission-le-maitre-et-l-eleve >>>> >>>> (Sorry, only published in french.) >>>> >>>> In the debate about instructionisme vs. [constructionisme, project-based >>>> method, Montessori method, etc.], most people would certainly say that >>>> Steiner -- George, not Rudolph! -- is rather conservative, expressing >>>> opinions shared by teachers with a classical-instructionist attitude. >>>> The title of this book says it all. >>>> >>>> Still, he proposes a definition for what it is to be a "master": it is >>>> someone from which students can always feel "the love behind the irony". >>>> Of course, So-- > Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin > Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. > The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. > http://www.earthtreasury.org/ > _______________________________________________ > support-gang mailing list > support-g...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep