I agree with David about the the training and pedagogical support of
teachers. While on the NII, I tried to talk the other members into a series of
scheduled professional development opportunities for teachers that would be
national.
We did evolve with the help of Linda Roberts some strategic
My thoughts on all of this are pretty well documented, but I'll just
mention briefly - again - that the cost of the laptops viewed alone may
seem worthwhile to some and not worthwhile to others. However, when
looked at in the context of a national economy, I find the Negroponte
initiative
Hi Bonnie
I think it is an great to produce computer at that price, but I also think if
the manufactures wanted to refurbish computer would be better for the poor
people and environment do you think?
Telecentro Trajetoria Mundial
http://spaces.msn.com/telecentrotrajetoria/
EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA
I have posted about this before. I once encountered a teacher returning
to college in her late forties or early fifties who was quite confirmed
and proud of the fact that she and computers had done a thorough and
complete job of keeping their distance and not meeting for any purpose.
This
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I read your comment
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I read your comment as suggesting that teachers are incapable of technical
self-development due to extraneous factors (or have I misunderstood?). A lot
of the work we did with Telecentre's in the '90's involved working with
Bonnie Bracey Sutton writes:
I worry about extraordinary resources like those at the Exploratorium,
and at www.eotepic, and the use of and understanding of more than the
internet. Like the Forum on Nanotechnology, or
http://www.exploratorium.edu/nanoscape/forums.html.
Hi Bonnie,
This is
Bonnie Bracey Sutton writes:
I disagree when we are talking about teachers, who have already
been labled incompetent and out of touch, and who may know the
pedagogy, but not the latest in use of technology, with time being
a factor, and testing the gun to the head.
Hi Bonnie,
I read your
Surya,
Great links! Thanks a lot for bringing both of those projects to my
attention...I had never heard of the first and only vaguely heard of the
second as a movie I should see when I have some free time.
While I'm very happy to learn about these projects, I still have a
problem with the idea
a plan B
ready.
steve
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Even today, in my much more limited
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While I certainly sympathize with ipods as micro-supercomputers, much older
- and thereby much cheaper - Sony Clie's do all
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While I certainly sympathize with ipods as micro-supercomputers, much
older
- and thereby much cheaper - Sony Clie's do all the same thing,
including
video, sound, mp3, text, still
I've never seen a piece
of hardware so simple that a child in a third world
nation (who is completely digitally illiterate)
could intuitively repair. A child who
has never seen a laptop before cannot intuitively
use a mouse/trackpad.
I have!
Sabi ni Dave noong Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:55:22 -0500:
The Ipod is definitely an intriguing tool for training (I should
convince my boss to buy me one for, er, training purposes). I'm
wondering how long it'll be before someone comes up with a Linux distro
http://www.ipodlinux.org/
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Daniel O.
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Stephen,
The Ipod is definitely an intriguing tool for training (I should
convince my boss to buy me one for, er, training purposes). I'm
wondering how long it'll
May be I can share an experience from a village in Bihar, India, arguably a
state that has slid further behind where it was a couple decades ago
according to most indices of development..
My team sent a couple PCs to one of its districts that was most notoriously
high on criminality index.. That
Even today, in my much more limited connection to electronic
technology, I field email from people who are asking me questions
such as, Why is the web page on my screen bigger than the
screen? It won't all fit on there!
Hi Steve,
I think in some respects your observation helps answer the
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www.openworld.com
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While I certainly sympathize with ipods as micro
else.
Steve Snow
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Or does he mean they'll
The conference was so intense that I never got to even do a workshop. I did
attend SIG meetings and the digital equity meeting, and the other important
meetings. I did three sessions of Global Gallery but I did attend the
fireworks,
and a few dinners. I am sorry that I missed to meet the
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This is a very grand vision, no doubt, but there crucial points that may
be brushed over in the rhetoric. I'll point out one example, since it
was one I was looking for: The children will maintain the laptops
themselves.
I
On Jul 10, 2006, at 8:28 PM, Stephen Snow wrote:
Training is the linchpin that holds everything together. Without it,
as well as intense, ongoing support, this is a pipedream inside a shibboleth
inside a folly.
eSchool news for today points to Bob Sipchen's column in the Los Angeles
Training is the linchpin that holds everything together. Without
it, as well as intense, ongoing support, this is a pipedream
inside a shibboleth inside a folly.
Hi Steve, all,
Appropriate training offers enormous opportunity, yet I wonder if we might
not also acknowledge the value of
FROM: Paul Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (858) 673-4269
DATE: Sunday, July 09, 2006
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SUBJECT: Peer to peer teaching, San Diego style
Dear BBracey
More peer to peer teaching has to happen, and the children have to help with
the learning.
I saw that sentence in your digitaldivide
This is a very grand vision, no doubt, but there crucial points that may
be brushed over in the rhetoric. I'll point out one example, since it
was one I was looking for: The children will maintain the laptops
themselves.
How?
Who is going to train a child to maintain a laptop? Is Negropointe
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