[Educators] Interesting Stuff From Uruguay

[Edward Cherlin]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> "Hi Educators...
>
> "There are a lot of interesting things coming through from Peru and
> Uruguay.  Here's one from a school in Uruguay....
>
> "Rosamel Rorma Ramirez Mendez writes:
>
> "Hello list, I want to share an experience that took place in my school, No.
> 35 of Durazno (Uruguay), at the instigation of Maestro (teacher) Scrio
> Francisco Sosa: an interesting photography contest with the laptops, whose
> theme was "Your Place, My Place.
>
> "You can't imagine the huge success it was.  The children and their families
> were in places like the river Yi, others took photos of the neighborhood
> from the third floor of the school, it was spectacular!!! Some children
> selected a cat and a dog playing. Its title was, "Tolerance."   It was very
> difficult to select a winner and they drew winners with the help of a judge
> who was an expert in photography.
>
> "The children were from grades 1 to 6.
>
> "How do you like that?"
>
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>
> Yamandú Ploskonka, co-administrator of the  OLPC-Sur list has asked her to
> post the photos on the wiki.  I'll send a link along when it is available.
>
> Here is the original Spanish text for those of you who are working on
> learning the language.  Remember, literal translations are not always true
> to the intent of the original.
>
> ******************************************************************
> Hola lista, como dice Lorena, quería compartir una experiencia que tuvo
> lugar en mi escuela Nº 35 de Durazno, a iniciativa del Mtro Scrio. Francisco
> Sosa: un interesante concurso de fotografía con las laptops, cuyo tema era
> "tu lugar, mi lugar".
> No se imaginan el éxito rotundo que tuvo, los niños y sus familias fueron a
> lugares como el río Yi, otros tomaron fotografías al barrio desde el tercer
> piso de la escuela, fue espectacular!!!algunos niños eligieron un gato y un
> perro jugando cuya explicación fue, "La tolerancia"...fue muy difícil elegir
> un ganador y se sortearon premios, con un Tribunal experto en fotografía.
> Participaron niños de 1º año a 6º año
> ¡LES GUSTÓ?

Si, gracias a los niños, gracias a Ud., gracias a Sr. Sosa.

AY, ¡CUANDO LES GUSTÓ!
-- 
Edward Cherlin
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