[Grassroots-l] OLPC in Kindergarten

[Christoph Derndorfer]

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).

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
> 
> 

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