[Grassroots-l] OLPC in Kindergarten

[Sameer Verma]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Christoph Derndorfer
<e0425826 at 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
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Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
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San Francisco State University
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> 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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