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Today's Topics:
1. Re: 24 teachers start OLPC training (Bryan Berry)
2. Re: [Grassroots-l] Update on XOs in Urugua (Bryan Berry)
3. Pakistan's pilot project (Bryan Berry)
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Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:49:22 +0545
From: Bryan Berry <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bryan.berry@gmail.com"><bryan.berry@gmail.com></a>
Subject: Re: [Olpc-open] 24 teachers start OLPC training
To: Edward Cherlin <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com"><echerlin@gmail.com></a>
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Hey Edward,
Papert built on the theories of Piaget and Vygotsky. Co-learning,
experiential learning - these ideas were pioneered by Piaget and
Vygotsky. David Cavallo and Edith Ackermann talked extensively of Piaget
and Vygotsky at the OLPC Learning conference I attended in January.
I am particularly a big fan of Vygotsky as I agree with him that
learning is fundamentally a social process and that culture plays a
large role in our social interactions, hence learning.
All of our materials are in Nepali. I hope to post them in a publicly
accessible place later. Right now we are in a crunch because we start
the pilot at Bashuki and Bishwamitra very shortly.
"Constructionism" is a broad term that encompasses ideas from many
different theorists and many different elements such as:
social cognition
co-learning
scaffolding
Experiential learning
The single best resource I have found is this web site:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.funderstanding.com/engaging_kids.cfm">http://www.funderstanding.com/engaging_kids.cfm</a>
and especially this page
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.funderstanding.com/theories.cfm">http://www.funderstanding.com/theories.cfm</a>
Bipul Gautam wrote a nice, short post about some of Piaget's theories on
our blog:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/200">http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/200</a>
On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 22:38 -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote:
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<pre wrap="">2008/3/31 Bryan Berry <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bryan.berry@gmail.com"><bryan.berry@gmail.com></a>:
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<pre wrap="">24 teachers from Bishwamitra and Bashuki schools started 4-day long OLPC
training organized by OLE Nepal.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/193">http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/193</a>
At the start of the Nepali school year, OLE Nepal will distribute 150
laptops to children in grades two and six at Bashuki and Bishwamitra
schools. Teachers from both schools are currently in four days of training
how to use the laptops in the classroom.
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<pre wrap="">Can you tell us what the training materials are and where to access
them? Are they in Nepali? Can we get English translations? For
example, we have nothing in the Wiki about this:
"On the morning of the second day Bipul focused on the theories of
Piaget and Vygotsky that underpin constructionism. The afternoon of
the second day returned to the activities in the XO and how they
reflect the ideas of Piaget and Vygotsky."
In fact, it is the first I have heard of the connection between Piaget
and Vygotsky and the XO. Which of their publications are most
relevant? Who knows about any of this? The Constructionism page in the
Wiki is feeble.
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<pre wrap="">OLE Nepal has developed a completely open-source set of learning activities
for both grades. Mahabir Pun, OLE Nepal's Director of Networking has set up
Internet access for both schools.
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<pre wrap="">Excellent.
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<pre wrap="">We regularly update our blog with more details
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.olenepal.org/">http://blog.olenepal.org/</a>
Bryan Berry
Systems Engineer, OLE Nepal
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Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:38:24 +0545
From: Bryan Berry <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bryan.berry@gmail.com"><bryan.berry@gmail.com></a>
Subject: Re: [Olpc-open] [Grassroots-l] Update on XOs in Urugua
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:grassroots@lists.laptop.org">grassroots@lists.laptop.org</a>, "Greg Smith (gregmsmi)"
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Great write-up Greg, keep 'em coming. This communication is vital to our
common success.
is there a way we could feed a translated version of the Proyecto Ceibal
blog into the planet.laptop.org site? Perhaps using Babelfish?
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/">http://babelfish.altavista.com/</a>
The points made by the Uruguay team match our experiences from Nepal's
teacher training program <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.olenepal.org">http://blog.olenepal.org</a>
keep up the good work
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<small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi Edward,<br>
<br>
I wrote a short piece that addresses constructivist theory and OLPC.
Here's the link -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://exploringchange.blogspot.com/2008/02/one-laptop-per-child-why-must-every.html">http://exploringchange.blogspot.com/2008/02/one-laptop-per-child-why-must-every.html</a><br>
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It talks about some of the same issues that Bryan brings up. Looking
forward to watching how the theory unfolds as the project moves
forward! <br>
<br>
Rena Brar Prayaga<br>
GlobalThink <br>
Los Angeles, CA<br>
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