[OLPC-Philippines] Fwd: New question: "English Language teaching with xo ́s"

[Caroline Meeks]

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Cherry Withers <cherry.withers at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I neglected to copy the list on this. There's an attachment to this. It is
> a compilation of projects that I did with Etoys. It's the same projects that
> I presented on the video for FUSE ( Foundation for Upgrading the Standards
> of Education). You will need to install Etoys to run these which is pretty
> relatively easy to do: www.squeakland.org . I was trying to put this in
> the Filipino context so the fish is actually a bangus (Philippine's National
> fish). :-)
>

Is the video up on line anywhere?

Thanks

>
> If you get the chance, please play around with them. I am willing to answer
> any questions you have an be on a Skype call with you to walk you through
> it. I am working on an ebook and project for teaching geography with the
> Philippine map and game and that and I will email the list when it's done.
>
> BTW, Have I mentioned that these can be done by children for younger
> children with minimal instructions? The projects done by children from all
> over the world are highlighted in both Squeakland's showcase section as well
> as www.etoysillionois.org
>
> Now close your eyes and imagine Filipino children's work on that website
> sharing to the world their thoughts and creativity. I personally CAN NOT
> wait for that day!  :-D
>
> Can you?
>
> ----Cherry
> cwithers at ekindling.org
> Ekindling Content Development Team Member
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Cherry Withers <cherry.withers at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:39 PM
> Subject: Re: New question: "English Language teaching with xo ́s"
> To: Caroline Meeks <cmeeks at sugarlabs.org>, education at squeakland.org,
> carnen at mac.com
>
>
> Hi Caroline,
>
> I am copying the education team on this e-mail.
>
> I'm attaching some possible start-up projects done in Etoys that I
> forwarded to Nigeria (sorry I'm missing the audio for the fish race one..but
> I was hoping for it to be an example on how to teach phonics). These can be
> done by older kids for younger kids. There are also several simple things
> that the kids can do like making their own haikus, word games, or making
> their own interactive e-books for instance. Tim Falconer has extensive
> tutorials on getting this started. For references, the Squeakland showcase
> site includes works by kids in 4th grade from places like Nicaragua and
> Haiti. Just to show what the kids can do on that level and having English as
> a second language.
>
> Our main contact in Uruguay is Carlos Rabassa. He's also a volunteer with
> RAP Ceibal. I am copying him on this e-mail as well. There are several
> teachers in Uruguay that are adopting Etoys on their lectures and we'd be
> happy to put Bonnie in touch with them.
>
> Let us know how we can further help with this.
>
> Regards,
> Cherry
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Caroline Meeks <cmeeks at sugarlabs.org>wrote:
>
>>
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Caroline Meeks <cmeeks at sugarlabs.org>
>> Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:15 PM
>> Subject: Fwd: New question: "English Language teaching with xo ́s"
>> To: OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots <
>> olpc-philippines at lists.laptop.org>
>>
>>
>> Cherry,
>>
>> Is there someone working on English learning curriculum that would want to
>> connect up with this person from Uruguay?
>>
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>>  Who do I contact? I am a Georgetown University English Language Fellow
>> working with the Dept. of Education of Uruguay in Uruguay. The very top
>> level of education administration here has asked me to work on a project to
>> develop programs to use the XOs to teach English in 1,000 rural schools. I
>> ́d love to talk with someone! Bonnie Wetherbee
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