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

Sun Nov 15 14:43:04 EST 2009

I like the video.  You should blog about it and when you do we'll blog about
your blog.

Thanks

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Cherry Withers <cherry.withers at gmail.com>wrote:

> Goodness. I knew somebody's going to ask me that. It is more of a
> screencast and done hurriedly to present Etoys for the monthly teachers'
> meeting. Sandeep and Ryan presented Sugar and XO. I was limited to 5 mins.
> folks and had to finish this at 2 am in the morning. Needless to say, it has
> failed to inspire. Will do better next time.  :-)
>
> But for your viewing displeasure...here it is..your moment of Zen:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrRgaLJ0Ed8
>
> Enjoy,
> Cherry
> cwithers at ekindling.org
> eKindling Content Development Team Member
>
> P.S. Ryan and Sandeep did we get any pictures and other videos for this
> presentation by the way? Might be a nice blog post of what the lessons
> learned from that presentation.
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Caroline Meeks <
> caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>> inspeccioninglesbonnie at gmail.com
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