[OLPC-SF] learning implode...

[Sameer Verma]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Tom Wadbrook<tomwadbrook at drewschool.org> wrote:
> I'm sitting in my hotel room planning a lesson for about an hour from
> now - eight teachers from the primary school in the village of Keur
> Sadaro, Senegal. It's lesson four, I've been here in Senegal a week now
> deploying 25 XOs to the school and things are going fantastically. We're
> moving quicker than we ideally would, but considering we have only one
> previous computer user among the eight, we're making great progress. And
> your email arriving right now made me realize that today we will play
> some games, including Memory and Implode (after sharing yesterday's
> homework - a short essay titled "Ma Vie", which we will share,
> collaboratively correct, and maybe insert a self-portrait). Wish me
> luck, up until this point I've had French and Wolof translators and
> today I'm on my own!
>
> Tom
>
> Tom Wadbrook | Director of Technology | Drew School
> 2901 California Street | San Francisco, Ca | 94115
> http://www.drewschool.org  | 415-409-3739 x122 | cell 415  370 4207
>
>

Hi Tom,
We were wondering how the Senegal trip was going. Thanks for the
update. Sounds exciting. In terms of games, my anecdotal observations
have been with Memorize (has a tab to create your own square pairs),
Implode, Speak (maybe try the french accent?), and of course Record

How's the connectivity from the village to the outside. Were you guys
able to set up the wifi link?

cheers,
Sameer
-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/

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> My daughter, who is 3 years and 7 months old has largely stayed away
> from the XO (or for that matter computers in general) other than
> mimicking me by turning on the XO and giving our guests/visitors an
> unexpected short speech on "let me show you this computer. This is the
> one laptop per child". She still likes her crayons and Lego blocks.
>
> She's on her summer break at home these days, which has forced me to
> get creative and keep her engaged. I introduced her to implode
> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Implode) today. I showed her how to move
> the "arrow" (she insists that I call it an arrow and not a mouse
> because calling it a mouse is just silly) start a new implode game and
> select three or more blocks of the same color. The goal is to get that
> smiley face at the end of the game. One demo, plus some hints, and in
> under three minutes, my daughter has become an implode player.
> I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E !!! She even taught her mother how to play the
> game later this evening.
>
> For all the arm chair naysayers out there, get with the program!
> Children are amazing!!!
>
> cheers,
> Sameer
> --
> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Information Systems
> San Francisco State University
> San Francisco CA 94132 USA
> http://verma.sfsu.edu/
> http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
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