[Olpc-uk] OLPC (UK) Update - July 5, 2009

[Warren Pimm]

Thank you Amir - very good clarification.

On 2009-07-09, at 6:57 AM, Amir Ansari <amir at open-edu.co.uk> wrote:

> In our last meeting with Stephen Boatright of St Cuthbert's, his
> teaching team preferred to work out their own ways to integrate the
> laptops into lessons, rather than receiving lesson plans.  (Our idea  
> of
> suitable lesson plans would be second guesses at best...)  They could
> already see that the laptops are usable far beyond the school's  
> current
> ICT scope.  They'd be most appreciative if we demonstrate the
> capabilities of the activities: I think that should be the focus of  
> the
> training.
>
> In return, their contribution to OLPC would be their schemes of work
> and lessons.
>
> Of major concern is the possible lack of support from the Borough of
> Kensington & Chelsea.  If we can overcome this and win their backing  
> by
> demonstrating the value of the project, we'd have a 'design pattern'
> for future deployments.
>
> Amir
>
>
> On 8 Jul 2009, at 23:32, Steve Berryman wrote:
>
>> I said that i was more than happy to help out in any way possible  
>> with
>> the teacher training. I will not be able to make it to the actual
>> training day next tuesday though - there is no way i'll be able to  
>> get
>> out of work on time for it.
>>
>> I'm not exactly sure what is still needed - from what i gather there
>> are a few things that need to be worked out.
>> Has anyone made a start on lesson plans, or even thinking about how
>> the activites can fit in to the current curriculum? Martin has just
>> lent me an XO to play with, so i'll start to think about how some of
>> them can be used, but i also dont really know what sort of things  
>> they
>> are learning. does anyone?
>>
>> What sort of things were planned, if anything, for the teacher
>> training? is it a 'get to know the XO' session, or are they expecting
>> to be shown how this will change their classroom?
>>
>> It would be nice to consolidate any information/plans, however
>> informal or vague somewhere.
>>
>> I realise this may have already been done and that im just missing a
>> link!
>>
>> Steve
>
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