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

[Faisal Sadeq Khan]

*>You mentioned the development of a curriculum and application team. I am
not aware of this. Can you point me to >any info on this? Much appreciated.*
Warren, would appreciate a response to my question above. Thanks much
appreciated.

Best wishes.

Faisal

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2009/7/9 Warren Pimm <wpimm at mac.com>

> Thanks Steve,
>
> Great stuff.  Would direct you to Amir Ansari who has probably put the most
> time into teacher training so far, though Peter Robinson and Martin Dengler
> woud also be good resources.
>
> At this point it is an all parties involed process given the timelines,
> however please do step in.
>
> I mentioned Emma as another good contributor given her background in
> teacher training and technology.
>
> As well Dom has been working on the Web side to incorporate a teacher
> section in the OLPC (UK) website and Wiki site as they come together -
> another point of contact.
>
> Could I suggest a meeting (in person or by IRC) over the weekend to review,
> discuss, and assemble things in advance of our orientation session on the
> 14th.
>
> Further thoughts on your questions are listed below.
>
> Thanks for reconfirming and stepping forward.
>
> On 2009-07-08, at 11:32 PM, Steve Berryman <steve at berryman.org.uk> 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.
>
>
> Understood.
>
>
> I'm not exactly sure what is still needed - from what i gather there are a
> few things that need to be worked out.
>
>
> That's great, good to confirm.
>
> Has anyone made a start on lesson plans, or even thinking about how the
> activites can fit in to the current curriculum?
>
>
> There has been a good amount of work in this area, pulling from a number of
> different areas and sources (Sugar, OLPC Wiki site, other pilot sites, etc.)
>
> 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?
>
>
> Good additional sites to review for UK ICT curriculum would be BECTA and UK
> Open Source Schools.
>
>
>
>
> What sort of things were planned, if anything, for the teacher training?
>
>
> Reach Amir Ansari.
>
>  is it a 'get to know the XO' session, or are they expecting to be shown
> how this will change their classroom?
>
>
> First session will be introductory and orientational to start, however will
> be iterative as well to incorporate the teachers thoughts on use and
> discussion on incorporation into the cirriculum plan.
>
>
> It would be nice to consolidate any information/plans, however informal or
> vague somewhere.
>
>
> Check with Amir Ansari.  Another great resource in this area is Daniel, our
> resident OLPC implementation guru.
>
>
>
>
> I realise this may have already been done and that im just missing a link!
>
> Steve
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Lawrence W Pimm < <wpimm at mac.com>
> wpimm at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Have we appointed (co-opted) anyone into running with the Teacher Training
>> section of OLPC (UK) - was this Emma?
>>
>> On the laptop triage/install party, will leave this to you and Peter -
>> best placed by far.  I can bring the pizza.
>>
>> Best.
>>
>> Warren
>>
>> On Wednesday, 08 July, 2009, at 11:30AM, "Martin Dengler" <<martin at martindengler.com>
>> martin at martindengler.com> wrote:
>> >Warren,
>> >
>> >On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 06:23:58PM +0000, Lawrence W Pimm wrote:
>> >> Week of June 28th - Brief update on a progressive week for OLPC (UK)
>> >>
>> >> A week of significant progress for the OLPC (UK) team.
>> >>
>> >> XO's Approved by OLPC (Boston) - Thank you Boston!
>> >> Announcement of Pilot School - St Cuthbert with St Matthias CE Primary
>> School
>> >
>> >Thanks for the great news.
>> >
>> >It might be a good idea to remind everyone about teacher training
>> >times and Peter's laptop triagae/install party.
>> >
>> >Martin
>> >
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