On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Alejandro Fernandez <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I'd like to get in contact with those using XOs with kids under 5. > > I am helping a group of kindergarten teachers use a pair of OLPC > I got for them. Last year we made a small experience teaching kids to > use the XO to take pictures and video. Then, they took the XO home, > taught their family how to use it, recorded greetings, and browsed the > greetings and pictures left by other families. They enjoyed it. > > This year we are planning to use them as educational tool (that > is, adding value not just technology). > > Pointers to books, blogs, pedagogical patterns, activities, and > notes are welcomed.
I'm preparing a version of Turtle Art with icons rather than texts on the tiles, and I intend to create lessons on math and programming ideas for preschoolers. They will concentrate on ideas, not notations or numeric calculations. > Regards, > Alejandro > > > -- > Dr. Alejandro Fernández > LIFIA - Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada > Facultad de Informática; Universidad Nacional de La Plata > Calles 50 y 115 > La Plata - 1900 > Argentina > > Phone: +54 221 4228252 Ext: 223 > e-mail: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Grassroots mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://earthtreasury.org/worknet (Edward Mokurai Cherlin) _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
