I have suggested creating a walled garden Web site for all OLPC children. We can discuss whether teachers should be allowed in, but definitely no parents. ^_^ They should have their own place to discuss whatever concerns them. Education, poverty, government corruption, international e-commerce...
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 17:32, Christoph Derndorfer <[email protected]> wrote: > I finally got around to reading Claudia's article and one of the core > take-aways for me is that building communities (plural!) which help > disseminate knowledge about how to use "technology for learning" is a > core challenge which hasn't been sufficiently addressed yet. > > To me 2010 did show the first promises of this happening within the OLPC > / Sugar community with collaboration starting between Plan Ceibal and > ParaguayEduca, the work of organizations and communities such as > ceibalJAM and RAP Ceibal, a better integration of Latin American > contributors in the global community, eKindling's work in the > Philippines, all the time Bernie, Daniel, Claudia, Walter and others are > spending sharing with and learning from deployments, events such the > community summit in San Francisco and the realness summit, the > olpcMAP.net project, etc. > > And with some OLE Nepal staff having started the year by flying out to > Rwanda to support the deployment there 2011 is also definitely beginning > on a high-note. > > Having said that I personally feel that at the moment this network of > networks (or community of communities, take your pick;-) is wide rather > than deep - often seemingly ending at people living in capitals or major > cities, being experienced with FLOSS and/or innovative education, etc. > rather than reaching and benefiting the children, parents, teachers, > principals, and administrators who are really the major stakeholders of > education initiatives. > > I don't have a simple answer on how to deal with this (and who knows, it > might just be an issue perceived by yours truly) but I think keeping it > in the back of the head might be a start. > > Cheers, > Christoph > > Am 20.01.2011 17:24, schrieb Holt: >> Thanks Bastien. Back on the home front, also check out Claudia Urrea's >> (OLPC Assoc's Chief Learner ;) article today on one-to-one edutech etc: >> http://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-schools/technologies-for-learning-vs-learning-about-technology/ >> >> On 1/20/2011 9:46 AM, Bastien wrote: >>> Hi Christoph and all, >>> >>> I always enjoy those resources about education, thank you for the >>> pointers -- and to everyone for the comments! >>> >>> Let me share two recent readings of mine: >>> >>> John Maeda : The Laws of Simplicity >>> >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/Laws-Simplicity-Design-Technology-Business/dp/0262134721 >>> >>> My attention got caught when I saw John Maeda referring to Nicholas >>> Negroponte in the chapter « Context ». While discussing the importance >>> of focusing, he mentions this advice from NN : "Be as an electric bulb, >>> not as a lazer ray." Which I found to be quite an inspiring metaphor in >>> the context of learning: let's all learn how to shed light on things as >>> bulbs, taking care of others and the context, not as lazer ray, only >>> taking care of the subject matter. >>> >>> George Steiner - « Éloge de la transmission - Le maître et l'élève » >>> >>> >>> http://livre.fnac.com/a1904995/George-Steiner-Eloge-de-la-transmission-le-maitre-et-l-eleve >>> >>> (Sorry, only published in french.) >>> >>> In the debate about instructionisme vs. [constructionisme, project-based >>> method, Montessori method, etc.], most people would certainly say that >>> Steiner -- George, not Rudolph! -- is rather conservative, expressing >>> opinions shared by teachers with a classical-instructionist attitude. >>> The title of this book says it all. >>> >>> Still, he proposes a definition for what it is to be a "master": it is >>> someone from which students can always feel "the love behind the irony". >>> Of course, Socrates comes to mind as a master of both irony and love >>> towards its pupils -- I bet Steiner would agree. >>> >>> I like this definition. It is general enough to escape the opposition >>> between instructionism / [constructionisme, ...]. But still, I feel >>> this definition captures something essential that any teacher could >>> fruitfully think about. >>> >>> My 2 cents, >>> >> > > -- > Christoph Derndorfer > co-editor, www.olpcnews.com > e-mail: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
