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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > We are finishing up the last day of technical talks at XO Camp, > discussing synchronous and asynch collaboration. Transcripts will be > available soon on > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XOCamp_2/Notes > > For the last morning of XO Camp tomorrow, we have a few special guests > from Quebec: > > Ron Canuel and others from the Eastern Townships school board in > Quebec will be giving a 45-minute presentation about the last 5 years > of their saturation deployment of computers in the classroom. > > They have a good relationship with Uruguay (see below) and are keen on > sharing their experiences with us. They have also worked with > Terri-Nicole (a Harvard Ed School student who has been @ the Camp this > week). Please come at 9:45 am tomorrow for their talk and a Q&A > session afterwards. An introduction to their work follows, and slides > for the talk are attached. > > SJ > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ron Canuel > Subject: Greetings from the Eastern Townships School Board Quebec Canada > To: [email protected] > > > Good afternoon Samuel, > > I have assembled a team of four experts in the field of laptop > technology and deployment who are finalizing the presentation for next > Friday, the 16th of January. We are very excited to present and have > reviewed the agenda as well as the format of the week. > > For information purposes, our School Board, the Eastern Townships > School Board is one of the few school districts in North America to > have provided free wireless laptops to all > students/teachers/administrators/trustees from Grades 3-11, including > our two adult education centres. We began our deployment in 2003 and > have acquired much expertise and knowledge on the keys to successful > deployments of technology in education. We remain one of Canada's > best kept secrets because we have witnessed a less than enthusiastic > endorsement of the role of technology in the classroom. Please take a > look at our website: www.etsb.qc.ca and look under the Enhanced > Learning Strategy. > > The OLPC represents a major and significant shift in paradigms in > education and sharing with you and your colleagues our experiences > will hopefully make the deployments in other countries easier. > > The US Department of Education have used our pedagogical and > technological rubrics and posted it on their website, since they > acknowledged our important work in this area as well. > > All of this expertise was fully appreciated by our education > colleagues in Uruguay, who signed a partnership agreement with our > School Board, to assist them in the deployment of the OLPC laptops > throughout the country. We visited Uruguay and also had delegations > from Uruguay visit our schools. As you can understand, we are also > receiving inquiries from other countries, most recently from the > ambassador of South Africa who wants our School Board to provide > further information on how laptops can make a difference in their > schools. I can include Paraguay and Peru as well. > > We also concluded an agreement with the world famous Cirque du Soleil, > in which we provide education to the minor artists of their shows, > synchronously, from our head office in Quebec. > > All of this to say that, fully understanding the major upheaval that > the OLPC personnel have just experienced, we look forward to seeing > you on the 16th of January, > > Sincerely, > > Ron Canuel > Director General > Eastern Townships School Board > _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
