Nicholas Negroponte discusses One Laptop Per Child and the XO computer.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/363111/october-25-2010/nicholas-negroponte
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Kasiisi OLPC featured in German ICT Documentary
Last April, we hosted a documentary film crew at Kasiisi Primary School. The crew was covering Information and Computing Technology and Open Source initiatives across East Africa and our successful One Laptop Per Child deployment caught their attention. This was very exciting for the teachers and students working with the XO laptops.
The documentary ,"Afrika Connect", aired in Germany and is now posted on YouTube.
The film is in German and the Kasiisi segment begins at 3:22.
Or, at YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWd7n1tyaro
Here are some "Behind the Scenes" photos...
Sunday, March 28, 2010
New Laptop Video
I've created a video showing what we have been up to at Kasiisi.....
Hope you like it,
Jeff
Hope you like it,
Jeff
Friday, February 26, 2010
78 more Laptops come to Kasiisi!
We are happy to announce that we have acquired 78 more laptops. This brings our total to a level that we can now fully saturate our Primary 6 class (one student per computer, up to now we have had to suffer with 2 students to one computer).
At this point, each P6 and P5 student will “own” one computer but will be sharing with a student from the opposite class. We have worked out the sharing problem by alternating days for laptop use for each class.
Primary 5 students waiting in line to pick up their laptop for FIRST XO laptop lesson.
Primary 5 Students retrieve XO's from the charging station for the first time....
At this point, each P6 and P5 student will “own” one computer but will be sharing with a student from the opposite class. We have worked out the sharing problem by alternating days for laptop use for each class.
Primary 5 students waiting in line to pick up their laptop for FIRST XO laptop lesson.
Primary 5 Students retrieve XO's from the charging station for the first time....
Sunday, February 14, 2010
XO Laptop teachers get Computer Certificate
Over the holiday, Patrick, Richard, Tom, Moses and Joyce attended the Basic Computer Course at Mountains of the Moon University in Fort Portal, Uganda. The course covered computer theory, the MS Office suite, and the Internet.
These 6 teachers have put in substantial extra time and effort to be our XO Laptop teachers, often giving up lunch time and coming in on the weekends, and this opportunity was given to them, in part, to say “Thank You” for all the hard work. We were also hoping that attending such a course would improve how they teach the XO computer to their students. By being students themselves in a University taught course about computers, we were hoping that they would “borrow” the instructors teaching techniques to help them in their own classrooms.
The results were immediately noticeable. This year we have expanded our Laptop Program into a new grade level so there was a whole batch, 160 to be exact, of brand new students to introduce to the XO. At first I couldn’t place what was different about how they were teaching, but then it hit me. They had more confidence and presence as computer teachers than they did in the previous term. They had new knowledge of computers in general, not just the XO, and they had the Certificate to prove it……
The teachers were using the chalk board more effectively , explaining things more clearly, moving at a better pace through topics, and had a better idea of what they were trying to get the students to understand. It is an exciting improvement!
These 6 teachers have put in substantial extra time and effort to be our XO Laptop teachers, often giving up lunch time and coming in on the weekends, and this opportunity was given to them, in part, to say “Thank You” for all the hard work. We were also hoping that attending such a course would improve how they teach the XO computer to their students. By being students themselves in a University taught course about computers, we were hoping that they would “borrow” the instructors teaching techniques to help them in their own classrooms.
The results were immediately noticeable. This year we have expanded our Laptop Program into a new grade level so there was a whole batch, 160 to be exact, of brand new students to introduce to the XO. At first I couldn’t place what was different about how they were teaching, but then it hit me. They had more confidence and presence as computer teachers than they did in the previous term. They had new knowledge of computers in general, not just the XO, and they had the Certificate to prove it……
(Left to right Patrick, Richard, Tom, Moses)
And Joyce
The teachers were using the chalk board more effectively , explaining things more clearly, moving at a better pace through topics, and had a better idea of what they were trying to get the students to understand. It is an exciting improvement!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
What did you do for Christmas?
Here are some pictures and one video of our first class back after 2 holiday weekends. Our turnout was our highest yet over break.
We started with an easy concept - draw what you did for Christmas Celebrations.
This video is shot using the Record activity on the XO.
We started with an easy concept - draw what you did for Christmas Celebrations.
This video is shot using the Record activity on the XO.
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