Posted in News, olpc, tagged School Concerns, XO on February 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Spoke to Brian Culot a principal interested in the XO project and invited him to follow the blog. He raised a couple of issues that concerned him having seen the device.
ability to charge devices that do not fit a laptop cart - also security. He thought there would need to be a specialized cart developed.
looking [...]
Posted in 1, News, olpc, tagged Classroom, Harlem, KAPPA IV, middle school, Record, teacher, Write, XO on February 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We handed out XO machines to the 6th grade students at KAPPA IV for the first time on Friday. It was a very exciting experience for all involved. Solangel Brujan and Professor Almanzar structured the students’ first experience with the machines to ensure that they know how to open and care for the computers as [...]
Posted in News, olpc, tagged KAPPA IV, students, XO on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On Friday, Solangel Brujan (Teaching Matters’ consultant at KAPPA IV), Briony Carr (principal of KAPPA IV), and I introduced the XO project to the entire sixth grade class. I developed a presentation for this introduction. Our goal was to get the students excited while outlining our expectations that they take responsibility over their learning with [...]
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