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LubutoLiteracy  Zambian Teaching and Learning
Materials for the Digital Age
By Mike Lee, Sugar Labs DC  Lubuto Library at Ngwerere, 18 February 2013
Mike & Christoph




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Upcoming workshop topics

-One Laptop per Child
-Sugar Activities
-Etoys
-Recording images and sound
-Working with Etoys lessons



                              3
LubutoLiteracy: The Story Until Now

-Mike s role with MIT Media Lab
-10 XO laptops from Negroponte to Lubuto in 2009
-Jane attends OLPC Learning Club DC
-6 XO-1.5 laptops to Lubuto in 2011
-EIFL grant & deciding on Etoys
-Your amazing work!
-USAID/WorldVision ACR grant
-Christoph & Mikes workshops in Lusaka


                                                   4
A collage showing my journey
from being corporate liaison to
the MIT Media Lab to joining the
OLPC volunteer community and
then to Lubuto Library.




                                   5
Jane Meyers of Lubuto Library presented at an
OLPC Learning Club meeting.




                                                6
Cianna Lee helping to pack up six
OLPC XO-1.5 laptops from the
OLPC Contributors Program to
ship to Lusaka, Zambia.




                                    7
OLPC laptops at Lubuto Library, Lusaka, Zambia




         http://youtu.be/zdwYI9w5BGc             8
Upper left: Teachers and student
assistants working on the Etoys
lessons. Lower left two photos
are from the XO laptop camera.
At right is an architects model
of the Lubuto Libraries.




                                   9
Reading and story circle at the Lubuto Library.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27158519@N02/




                                                  10
Theater and arts programs are an
integral part of the Lubuto library
experience.




                                      11
Theater and arts programs are an integral part of the
     Lubuto library experience.




Sundays at St. Pauls Church
Washington, D.C.
                                                             12
Under a grant from EIFL, we recorded native bemba
     spoken phonemes and words to incorporate in the Etoys
     lessons.




In Maryland, Mrs. Kalaba records audio in
Bemba                                                        13
Lubuto Library Bemba Letter Board. Clicking on
      each bemba alphabet letter plays the spoken
      sound.




Prototype Bemba Letterboard with audio
                                                       14
700 lessons!

The 700 lessons being inventoried on a
Mac laptop.




                                            15
A typical lesson file in Etoys.




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Etoys lesson with sound button added   18
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Mike Lee working with 20 volunteers from
the D.C Special Libraries Association to
add sound files to the 700 Etoys lessons.




                                            20
In September 2012, Lubuto Library
received a $300,000 grant from USAID
and World Vision to enhance and expand
the 700 Etoys lessons. http://lubuto.org
http://www.allchildrenreading.org/




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Update on OLPC




                 23
OLPC XO-1.75s coming to
Lusaka




                          24
OLPC XO-4 Touch and Sugar
Software going into final testing
before mass production




                                    25
Whats in Mikes bags?




                         26
LubutoLiteracy Going Forward

-Workshops in Lusaka
-Outreach to local tech commty
-Enhance the Etoys lessons
-Planning for mobile future
-Bring internet access to the libraries



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First Workshop for LubutoLiteracy Program in Lusaka, Zambia

  • 1. LubutoLiteracy Zambian Teaching and Learning Materials for the Digital Age By Mike Lee, Sugar Labs DC Lubuto Library at Ngwerere, 18 February 2013
  • 3. Upcoming workshop topics -One Laptop per Child -Sugar Activities -Etoys -Recording images and sound -Working with Etoys lessons 3
  • 4. LubutoLiteracy: The Story Until Now -Mike s role with MIT Media Lab -10 XO laptops from Negroponte to Lubuto in 2009 -Jane attends OLPC Learning Club DC -6 XO-1.5 laptops to Lubuto in 2011 -EIFL grant & deciding on Etoys -Your amazing work! -USAID/WorldVision ACR grant -Christoph & Mikes workshops in Lusaka 4
  • 5. A collage showing my journey from being corporate liaison to the MIT Media Lab to joining the OLPC volunteer community and then to Lubuto Library. 5
  • 6. Jane Meyers of Lubuto Library presented at an OLPC Learning Club meeting. 6
  • 7. Cianna Lee helping to pack up six OLPC XO-1.5 laptops from the OLPC Contributors Program to ship to Lusaka, Zambia. 7
  • 8. OLPC laptops at Lubuto Library, Lusaka, Zambia http://youtu.be/zdwYI9w5BGc 8
  • 9. Upper left: Teachers and student assistants working on the Etoys lessons. Lower left two photos are from the XO laptop camera. At right is an architects model of the Lubuto Libraries. 9
  • 10. Reading and story circle at the Lubuto Library. http://www.flickr.com/photos/27158519@N02/ 10
  • 11. Theater and arts programs are an integral part of the Lubuto library experience. 11
  • 12. Theater and arts programs are an integral part of the Lubuto library experience. Sundays at St. Pauls Church Washington, D.C. 12
  • 13. Under a grant from EIFL, we recorded native bemba spoken phonemes and words to incorporate in the Etoys lessons. In Maryland, Mrs. Kalaba records audio in Bemba 13
  • 14. Lubuto Library Bemba Letter Board. Clicking on each bemba alphabet letter plays the spoken sound. Prototype Bemba Letterboard with audio 14
  • 15. 700 lessons! The 700 lessons being inventoried on a Mac laptop. 15
  • 16. A typical lesson file in Etoys. 16
  • 17. 17
  • 18. Etoys lesson with sound button added 18
  • 19. 19
  • 20. Mike Lee working with 20 volunteers from the D.C Special Libraries Association to add sound files to the 700 Etoys lessons. 20
  • 21. In September 2012, Lubuto Library received a $300,000 grant from USAID and World Vision to enhance and expand the 700 Etoys lessons. http://lubuto.org http://www.allchildrenreading.org/ 21
  • 22. 22
  • 24. OLPC XO-1.75s coming to Lusaka 24
  • 25. OLPC XO-4 Touch and Sugar Software going into final testing before mass production 25
  • 26. Whats in Mikes bags? 26
  • 27. LubutoLiteracy Going Forward -Workshops in Lusaka -Outreach to local tech commty -Enhance the Etoys lessons -Planning for mobile future -Bring internet access to the libraries 27

Editor's Notes

  • #6: A collage showing my journey from being corporate liaison to the MIT Media Lab to joining the OLPC volunteer community and then to Lubuto Library.
  • #7: Jane Meyers of Lubuto Library presented at an OLPC Learning Club meeting.
  • #8: Cianna Lee helping to pack up six OLPC XO-1.5 laptops from the OLPC Contributors Program to ship to Lusaka, Zambia.
  • #9: OLPC laptops at Lubuto Library, Lusaka, Zambia
  • #10: Upper left: Teachers and student assistants working on the Etoys lessons. Lower left two photos are from the XO laptop camera. At right is an architects model of the Lubuto Libraries.
  • #11: Reading and story circle at the Lubuto Library. http://www.flickr.com/photos/27158519@N02/
  • #12: Theater and arts programs are an integral part of the Lubuto library experience.
  • #13: Paper books donated by publishers and authors of childrens titles are cataloged and stored in the basement of St. Pauls Church in NW DC to be sent in batches of 4000 to each new library facility.
  • #14: Under a grant from EIFL, we recorded native bemba spoken phonemes and words to incorporate in the Etoys lessons.
  • #15: Lubuto Library Bemba Letter Board. Clicking on each bemba alphabet letter plays the spoken sound.
  • #21: Mike Lee working with 20 volunteers from the D.C Special Libraries Association to add sound files to the 700 Etoys lessons.
  • #22: In September 2012, Lubuto Library received a $300,000 grant from USAID and World Vision to enhance and expand the 700 Etoys lessons. http://lubuto.org http://www.allchildrenreading.org/