OLPC Learning Workshop, November 2007
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The document summarizes an OLPC trial school project in Porto Alegre, Brazil. [1] The Luciana de Abreu school has 550 students split into morning, afternoon and night shifts, with 350 students participating in the project. [2] The project aims to create a reference school to showcase 1:1 learning, research its impacts, and develop a pedagogical methodology for Brazil. [3] Teachers receive weekly capacity building on hands-on, minds-on, reality-based teaching using learning projects determined by students' interests rather than traditional curricula.
OLPC Learning Workshop, November 2007
- 1. PORTO ALEGRE - BRAZIL
- 2. Background about the OLPC XO Trial School in Porto Alegre
- 4. The Trial School ! E.E.E.F Luciana de Abreu ! 550 students ! 35 teachers ! 3 shifts: ! morning (grades from 6th to 8th and first year) ! afternoon (grades from 1th to 5th) ! nitght (adults and youngth)
- 5. Only morning and afternoon shifts participate of the project ! 350 students are participating the project ! 69 laptops were already delivered 2 ! pre-literate class 6 years old students - (Jul 30) ! th grade (Ago 8) 3 ! th grade (March 24) 4 ! th grade (June 25) 5 ! th grade (April 16) 6 ! th and 8th (Ago 10) 7 ! 3 teachers 3
- 6. Objectives of Trial School ! create a reference school to show the potential of 1:1 learning - presidency ! research the impact of the 1:1 learning - MOE ! develop the base of a 1:1 pedagogical methodology for Brazilian scenario - MOE ! create reference materials to replicate the experience in 2008 newer request from MOE
- 7. Teachers capacity building ≒3 Groups of teachers ≒weekly meetings ≒in service ≒Studies and discussions about real class situations
- 8. Teaching Characteristics: ≒hands-on ≒minds-on ≒reality-on
- 9. Students and teachers ≒working under a decentralized system ≒building learning communities
- 10. Students monitors ≒7th and 8th grade ≒ tudents s ≒monitors help teachers and other students during classes
- 11. The curriculum is based on the design and development of LEARNING PROJECTS People in the Information and Communication Society need to develop competences, such as...
- 13. Learning to live together ≒Teachers learn through cooperative work with their students.
- 14. Learning to communicate The students learn to share their ideas and tasks with their colleagues working together.
- 16. Learning to think This kind of activity helps teachers to better understand the students' concepts.
- 22. leafagun@ufrgs.br juliano@lec.ufrgs.br marta@pensamentodigital.org.br http://uca.lec.ufrgs.br/amadis http://galeria.lec.ufrgs.br/v/projetos/uca http://uca.lec.ufrgs.br
- 23. Traditional Learning Classes Projects Authorship: Who Teachers, Students and Teachers chooses the Pedagogical individually and/or in theme? coordination co-operation Decisions based on Decisions based on Which is the external and formal context? student's real life criteria Who does it Curricula content Student's curiosity, satisfy? sequences desire, will How are decisions taken? Hierarchically Heterarchically
- 24. Traditional Learning Classes Projects How are the Imposed by Established by the definitions of rules, culture, follow group; students and directions and determinations; no teachers reach activities taken? options consensus Which is the Transmission of Construction of paradigm? knowledge knowledge Which is the teacher's role? Agent Stimulator/adviser Which is the Receptive Agent student's role