[IAEP] Contents of IAEP Digest, Vol 28, Issue 24

[Alan Kay]

Hi Tabitha

Though there are a few truly important differences between books and laptops, it 
would be really worth while to get *your* answers to your questions with regard 
to having any and all books that one could desire in the same educational 
situations in NZ.

Cheers,

Alan





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From: Tabitha Roder <tabitha at tabitha.net.nz>
To: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
Sent: Sat, July 17, 2010 11:43:39 PM
Subject: Re: [IAEP] Contents of IAEP Digest, Vol 28, Issue 24



From: Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [IAEP] [OLPC-SF] Current OLPC Metrics
>
>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_research . 
>

My list of questions (brain dump) with regards to using olpc laptops running 
Sugar and Gnome in NZ (extremely ethnically diverse island nation) ...

	* How does the introduction of olpc laptops and philosophy impact the learning 
experience? 

	* Does the introduction of olpc translate to better achievement of learning 
outcomes? (evidence can be collected from Journal and from school server)  


	* How much difference does it make using a Child ownership model over just 
lending laptops to students? 


	* What measurable difference is there when students can take home a laptop from 
school? 


	* What year group do personal laptops make the biggest difference? Does it 
matter how long they have the laptop? If they only got to use it for one year, 
which year is best?
	* NZ schools have computers. What if we just add Sugar to these machines? Is 
that enough to see a difference? What if we give Sugar on a Stick to every 
child? 
	* Do we need to implement the 5 principles of olpc to be successful? 

	* How important is the inclusion of community? Parents?

	* How would an olpc deployment help Maori students' performance? Other ethnic 
groups and demographics?

	* What difference does it make when you localise with Maori language being used 
on the laptop? Other ethnic groups and demographics?                             
     


	* What about mixed languages in the same classroom - allowing students to 
choose language on laptops? 


	* What about shared content creation and student portfolios of work? team 
versus self identity construction - see 
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-documents/The-New-Zealand-Curriculum

	* What impact does olpc have on Child wellbeing? 

	* what is the impact of perceived ownership of laptop on student engagement 

	* what is the impact of giving students control of software on their laptop 

	* What is the impact on teaching when students have control of their software 
on their laptop? 


	* What is the impact on teaching when students have control of the language 
they use on their laptop? 

	* What curriculum area does Sugar and Gnome have the biggest impact? 

	* How does a computer at home for one of the children affect family dynamics?

	* Does it impact on homework completion?                 

	* Can we apply new technologies to existing school curriculum, resources and 
infrastructure?    


	* How will we get teacher engagement?                                   

	* What is the impact by shifting responsibility of computer maintenance to 
student? considering impact on problem solving skills development, as well as 
things like sense of achievement and control

	* students sharing and creating own content and impact on learning (this 
happens to some degree in schools already, but maybe not as a philosophy and 
driver?)    


	* What are the teachers' impressions? Do XOs increase perceived stress levels? 
Do XOs increase or ease lesson preparation? Do teachers feel that XOs make their 
lives easier or harder? Do they think they have to know more than the students? 
Is it a threat? Do they think olpc will help their students and in what ways? 
How would they like to be supported? What other infrastructure would they like?
They obviously need a lot of refining, but good to get them out of my head again 
- started this as a google doc when I was wondering if I can use a research 
project as a way to increase changes of getting funding for a deployment. 

I also want to be able to point to research and say "here is why I am telling 
you that you need to let the kids take the laptops home" and "here is why I am 
telling you that you need to include the parents not just the teachers". It 
would really help when I talk to deployments / potential deployments, some of 
whom are not keen on kids taking laptops home, consider laptops to be school 
property not childrens, and don't understand the need for community inclusion. 


Tabitha



      
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