[IAEP] [support-gang] Communities around technology for learning (was: Re: When teaching restrains discovery)

[Dr. Gerald Ardito]

Edward,

I like your idea. And plan on setting up a blog, or other site, where
the students I am working with could share with one another about
their experiences with the XOs.

Gerald

On Saturday, January 22, 2011, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have suggested creating a walled garden Web site for all OLPC
> children. We can discuss whether teachers should be allowed in, but
> definitely no parents. ^_^ They should have their own place to discuss
> whatever concerns them. Education, poverty, government corruption,
> international e-commerce...
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 17:32, Christoph Derndorfer
> <e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
>> I finally got around to reading Claudia's article and one of the core
>> take-aways for me is that building communities (plural!) which help
>> disseminate knowledge about how to use "technology for learning" is a
>> core challenge which hasn't been sufficiently addressed yet.
>>
>> To me 2010 did show the first promises of this happening within the OLPC
>> / Sugar community with collaboration starting between Plan Ceibal and
>> ParaguayEduca, the work of organizations and communities such as
>> ceibalJAM and RAP Ceibal, a better integration of Latin American
>> contributors in the global community, eKindling's work in the
>> Philippines, all the time Bernie, Daniel, Claudia, Walter and others are
>> spending sharing with and learning from deployments, events such the
>> community summit in San Francisco and the realness summit, the
>> olpcMAP.net project, etc.
>>
>> And with some OLE Nepal staff having started the year by flying out to
>> Rwanda to support the deployment there 2011 is also definitely beginning
>> on a high-note.
>>
>> Having said that I personally feel that at the moment this network of
>> networks (or community of communities, take your pick;-) is wide rather
>> than deep - often seemingly ending at people living in capitals or major
>> cities, being experienced with FLOSS and/or innovative education, etc.
>> rather than reaching and benefiting the children, parents, teachers,
>> principals, and administrators who are really the major stakeholders of
>> education initiatives.
>>
>> I don't have a simple answer on how to deal with this (and who knows, it
>> might just be an issue perceived by yours truly) but I think keeping it
>> in the back of the head might be a start.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Christoph
>>
>> Am 20.01.2011 17:24, schrieb Holt:
>>> Thanks Bastien.  Back on the home front, also check out Claudia Urrea's
>>> (OLPC Assoc's Chief Learner ;) article today on one-to-one edutech etc:
>>> http://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-schools/technologies-for-learning-vs-learning-about-technology/
>>>
>>> On 1/20/2011 9:46 AM, Bastien wrote:
>>>> Hi Christoph and all,
>>>>
>>>> I always enjoy those resources about education, thank you for the
>>>> pointers -- and to everyone for the comments!
>>>>
>>>> Let me share two recent readings of mine:
>>>>
>>>> John Maeda : The Laws of Simplicity
>>>>
>>>>    http://www.amazon.com/Laws-Simplicity-Design-Technology-Business/dp/0262134721
>>>>
>>>> My attention got caught when I saw John Maeda referring to Nicholas
>>>> Negroponte in the chapter « Context ».  While discussing the importance
>>>> of focusing, he mentions this advice from NN : "Be as an electric bulb,
>>>> not as a lazer ray."  Which I found to be quite an inspiring metaphor in
>>>> the context of learning: let's all learn how to shed light on things as
>>>> bulbs, taking care of others and the context, not as lazer ray, only
>>>> taking care of the subject matter.
>>>>
>>>> George Steiner - « Éloge de la transmission - Le maître et l'élève »
>>>>
>>>>    http://livre.fnac.com/a1904995/George-Steiner-Eloge-de-la-transmission-le-maitre-et-l-eleve
>>>>
>>>> (Sorry, only published in french.)
>>>>
>>>> In the debate about instructionisme vs. [constructionisme, project-based
>>>> method, Montessori method, etc.], most people would certainly say that
>>>> Steiner -- George, not Rudolph! -- is rather conservative, expressing
>>>> opinions shared by teachers with a classical-instructionist attitude.
>>>> The title of this book says it all.
>>>>
>>>> Still, he proposes a definition for what it is to be a "master": it is
>>>> someone from which students can always feel "the love behind the irony".
>>>> Of course, So--
> Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin
> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
> http://www.earthtreasury.org/
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