tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520982584788065427.post6315520637194544203..comments2024-01-05T03:36:25.653-05:00Comments on nonsense: Testing the XO laptopTed Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11059106781898185837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520982584788065427.post-32469289406692623672008-05-09T11:57:00.000-04:002008-05-09T11:57:00.000-04:00Ted Sakshaug, the students, teachers, and Tom Gall...Ted Sakshaug, the students, teachers, and Tom Gallagher, Superintendent, of Wheatland-Chili School District have made a tremendous contribution to the One Laptop per Child learning project.<BR/><BR/>Just six weeks ago there was one Rochester Institute of Technology usability testing class looking for a backup project after losing a planned sponsor. Ted noticed that there were a few people with XO laptops looking for collaborators to support the OLPC project. With quiet confidence, and no expectations other than providing a learning opportunity, he has proceeded to guide the usability class into the halls and hearts of TJ Connor Elementary School.<BR/><BR/>The usability team was able to work directly with about twenty 5th-grade students, but when we had a chance to share the story of the OLPC project with all the 5th Graders, it was inspiring to see the interest and the promise of new learning adventures in this growing, worldwide generation of people connected by modern technology—stimulated to thrive in new communities based on human collaboration.<BR/><BR/>The OLPC project is ambitious, but because it has a grand vision to advance education above all, it attracts those with foresight, like Ted, Tom, and the Wheatland-Chili faculty and students—those who are willing to invest freely of their time and positions to build a better community!<BR/><BR/>We are all sincerely grateful and honored to be collaborators with you. The OLPC project community will make good use of your collective efforts by using them to refine and build better software to allow more natural tools for learning.<BR/><BR/>Please keep up the good work and vision!Frederick Grosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125487953039783230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520982584788065427.post-44169020274510089372008-05-09T07:44:00.000-04:002008-05-09T07:44:00.000-04:00There seems to be a hesitation of the part of stud...There seems to be a hesitation of the part of students to want to share, there is a competitive aspect to our schools. It was hard getting the students to speak up during the session, they would whisper to each other, which is what they are trained to do. <BR/>We did have a discussion that the students are trained to "take turns" which made the simultaneous writing difficultTed Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059106781898185837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520982584788065427.post-7693737968515467032008-05-09T06:37:00.000-04:002008-05-09T06:37:00.000-04:00Are you referring to the ability to share from a l...Are you referring to the ability to share from a learning standpoint or that the student may have been "trained" to not share his/her work. I can see this holding true since our current model of school is that student's do their own work most of the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com