OLPC Learning Workshop, November 2007
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PORTO ALEGRE - BRAZIL
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Presentation I made in the 1st OLPC Learning Workshop in November 2007. In this presentation I talk about the Porto Alegre XO Pilot, what where our objectives and what we reached from March to December 2007.
Transcript of OLPC Learning Workshop, November 2007
PORTO ALEGRE - BRAZIL
Background about the
OLPC XO Trial School in Porto Alegre
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)
Only morning and afternoon shifts participate of the project
! 350 students are participating the project ! 269 laptops were already delivered ! pre-literate class – 6 years old students - (Jul 30) ! 3th grade (Ago 8) ! 4th grade (March 24) ! 5th grade (June 25) ! 6th grade (April 16) ! 7th and 8th (Ago 10) ! 33 teachers
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
Teacher’s capacity building
• Studies and discussions about real class situations
• 3 Groups of teachers • weekly meetings • in service
Teaching Characteristics:
• hands-on • minds-on • reality-on
• working under a decentralized system
• building learning communities
Students and teachers
Student’s monitors
• 7th and 8th grade • students
• monitors help teachers and other students during classes
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...
Learning to learn
Learning to live together
• Teachers learn through cooperative work with their students.
Learning to communicate
The students learn to share their ideas and tasks with their colleagues working together.
Learning to think
This kind of activity helps teachers to better understand the students' concepts.
Learning by doing
Family and Community
• Learning being authors
[email protected] [email protected]
http://uca.lec.ufrgs.br/amadis
http://galeria.lec.ufrgs.br/v/projetos/uca
http://uca.lec.ufrgs.br
Heterarchically Hierarchically How are decisions taken?
Student's curiosity, desire, will
Curricula content sequences
Who does it satisfy?
Decisions based on student's real life
Decisions based on external and formal
criteria Which is the
context?
Students and Teachers individually and/or in
co-operation
Teachers, Pedagogical coordination
Authorship: Who chooses the
theme?
Learning Projects
Traditional Classes
Learning Projects
Traditional Classes
Agent Receptive Which is the student's role
Stimulator/adviser Agent Which is the teacher's role?
Construction of knowledge
Transmission of knowledge
Which is the paradigm?
Established by the group; students and
teachers reach consensus
Imposed by culture, follow
determinations; no options
How are the definitions of rules,
directions and activities taken?
