One Laptop Per Child Senegalone set of laptops for each school
Workshop 1• Why do we need IT in education?• Why laptops and not (second hand) PC's?• Why open source software?• The concept of OLPC• What makes the XO so special?• Software: Sugar and Gnome• The goals of OLPC Senegal
Frits Hoffinnovator/educational technologist
- president foundat ion OpenWijs.nl
- Programmanager Open University Netherlands (OU.nl)
- manager European Associat ion of Distance Teaching Educat ion (EADTU.nl)
- manager Expert isecentre IT
- Projectmanager polytechnic the Hague
- Teacher Physics & IT secondary level
Sources of this information:
OpenWijs.nl: Netherlands, Nicaragua, India, Nepal, Aruba, Antillen, Tanzania, South-Africa, Senegal, Peru.
Internet research & exchange with NGO's like OLE Nepal, Waveplace etc.
Trends in the Netherlands and internationalTesting new hardware (Intel Classmate 4, Notion
Ink Adam, etc.) and software
Why IT in education?
What do we think it means to prepare students for the 21st century? What skills do students need to survive in this new era?
What implications does this have for our current way of doing things and education?
Do we need to change? If so, how?
Why IT in education?• Technical knowledge in the world doubles each
8 months• International world: communication• Flexible education in time, speed and place• Each student learns in another way• Multimedia motivates students• The teacher can easily see who needs extra
help and who can help somebody else• Self assessments with direct feedback
IT in education• Hardware• Software• Content (learning materials)• Internetconnection• Organisation: finance, training, coaching,
projectmanagement, evaluation, maintenance, reparation, etc
Why laptops?PC powerconsumption much higherPower in rural areas not or not always availablePC classrooms need space and are expensiveSecond hand PC's not easy to maintainSecond hand PC's of a lot of brands and types,
not easy to find the spare partsSending second hand PC's expensiveSecond hand PC's not durable, especially where
is dust and salt: eWaste
Why every child a laptop?
PC classrooms inefficient and not always available
each student can use the internet, texteditor, educative program's, etc anytime
digital schoolbooks: actual, flexible and cheapera learning tool with a lot of information at school
and at homeFamily can use the laptop also for learning,
finance and work
Laptops for education * light (< 1,5 kg) * easy to carry (screen < 12 inch) * screen big enough to read A4 and websites
with electronic learning environments (>9 inch, 1024 X 600)
* user friendly* multimedia (webcam, micro, earphone
/speakers)* starting fast (< 1 minute)
Laptops for education
* cheap (< 200,-E) * fast enough (CPU > 1 GHz) * robust (water and dust resistant) * work for one day on battery (> 4 h) * repair it yourself * all the software needed for whole school
period
Alternatives for the XO
• XO: 239,-$ ex VAT• Classmate 2: no extra's• Classmate 4: touchscreen, tablet: 665,-$• Acer One: 2h battery: 250,-$• ASUS EEE: 5h battery: 450,-$
OLPC: Hello children of the world!
Concept OLPC It 's not a LAPTOP project, it is an
EDUCATIONAL project One Laptop Per Child: ownership Open hardware: XO mini laptop Open source software: Sugar & applicat ions Open content: free learning materials Construct ivism, educat ive model
Help from worldwide communitySymbol XO is a statement
Community of 2.000.000 laptops
Also at schools in the West
New York: 50.000 Florence: 15.000 Venice, Milan, 10.000 elk Small pilots worldwide
laptop XO: high-tech! Very cheap: “239,-$” Light (1,3 kg) Tablet = screen can be turned New LCD screen:
− readable in the sun: B/W− perfect for reading eBooks− 200 dpi: scharp
Free and open software: Sugar based upon Linux / open BIOS in the chip
XO Multimedia: webcam (photo/video), speakers,
micro A lot of extra software downloadable Safest laptop: may be used on your lap, highest
UL safety certification Green PC: almost no poison,100% recyclable Theft security Bitfrost: remote on / off
Very low power consumption 0,3 – 7W batterylife 5 – 12 hours Intelligent adapter: 110 – 240V Battery can be load with 11 – 19V: energy of
sun, humans or animals
Green PC's big impact worldwide
Robust: 1.5 m fall down (closed)
Water resistant
Dust resistant
Wireless network Wifi untill 2.000 m Collaboration in each application! No expensive wires needed Fast intranet
XS Schoolserver
Mobile lab: education in nature
Technical education
Flipping the screen: eBooks
Measure
Child of age 12 can repair it
Photo / video camera
IT in education• Hardware• Software• Content (learning materials)• Internetconnection• Organisation: finance, training, coaching,
projectmanagement, evaluation, maintenance, reparation, etc
Why open source software?• Free: no licences, always actual• Safe: no viruses!• Independ of the supplier:
– you can change it without permission– changes are cheaper / collaboration– you can choose your own supplier– If a supplier doesn't offer the right service you
can go to another supplierLower prices and better quality EU promotes open source software, it can save 30 billion
Euro pro year!
Extramadura, Spain
• Very poor, low developed region• Adapted the open source software• 400.000 pc's at school (1 pc : 2 students)• Costs savings 20 million €• Software cost per pc 1,-€ per year• Entrepeneurs also• Much more profit now• European innovation award
Software
Linux / Fedora based: Sugar & Gnome
Easy to learn user interface, not for people used to work with Microsoft
Each program the same interface, tabs for more functions
Complete “Office” package: email, webbrowsing, texteditor, spreadsheet, presentations etc.
> 100 educative programm's to download
Grafic Calculator
Blind / visual impaired / dyslectic Text – to – speach: OSS software, translated
IT in education• Hardware• Software• Content (learning materials)• Internetconnection• Organisation: finance, training, coaching,
projectmanagement, evaluation, maintenance, reparation, etc
IT in education• Hardware• Software• Content (learning materials)• Internetconnection• Organisation: finance, training, coaching,
projectmanagement, evaluation, maintenance, reparation, etc
Goals for SenegalBetter education at schools where there are not
enough teachers or teachers are not educated enough
Actual education, information from the internet, Bridge the digital divide
Set up an expertisecentre OLPC Senegal, evaluation, deployment guide, translation to dialect, finish the XS schoolserver, adapt the Senegalese curriculum to digital education
We need a lot of support, we get it already!
Contact: Stichting Openwijs.nl Gardelaan 7, Maastricht T: +31 - 43 – 325.8215 [email protected] www.openwijs.nl
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