OLPC Oceania/Training/Lesson Plans/Introduction to Activities
This is a lesson plan for facilitators of OLPC Oceania trials and roll-outs in the Pacific Islands region, associated with OLPC Australia and OLPC New Zealand. For more information on OLPC Oceania click here. For the full list of lesson plans, click here
This training programme is based on the schedule used in PNG as part of the “8-country trials”. It constitutes the minimum teacher training input recommended. It would be preferable to increase the time allocated to this training substantially. We recommend that even in deployments where only one class is receiving laptops, all the teachers in the school should be trained. (In fact, they will probably demand to be trained!!). In addition, if any education officials are present, they can also be trained at the same time. Feedback: At Drekikir in PNG, the Head Teacher invited his counterparts from two nearby primary schools and the District Education Advisor and District Standards Officer.
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OLPC Oceania Teacher Training: Lesson 3: Introduction to Activities
This training is designed to give the teachers enough knowledge of the XO to allow them to help each other and sustain self-learning.
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After this lesson, participants will:
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The following user guides are available:
Feedback: The Getting Started guide is preloaded on the XO; Start the browser and find it in the library Handouts
Equipment
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Facilitators
Teachers/Participants
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Methodology
The training will involve the following techniques:
- Demonstration
- Learning by doing
- Feedback and reinforcement
Working with large classes/groups
This lesson requires a more student focused approach. The facilitator can explain what the demonstration will be, then each co-facilitator can demonstrate to smaller groups.
Lesson Plan
The lesson will be mainly a series of demonstrations, "learning by doing" and feedback. We start with a recap of experiences so far. This lesson follows OLPC_Oceania#Teacher_Training lesson 2
Reflecting on what we have learned so far
Teachers give feedback on their experiences with the laptops at home, since the last lesson
- What are some of the activities people discovered
- What did they like best?
- Can they suggest some ways in which the laptops can be used in class?
- What problems did they have?
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Summarise learnings so far, and highlight starting and stopping activities (including from the Activity tab of an activity)
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Spend 20 minutes starting and stopping activities
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Introduction to the more accessible activities
For each activity below, the facilitator (or facilitators, if divided into groups) can demonstrate 2-3 activities them allow time for trainees to experiment themselves. It is recommended to start in the order below.
| Remind the trainees that the laptops are intended for young children. This is not an office computer! When you try the activities, imagine the kinds of skills a 6 year old would be acquiring |
Initially trainees start the activities on their own:
Speak
Demonstrate:
- Typing and speaking back
- Changing to another dialect (point out that local languages could be set up)
TamtamMini
Demonstrate
- Increase the volume control
- Change instruments
- Start and change drums
Record
Demonstrate
- Taking photos and naming them
- Point out the video and audio
- Changing to/from full screen
- Saving and retrieving photos in the Journal (this introduces the Journal)
Write
Demonstrate
- Writing text and changing font size and colour
- Inserting a photo from the Journal
- Inserting a table
- Saving and retrieving a file
- Reading a Word document (insert a flash drive with a suitable file)
Paint
Demonstrate (this is a suggestion, use your own creativity!!)
- Select paint brush and draw some black lines, make a closed shape
- Select bucket tool
- Change colour to bright red
- Use bucket tool to fill
- Select a star shape and create a star
- Change colour again, select bucket tool and fill the star bright yellow
- Insert an image from the Journal
Spend some time showing how the colour selection tool works, including the colour dropper tool
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Ask trainees to give feedback on
- Ideas they have for using the activities in their teaching
- Any problems they had
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Assignment 1
Assignment 2
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Now introduce and demonstrate sharing:
The following allow an easy entry point into sharing activities. If possible show how to make friends with a small group, and then invite from the Friends' View.
Memorise
Demonstrate
- Start and share with My Neighbourhood
- Reload game
- Load different game (Sounds)
Calculator
Demonstrate
- Start and do sum sums
- Point out that they should use the cursor rather than the keyboard
- Change to scientific calculations
- Now share
Record
Demonstrate
- Sharing using the photo mode in Record
- For fun, have one teacher outside with another facilitator, get them to share photos so that it is obvious
Chat
Demonstrate Chat with two laptops
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Ask trainees to give feedback on
- Further ideas they have for using the activities in their teaching
- How can the laptops help with introducing more group work (trainees give examples)
- How can the laptops help with a more child-centred teaching style?
- Any problems they had
Homework
This was a long session and the trainees will need time to absorb what they have learned, and try things out at their own pace.
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Homework
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Facilitators summarise what has been learned today |
