192 Entries for “Recent Blogs”
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READ MOREDec. 6, 2007 | None | OLE Nepal
The XO goes to School
Today we went to ‘Good Shepherd School’ to test the learning activities that we had developed for the XO. This was the first time that we got to test our activites with a group of school students. It was a great learning experience for the children and for us too.
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READ MORENov. 27, 2007 | Learning Applications Development | OLE Nepal
Planning a "Mini" OLPC Game Jam in Kathmandu
We are going to hold a "mini" OLPC Game Jam on Saturday, December 15th. It will be a mini-game jam because it will only be a one-day event, not three. It will focus on developing games using Squeak. Perhaps "SqueakJam" or "OLPC SqueakFest" may be better titles :). We hope to build up to a full-fledged game jam within several months, complete with organized teams, prizes, and media coverage. Most software developers in the Kathmandu Valley work in Java or PHP, not Python or Squeak. I think it will take several mini-jams before there is enough expertise here in Squeak for a full Game Jam.
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READ MORENov. 21, 2007 | Team Reflections | OLE Nepal
A Master Joins Us
We are extremely excited that Punyashil Gautam has joined our content development team. Punyashil is a distinguished artist, art educator, and teacher trainer. He will use his experience to help the development team make learning activities that meet the needs of teachers, Nepali students, and are beautiful.
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READ MORENov. 21, 2007 | Learning Games Development | OLE Nepal
Playtesting
I was bemused to find that some kids can play our initial arithmetic activities ("3 + 5 = ?") all day long without learning what I’d like them to learn, which is to do arithmetic quickly in their heads. That’s because there’s a successful playing strategy that doesn’t exercise this path in your brain: slowly and patiently count each sum on your fingers and then give the correct answer. To my surprise this is exactly what some kids do, and on reflection I see that the activity doesn’t present any reason not to. Ooops! :-)
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READ MORENov. 19, 2007 | Learning Games Development | OLE Nepal
Developing Effective Learning Materials for a Resource-Poor Environment
In the office we talk a lot about how kids learn and what is the best strategy to help the most Nepali kids while working within the Nepali education system. Forgive me if this post is a bit scattered, I am just putting some ideas down.