[kictanet] Day one What Knowledge/Skills do we expect std 1 Pupils to acquire (Learning objectives and outcomes)

Mon Jun 10 13:51:20 EAT 2013

Good Intervention Evans, absolutely on point, anyone with an idea as
to the kind of digital content we have at KIE ?

Best Regards

On 6/10/13, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, as I said in a different post some time back, I have a child in Class
> 1. He has also been using a computer for more than 2 years actively.
> Everytime he gets a gadget, he is excited to try and explore it to see what
> is in it for him. Lately, I have shown him how to save his work and how to
> fish it out later if he needs to work on it again. Interestingly, when he
> learned to do this he wrote a piece about President Uhuru and its pretty
> obvious why he sees a connection to him!
>
> The one thing I know is that children like playing. So the content that
> they need is the same content that they learn at school, presented in a
> playful manner. This makes the learning fun. The child learns while
> thinking that they are playing. The use of technology is always to give us
> a better solution to something that we are already doing. So, if you are
> teaching a child math, use a computer and make that process easier and fun
> so that the technology makes the child learn better. That kills two birds
> with one stone.
>
> He also learns the how to navigate the computer and in the process learns
> how everything works together. Because he is "playing" with the mouse every
> day, he knows what a mouse is and what its used for. He learns keyboarding
> skills and the different keys. Basically, he becomes familiar to technology
> without realizing it.
>
> Ikua
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> @Lucy,
>>
>> Neither am I an expert in early childhood development. My ideas are just
>> off-my-finger-tips...hoping to stimulate other and better ideas like
>> yours
>> below :-)  We are crowd-sourcing for ideas that we hope can feed into the
>> government strategy paper on this laptop project - irrespective of
>> whether
>> it does exist or not.
>>
>> walu.
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *From:* Lucy Kimani <lkimani at yahoo.com>
>> *To:* Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Monday, June 10, 2013 11:09 AM
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Day one What Knowledge/Skills do we expect std
>> 1 Pupils to acquire (Learning objectives and outcomes)
>>
>> Walu,
>>
>> You are really selling our kids short:-)  I am no expert in children's
>> learning so I did some research and see 155 skills that std 1 pupils can
>> expect to learn here:
>>
>> http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1
>>
>> There is lots of stuff that we can look at as background material...
>>
>> http://savedwebhistory.com/k/computers-for-children
>>
>>
>> http://www.ped.state.nm.us/EarlyChildhood/dl08/preK/NM%20PreK%202006%20Early%20Learning%20Outcomes-Full%20Version.pdf
>>
>> --- On *Mon, 6/10/13, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day one What Knowledge/Skills do we expect std 1
>> Pupils to acquire (Learning objectives and outcomes)
>> To: lkimani at yahoo.com
>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Date: Monday, June 10, 2013, 2:01 AM
>>
>>   Thnx Barrack for volunteering to moderate this week's session on this
>> topic.
>>
>> Looks like Listers are still waking up from their weekend and so I will
>> take the opportunity to be the first to shoot my ideas on what we
>> skills/knowledge expect the kids to have.
>>
>> 1. Usage Skills:- just basics of operating the gadget, turn on/off, load
>> basic programs such as typing, drawing, etc
>> 2. Searching skills:- ability to "google" around the devices for specific
>> items - very important in a world with an overload of information.
>> 3. Elementary Skills:- the NON-ICT stuff, we still have an obligation to
>> teach the kids reading, writing, and numerical skills and so the question
>> is how can ICTs support this elementary skill build-up.
>>
>> walu.
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>> *From:* Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
>> *To:* jwalu at yahoo.com
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, June 9, 2013 10:45 PM
>> *Subject:* [kictanet] Ensuring Effective Implementation of the Laptop
>> Project - The Key Variables (Day one What Knowledge/Skills do we expect
>> std
>> 1 Pupils to acquire (Learning objectives and outcomes)
>>
>>   Listers,
>>
>> Over the past two weeks we have had animated discussions on various lists
>> regarding the laptop project that is to be implemented by the Government.
>> The outgoing permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and
>> Communication Dr. Bitange Ndemo and his education counterpart Prof. Godia
>> attempted to join the discussion but could not provide substantive
>> response
>> since the discussion was not structured. As stakeholders in the ICT
>> sector,
>> we have decided to hold a five day online discussion to gather views in a
>> structured manner. This will then be synthesized during a face to face
>> meeting that will be hosted by Strathmore University. We expect the
>> Cabinet
>> Secretaries for Information and Communication, Education and their
>> Principal Secretaries to join us in the face to face meeting.
>>
>> This discussion will take place over a five day period and will be as
>> follows:
>> 1. Day 1: What Knowledge/Skills do we expect std  1 Pupils to acquire
>> (Learning objectives and outcomes)
>> 2. Day 2: What Educational Content would support the Knowledge Objectives
>> above(examples of educ. content/software used)
>> 3. Day 3: How would this be delivered and assessed? (Administrative &
>> Institutional infrastructures at primary school levels)
>> 4. Day 4: Maintenance & Disposal (issues of support, environmental
>> concerns, etc)
>> 5. Day 5: Wrapup and Way Forward (Key declarations, what next)
>>
>> *Today we start with day 1
>> *
>> *What Knowledge/Skills do we expect std  1 Pupils to acquire (Learning
>> objectives and outcomes)*
>>
>> --
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> *----------------------------------------------------
> Kind Regards,
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