<p>Suraj,</p>
<p>Do you have a slideshare on what Intel is providing teachers with?</p>
<p>Curriculum details, that is.</p>
<p>Teaching / promoting collaboration is not easy especially in societies where there is great social diversity. </p>
<p>SMM</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 13, 2011 9:16 AM, "Suraj Shah" <<a href="mailto:suraj@surajshah.co.ke">suraj@surajshah.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Hi Andrea<br>> <br>> That is true to a certain extent only – the classmate is just a tool towards<br>
> the greater goal of a holistic 1:1 eLearning in which Teacher Professional<br>> Development, content, connectivity play a bigger role. There is no such<br>> thing as “teaching materials developed for the Classmate and the use of<br>
> digital media”, only the fact that delivery using ICT tools requires digital<br>> media which can be configured for a classmate, a netbook, a notebook, a<br>> desktop etc. Teachers if they were to integrate ICT in Education WILL<br>
> require training.<br>> <br>> On the issue of Teacher Professional Development, this is overdue in the<br>> Kenya education scenario because traditional pedagogical approach does not<br>> maximize outcomes:<br>
> 1. Increased amount of available knowledge and pace of change requires new<br>> approach to acquire and develop knowledge.<br>> 2. The current methodology for teaching is outdated and needs a more<br>> interactive approach<br>
> 3. Foundation for Knowledge Creation is based on 21st Century Skills, which<br>> are:<br>>> * Technology and media literacy<br>>> * Effective communication<br>>> * Critical thinking<br>
>> * Problem solving<br>>> * Collaboration<br>> 4. Different learners have different abilities to learn which are not being<br>> addressed by the current teaching practices. We must investigate<br>
> personalized learning to a certain extent to be able to develop the majority<br>> of the learners ability to grasp and acquire knowledge with easier methods<br>> <br>> New technology trends mean:<br>> 1. Personalization has and can take place without technology, but not at<br>
> scale <br>> 2. Technology dramatically increases a teacher's ability to identify and<br>> manage the needs of many students, and for students to access a large<br>> variety of interventions, content, resources, and learning opportunities<br>
> everywhere at anytime<br>> 3. Optimal Environment for students to develop 21st century skills and<br>> maximize their academic potential using ICT<br>>> * Use ICT as a tool for students to learn at their own pace, and in their own<br>
>> personal style of learning<br>>> * Focus on the student and the actual learning environment<br>>> * Create an immersive and personal learning experience, instead of<br>>> ―one-size-fits-all<br>>> * Enable learning outside the classroom (i.e. anywhere/anytime)<br>
> 4. A 1:1 usage model is the ideal implementation of “Personalized Learning”<br>> <br>> Intel signed an MOU with Ministry of Education back in 2008 to promote<br>> training in the usage of ICT in everyday classroom. It does not endeavour<br>
> to make ICT professionals out of teachers, but merely train them on the use<br>> of ICT as a tool for their everyday work. The course is Intel Teach<br>> Getting Started makes no assumptions of prior ICT knowledge of teachers and<br>
> takes them through a face to face training on how to integrate basic ICT in<br>> Education and to move away from a teacher centric learning to a student<br>> centric learning where the teacher is still as important but plays a bigger<br>
> role of facilitator instead of just spewing information. We have trained 9<br>> million teachers in 60 countries by 2009. In Kenya MoE has not played its<br>> part in funding this course so the uptake is slow. Through CEMASTEA, MoE’s<br>
> identified training partners, we have trained 5000 preservice and inservice<br>> teachers in the last 12 months. The course is FREE for all teachers.<br>> <br>> Suraj Shah<br>> <br>> <br>> On 7/12/11 1:22 PM, "Andrea Bohnstedt" <<a href="mailto:andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com">andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>> <br>>> I think I have probably mentioned this once already a while ago: A few years<br>>> ago, I did an article on Intel's Classmate mini-netbook. When kids use this<br>>> netbook, they made huge progress in learning. But, Intel emphasised, only<br>
>> under certain conditions: the teachers have to be trained on how to integrate<br>>> the Classmate and the teaching materials on it into their lesson plan. And<br>>> they had to have teaching materials developed for the Classmate and the use of<br>
>> digital media. If anything, using this gadget put higher requirements on the<br>>> teachers. <br>>> <br>>> I think this is particularly important with young pupils because you<br>>> effectively need to teach them how to learn first. Once they've achieved that,<br>
>> digital learning materials will be come a lot easier for them.<br>>> <br>>> That's aside from issues like having power, connectivity, and having a means<br>>> of ensuring that the gadgets don't get stolen. Those brick and mortar issues<br>
>> are important. <br>>> <br>>> Bridge International Academies here in Nairobi have chosen a different<br>>> approach: as far as I know, they don't use such gadgets for their kids, but<br>>> they have streamlined everything in the management of the schools as much as<br>
>> possible to bring costs down. They invest a lot of money into their teaching<br>>> materials and lesson plans, though, and also in teacher training. That allows<br>>> them to keep school fees down to about the same sum that parents have to pay<br>
>> in 'free primary education schools' for desk fee, motivation fee etc, but<br>>> provide a teaching quality that is infinitely higher.<br>>> <br>>> Have a good afternoon,<br>>> Andrea <br>
>> <br>>> On 12 July 2011 12:35, <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>>>> Barrack,<br>>>> You can never replace the teacher. By providing content to students, you<br>
>>> only force the teacher to be more prepared or else the student gets bored.<br>>>> You will enable lively discussions instead of teachers reading notes to<br>>>> studentsm<br>>>> <br>
>>> There are content opportunities on tertiary education especially on how to do<br>>>> it yourself. These opportunities lie from plumbing to carpentry. We talk<br>>>> about unemployment yet we have broken cistern pouring expensive water, broken<br>
>>> sewers spewing diseases, broken furniture, broken vehicles etc.<br>>>> <br>>>> Then there are economic opportunities in delaying consumption. How to dry<br>>>> tomatoes, potatoes, mangoes etc.<br>
>>> <br>>>> We must start to think beyond our selfish ends.<br>>>> <br>>>> Ndemo.<br>>>> <br>>>> <br>>>> <br>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry®<br>>>> <br>
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