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The current methodology for teaching is outdated and needs a more interactive approach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