<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>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!<br>
<br></div>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.<br>
<br></div>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.<br>
<br></div>Ikua<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Walubengo J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">@Lucy,<br><br>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.<br>
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<div>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:</div>
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<div>There is lots of stuff that we can look at as background material...</div>
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<div><br>--- On <b>Mon, 6/10/13, Walubengo J <i><<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
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To: <a href="mailto:lkimani@yahoo.com" target="_blank">lkimani@yahoo.com</a><br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
Date: Monday, June 10, 2013, 2:01 AM<br><br>
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<div><span>Thnx Barrack for volunteering to moderate this week's session on this topic.</span></div>
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<div style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><span>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.</span></div>
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<div style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><span>1. Usage Skills:- just basics of operating the gadget, turn on/off, load basic programs such as typing, drawing, etc</span></div>
<div style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><span>2. Searching skills:- ability to "google" around the devices for specific items - very important in a world with an overload of information.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><span>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.</span></div>
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Subject:</span></b> [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)<br>
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<div>Listers,<br><br></div>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.<br>
<br></div>This discussion will take place over a five day period and will be as follows:<br>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;FONT-STYLE:normal;FONT-FAMILY:times new roman,new york,times,serif;FONT-SIZE:16px"><span>1. Day 1: What Knowledge/Skills do we expect std 1 Pupils to acquire (Learning objectives and outcomes)</span></div>
<div>2. Day 2: What Educational Content would support the Knowledge Objectives above(examples of educ. content/software used)<br></div>
<div>3. Day 3: How would this be delivered and assessed? (Administrative & Institutional infrastructures at primary school levels)</div>
<div>4. Day 4: Maintenance & Disposal (issues of support, environmental concerns, etc)</div>
<div>5. Day 5: Wrapup and Way Forward (Key declarations, what next)</div>
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<div><b>Today we start with day 1 <br></b></div><b><span>What Knowledge/Skills do we expect std 1 Pupils to acquire (Learning objectives and outcomes)</span></b>
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