OLPC Learning Workshop, November 2007

PORTO ALEGRE - BRAZIL

Background about the

OLPC XO Trial School in Porto Alegre

The Trial School !  E.E.E.F Luciana de Abreu !  550 students !  35 teachers !  3 shifts: !  morning (grades from 6th to 8th and first year)‏

!  afternoon (grades from 1th to 5th)‏ !  nitght (adults and youngth)‏

Only morning and afternoon shifts participate of the project

!  350 students are participating the project !  269 laptops were already delivered !  pre-literate class – 6 years old students - (Jul 30)‏ !  3th grade (Ago 8)‏ !  4th grade (March 24)‏ !  5th grade (June 25)‏ !  6th grade (April 16)‏ !  7th and 8th (Ago 10)‏ !  33 teachers ‏

Objectives of Trial School !  create a reference school to show the potential of 1:1 learning - presidency

!  research the impact of the 1:1 learning - MOE

!  develop the base of a 1:1 pedagogical methodology for Brazilian scenario - MOE

!  create reference materials to replicate the experience in 2008 – newer request from MOE

Teacher’s capacity building

•  Studies and discussions about real class situations

•  3 Groups of teachers •  weekly meetings •  in service

Teaching Characteristics:

•  hands-on •  minds-on •  reality-on

•  working under a decentralized system

•  building learning communities

Students and teachers

Student’s monitors

•  7th and 8th grade • students

•  monitors help teachers and other students during classes

The curriculum is based on the design and development of

LEARNING PROJECTS

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Learning to learn

Learning to live together

•  Teachers learn through cooperative work with their students.

Learning to communicate

The students learn to share their ideas and tasks with their colleagues working together.

Learning to think

This kind of activity helps teachers to better understand the students' concepts.

Learning by doing

Family and Community

•  Learning being authors

leafagun@ufrgs.br juliano@lec.ufrgs.br

marta@pensamentodigital.org.br

http://uca.lec.ufrgs.br/amadis

http://galeria.lec.ufrgs.br/v/projetos/uca

http://uca.lec.ufrgs.br

Heterarchically Hierarchically How are decisions taken?

Student's curiosity, desire, will

Curricula content sequences

Who does it satisfy?

Decisions based on student's real life

Decisions based on external and formal

criteria Which is the

context?

Students and Teachers individually and/or in

co-operation

Teachers, Pedagogical coordination

Authorship: Who chooses the

theme?

Learning Projects

Traditional Classes

Learning Projects

Traditional Classes

Agent Receptive Which is the student's role

Stimulator/adviser Agent Which is the teacher's role?

Construction of knowledge

Transmission of knowledge

Which is the paradigm?

Established by the group; students and

teachers reach consensus

Imposed by culture, follow

determinations; no options

How are the definitions of rules,

directions and activities taken?