Your own OLPC project

Overview Introduction persons / organizations Why focus on education?

Why IT in education?What is good digital education?Why open education?Why not 2nd hand PC's?

OLPC ConceptHardware / Software / Content / Internet

Results of OLPC projects Pilots with NGOs

Frits Hoff, innovator / educational technologist Board member OpenWijs.nl

Kennismakelaar.info / Edupaper.nl Open University Netherlands, projectmanager

blended-learningManager European network for distance learning (EADTU)Manager IT expertise centre (EICT)Projectmanager, polytechnic the Hague

10 years teacher of physics and informatics (HML)

Foundation OpenWijs.nl Network of 9 freelancers with a passion for

open innovation Inspired by OLPC concept: fair, sustainable,

and open digital education Adapted for the Netherlands eTwinning if desired Consultancy / training / projectmanagement Hardware, software, content for education,

healthcare, government, social security Extensive experience in OLPC projects

Experience OpenWijs.nl: Maastricht 2x, 1x Nicaragua, 3x

India, 9x Nepal, Ghana 1x, 1x Tanzania. Starting: Aruba, Dutch Antilles, S Africa,

Senegal Many internet research, consultation with OLE

Nepal, Wave Place and other NGOs MetersmakenvoorMillennium: Russia, India,

Nepal and Mongolia Trends in the Netherlands and internationally,

testing of other hardware and software

Our role

Millennium goals

In 2000 189 world leaders of the UN have signed a contract about 8 millennium goals

In 2015: put an end to poverty, disease, inequality and environmental problems

Nr 2: primary education for every child anywhere in the world

Now: 77 million children don't go to primary school (39 million due to conflicts).The majority - 70 million - are girls.

Support of other countries Dambisa Moyo: money for development doesn't

work Research United Nations University:

send Human capital instead of Capital Teach me how to do it Use IT: good education / self learning / all

sources of knowledge of the world available

Why IT in education? 1,500,000,000 Kids on earth Often poor education:

1/3e incompetent teachers1/3e competent but insufficiently skilled1/3e skilled and competent

77,000,000 children attend no education at allThe majority are girls - 70,000,000

Not enough time and money to train teachers properly: IT can support the teachers and raise the quality of education: fill the gap!

IT raises quality of educationFlexible in time, pace, location

Responding to different learning styles

Multimedia motivates

Picture learners learn better

Better monitoring by teachers

Direct feedback

Knowledge of the world doubles every 2 years

Contact with International World

Digital Education

Teachers should be willing, trained and get enough time to experiment and share experiences

Special laptops / tablets for Education

Free educational software

Free learning objects / textbooks

Open Internet

Open innovation: collaborate to deliver better education at a much lower price

Open Education in NL requiredResearch EU: € 30 billion per year (!) we pay for

licensing, many unnecessary

Netherlands programme Open in Connection: 2010 OSS required for government, health, education, social security

Open content stimulated by minister of education: Wikiwijs, Openmethodes.nl, DigiLessen VO ..

Why laptops instead of old PC's?Old PCs are quickly destroyed by high

temperature, dust and humidity

If electricity fails they do not work

Difficult to repair: too many brands and types, discontinued parts, no local suppliers

Old PC's can not use modern closed source programs

So much computer waste: dangerous e-Waste!

Shipping costs and retrieve 2 x 6500, €-per container: buy new XO's!

Hello children of the world!

we view the children as a mission;

Intel & Microsoft view them as a market

Community of 1.400.000 users

Also in the US and Europe

New York: 50.000 Florence: 15.000, Venice, Milan, 10.000 each Netherlands: 3 schools Small pilots worldwide

Concept One Laptop Per Child: It's not a laptop project, it is an educational

project Open hardware: XO mini laptop Open source software: Sugar & educational

software Open content New educational model for many countries

XO: looks like a toy but high-tech! Very cheap: 239 $ Light (1,4 kg) Tablet = swivel screen New LCD screen:

readable in the sun: B&W

perfect for reading eBooks

200 dpi: sharp Free and open software: Sugar based on Linux

XO Multimedia: webcam, speakers, micro More downloadable applications Safest laptop: may be used on your lap, in

accordance with UL safety certification Green PC: almost no polution / 100% recycable Theft Protection: remote on / off

Low power consumption

5W

battery life 5 – 10 hours!

Adapter can be used worldwide

Powered by the sun, human or animals

Appearance: a statement

Mobile lab

Technical education: robots and sensors

Measure

Scientific Calculator

Robust: 1.5 m fall (closed)

Splash proof

Dirt proof

Satellite connection

Easy to repair

XS Schoolserver

Back-up Offline electronic learning environment Faster and safe internet Special for Linux laptops and XO

50% Cheaper

Sustainable

Low power consumption

Open source software• Operating system: Linux

• User interface:

– Sugar On A Stick (SOAS)

– KDE

– Ubuntu / Edubuntu

– Android

– Qimo

• CMS (webportals)

• ELE electronic learning environment

• Virtual Classroom: DimDim

Software

Linux operating system: Sugar

Easy to learn user interfaces, Microsoft addicts have to study!

Each program has tabs with more features: all the basic functionality is present

Complete "Office" package: e-mail, Web browsing, word processing, spreadsheet, presentations etc

Dozens of educational programs installed or downloadable

Blind / visual impaired / dyslectic

Text – to – speach: OSS software, translated

Free Icon-To-Speech

open-source software Activity designed to transform the XO into a Augmentative Assistive Communication device with more functionality and ruggedness than devices that cost over ten times as much

First results

Used as a light source

As a mobile phone: call the doctor, collaboration between farmers, etc

Take pictures and movies

Children come to school again, girls also, just like when you provide food

Parents understand better the use of schools

It is a robust and excellent laptop

The influence on our education

One laptop per child:

No expensive PCclassrooms

Affordable laptops

Developed for education

Low power consumption

M-learning / Mobile learning: Flexible learning: anywhere, etc

Multimedia: motivating

Easy to monitor pupils

The influence on our education

E-schoolbooks:

Up to 70% cheaper

Open content

Actual

Flexibel: teacher chooses what he needs

Get more kids interested in IT and techniques

How to use it in lessons?

Reading eBooks (digital textbooks)

Text Editor: answering questions, writing stories

"Geoquiz", playing with topography

"Memory" make your own game to play with: algebra, practice English words, etc

"Measure" distance between 2 XO's

"Speak", enter text the XO speaks out loud

"Surf" find information on the Internet

How to use it in lessons?Building Bridges : Physics

Draw

Animations: make a digital story

Take Pictures and movies

Write your Weblog with text and pictures

Classroom presenter: digital whiteboard

Kids chat mostly about what they discovered

At home, the laptop is also intensively used by brothers, sisters and mothers

5 hours battery life

One Set of Laptops Per School• Start small, scale fast

• Each school 1 set instead of OLPC

• XO 1,5

• Top-down en bottom–up: Seeing is believing

• OLPC as research institute, no support

• Collaboration with reliable and professional NGO's

• Distributioncentre: repair and support

• XS schoolservers + internet connection

Pilot NGO's• Demo for schools / local and national

government / business networks

• First training of teachers

• Set up of local support: technical and educational

• Evaluation by local and Dutch university

• eTwinning local and Dutch school?

• Volunteers support >3 months, supply of large amounts of laptops, network, internet, etc.

• Projectmanagement local and on a distance

Contact: Stichting Openwijs.nl Gardelaan 7, Maastricht T: 043 – 325.8215 f.hoff@openwijs.nl www.openwijs.nl