Refresher teacher training

1. Effective use of XO to enhance Teaching & Learning
in the Pacific
Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd April, 2015
Shikha Raturi

2. Why do we want xo in class?
1. Break the monotony/add novelty to learning experience
2. Enhance learning experience
3. Increase learners’ independence
4. Flexibility in the learning process
5. Cost-effective (in PICs?)
6. EFA (Education For All)
7. Shortage of existing teachers
8. Variety in Learning Styles
9. 21s Century skills (4Cs in addition to 3 Rs!) – Find out more…
10.What else…Reflect…

3. Lets see what you will do…
Four important steps:
• Select a topic
• Make a lesson plan
• See if any activity from xo can be used as a resource (Ask the
question, “Why do I want to include this activity? What do I plan to
achieve with it and how?”
• Get the lesson plan evaluated by your colleague
References for some lesson plans from other teachers:
• Lesson plans available at
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Learning_Activities
• OLPC Fiji Facebook: Check “Lesson plans” compiled by teachers
during previous training under Files for Lesson Plans

4. Source: XO laptop homepage; Labeled by Asenaca Ratubuli

5. Effective xo integration:
Some points for Reflection
• Why would I want to do it?
• When would I want it?
• How would I want to do it?
 Is this activity suitable? If not, how would I adapt it?
 How would I improvise a particular xo integrated
lesson if one of the component from the lab is missing
e.g. server is down?

6. Getting Ready for the launch
• School Plan (A joint venture)
• Class Plan (Individual but aligned with School
Plan)
• Creating Awareness amongst stakeholders
• Getting School ready – computer laboratory and
furniture (curtains, air-conditioned, internet
connection, server set up, projector and white
screen
• The Big Day!

7. THANK YOU
• THIS BRINGS US TO THE END OF THIS
SESSION
• YOU CAN EMAIL ME ON raturi_s@usp.ac.fj or
shikhanr@gmail.com
• ALL THE BEST!