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Birmingham, Alabama Deployment

Join the OLPC Learning Workshop in Birmingham to enhance your knowledge and skills with the XO laptops. Discover the benefits of community partnerships, stakeholder coordination, and professional development. Don't miss out on this opportunity!

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Birmingham, Alabama Deployment

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  1. Birmingham, AlabamaDeployment Julian Daily September 17, 2008 OLPC Learning Workshop

  2. Team Birmingham (OLPC side) • Julian Daily (Core Team Development) •  community partnerships, stakeholder coordination • Shaundra B. Daily (Learning) • summer camp, professional development • Regina Daily (Learning) • summer camp, professional development • Anna Schoolfield (Technical) • image, school servers, software  • Johnathan Austin (Technical) • hardware • Arthur Crenshaw (Video) • documentation

  3. Overview • History • Goals • Summer Camps • Professional Development • XO eXpO

  4. Mayor's Office Birmingham City Schools Birmingham City Scene BCS Consultant

  5. Summer Goals    •  Core Team Development •  Teacher Professional Development •  Supporting the Pilot School Enrichment Camp •  XO Hospital Scaffolding  •  Summer Camp •  Exposition

  6. Summer Goals    •  Core Team Development •  Teacher Professional Development •  Pilot School Enrichment Camp •  XO Hospital Scaffolding  •  Summer Camp •  Exposition

  7. Pilot School Enrichment Camp • 2 teachers & 10 -15 students per class • Enrichment activities • Technology component • "technology time" • enrichment integration

  8. XO Hospital • Birmingham Public Library • Monday and Friday sessions

  9. Community Building Activity Stations Spotlight Activities Turtle Art Scratch Choice Assignments Repeated questions presented to whole group Project-based work Summer Camp

  10. Project-Based Work • Broad Theme: Educating our community about healthcare issues • Scratch focus http://scratch.mit.edu/users/xo_lover

  11. Professional Development • Instructional Technology Department (3 people) • 80 Math teachers • Math Curriculum Support Teachers • PE Curriculum Staff • Music Curriculum Staff • 2 hour introduction to the laptop • Preliminary PD plan for the entire district • Just in Time Learning (all teachers) • 5-7 Core teachers per school

  12. XO eXpO

  13. "I knew that One Laptop Per Child was going to create miraculous opportunities for our children. The partnering of OLPC’s technology and G84’s engaging teaching style has absolutely unlocked the creative and intellectual potential of our students. We see the eager learners we have always known them to be; just now they have the proper tool to express themselves." - Mayor Larry Langford

  14. Thank You Julian Daily julian.daily@g84consulting.com

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