Tech & Learning - June 2008 - (Page 14) news trends OLPC in the USA Those funny looking neon green machines, made with third-world children in mind, are also starting to show up in American classrooms. So far, developing countries such as Rwanda, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mongolia and Haiti, among others, are participating in programs to bring XO-1s to children. Now add the United States to that list. The nonprofit education organization Teaching Matters recently started up the first XO-1 pilot program for middle school students in New York City. John Clemente, director of educational services for Teaching Matters, says that the students took to the relatively simple XO-1s right away. "We're over two months into it, and the students are still very enthusiastic about the use of the computers.” The organization’s goals are to lower the overall cost of computer ownership for schools, while simultaneously improving curriculum quality. To that end, Teaching Matters developed a curriculum that uses computers to teach students to write. "We're thinking about how the learning environment is going to change when there's ubiquitous access to computers for students," says Clemente. Students are able to share their work with each other online, and teachers can easily track the students' progress. But are students learning better? "The struggling writers in the class with the XOs did better than they had in the past," Clemente says, "and better than the struggling writers in the other classes." Teaching Matters is now working to bring XO-1s into two more city schools, in the Bronx and Brooklyn, in the next few months. Teaching Matters's ongoing project blog is at olpcnyc.wordpress.com. Web Sites We Like www.pbs.org/jewishamericans/index.html Based on the recent PBS series documenting the Jewish-American immigration experience, this site explores the ageold controversy between identity and assimilation, which makes it a useful resource when studying the experiences of every group of immigrants. Plenty of informative lesson plans for educators and a good number of links to supplementary information. Middle school, high school. 14 | TECH & LEARNING http://olpcnyc.wordpress.com http://www.pbs.org/jewishamericans/index.html
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