First Workshop for LubutoLiteracy Program in Lusaka, Zambia
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LubutoLiteracy – Zambian Teaching and Learning Materials for the Digital Age By Mike Lee, Sugar Labs DC – Lubuto Library at Ngwerere, 18 February 2013
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My introduction to the workshops with the children and staff at Lubuto Library at Ngwerere in Lusaka, Zambia. The OLPC laptops were all active and the children were doing some hands-on discovery on this first day. The eight days of workshops I am delivering are funded by a USAID/WorldVision grant from the All Children Reading Challenge. Photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157632781888368/with/8484657613/
Transcript of First Workshop for LubutoLiteracy Program in Lusaka, Zambia
LubutoLiteracy – Zambian Teaching and Learning Materials for the Digital Age
By Mike Lee, Sugar Labs DC – Lubuto Library at Ngwerere, 18 February 2013
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Mike & Christoph
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Upcoming workshop topics
-One Laptop per Child-Sugar Activities-Etoys-Recording images and sound-Working with Etoys lessons
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LubutoLiteracy: The Story Until Now
-Mike ‘s role with MIT Media Lab-10 XO laptops from Negroponte to Lubuto in 2009-Jane attends OLPC Learning Club DC-6 XO-1.5 laptops to Lubuto in 2011-EIFL grant & deciding on Etoys-Your amazing work!-USAID/WorldVision ACR grant-Christoph & Mike’s workshops in Lusaka
A collage showing my journey from being corporate liaison to the MIT Media Lab to joining the OLPC volunteer community and then to Lubuto Library.
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Jane Meyers of Lubuto Library presented at an OLPC Learning Club meeting.
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Cianna Lee helping to pack up six OLPC XO-1.5 laptops from the OLPC Contributors’ Program to ship to Lusaka, Zambia.
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OLPC laptops at Lubuto Library, Lusaka, Zambia
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Upper left: Teachers and student assistants working on the Etoys lessons. Lower left two photos are from the XO laptop camera. At right is an architect’s model of the Lubuto Libraries.
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Reading and story circle at the Lubuto Library. http://www.flickr.com/photos/27158519@N02/
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Theater and arts programs are an integral part of the Lubuto library experience.
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Theater and arts programs are an integral part of the Lubuto library experience.
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Sundays at St. Paul’s ChurchWashington, D.C.
Under a grant from EIFL, we recorded native bemba spoken phonemes and words to incorporate in the Etoys lessons.
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In Maryland, Mrs. Kalaba records audio in Bemba
Lubuto Library Bemba Letter Board. Clicking on each bemba alphabet letter plays the spoken sound.
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Prototype Bemba Letterboard with audio
The 700 lessons being inventoried on a Mac laptop.
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700 lessons!
A typical lesson file in Etoys.
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Mike Lee working with 20 volunteers from the D.C Special Libraries Association to add sound files to the 700 Etoys lessons.
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In September 2012, Lubuto Library received a $300,000 grant from USAID and World Vision to enhance and expand the 700 Etoys lessons. http://lubuto.org http://www.allchildrenreading.org/
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Update on OLPC
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OLPC XO-1.75s coming to Lusaka
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OLPC XO-4 Touch and Sugar Software going into final testing before mass production
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What’s in Mike’s bags?
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LubutoLiteracy Going Forward
-Workshops in Lusaka-Outreach to local tech commt’y-Enhance the Etoys lessons-Planning for mobile future-Bring internet access to the libraries
