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Once in my life I had chance  to participate in a training like that.It was a great

period  on which my mind was focused; actions,situations,speeches,questions,

smiles,…were replaced one by one and made Headmasters and teachers to understand the impact of XO  in their daily teaching and eduction in general.

they were happy of gaining  knowledge  about XO ,the way they were welcome, treated,taught and responded.Even if more points were positive

some few others were negative like having a big group to  help to the side of trainers,

some parts of days like last one were like no program and the great negative  action was of

giving money  of training among teachers impartially to that extent did so.

That ,destroyed like 60% of the real image of OLPC would have stayed

in teachers mind.

To my observation it was really a good training with the intellectual organization and planning ; people who were in charge should really be recognized and from my heart”GO AHEAD”.

Thank you.

POLLUTION BY HUMAN BEINGS IN THE DISTRICT

School:

Class

Course:

Subject:                                                                                 Topic:

Periode:

Objects:

–Identify the waste we make at home and the way they pollute environment.

-Identify how water can be polluted.

-Identify how rural area can be polluted.

-Identify how   town can be polluted.

-Identify effects of pollution.

Reference: Rwanda Macmillan PRIMARY SOCIAL STUDIES 4, pupil’s book page 46-50, Malaysia.

Teaching/learning aid: xo(writing activity), some environmental components

Steps to follow

1° Introduction by explaining what is POLLUTION.

2° Ask kids to list different home wastes using write activity in XO and say how they can cause pollution.

3° Tell some kids to read what they have stated and ask the class if there is any remaining and clarification

.smoke

.gas from toilets

.dirty water

.rubbish…

4° ask kids to state things that can pollute rural area and how they can do so.

.burning bushes

.fumes exhausted by vehicles

.bad digging techniques

.rubbish collection places.

5) Providing some additional explanations.

6) Ask kids to state things that can pollute town:

.Overcrowded area

.Market, shops and craft workshops rubbish not controlled.

.Latrines overflows.

7) Additional explanations of the teacher.

8) Tell kids to write some effects of pollution.

.Diseases

.Death

.Unhealthy air hence breathing problems

.Ruining beauty of our district

EVALUATION

Ask each kid to list rules for his /her family, school and district to keep our water

Clean.

END

HOW CAN WE DO TEACHERS TRAINING

It is a crucial issue to develop education of our country using technology. Kids’ laptop is one of keys of developing this education but it demands the great effort to ensure that each teacher can use it in his/her class sessions, hence, teachers training.

In my views, teachers training should be done by:

v     Approaching teachers and explaining to them deeply the use of xo in teaching.

v     Telling them not to consider OLPC as the source of extra money in their activities.

v     Preparing model lessons of curriculum and deliver them in classrooms while teachers are observing.

v     Recognizing teachers portray the need of using xo in teaching.

v     Having the support of government not only by buying xos but also come to the field to see whether they are used properly.

In short, I hope that  following the above strategies will help teachers to understand “why use xo in teaching/learning process.”

KIDS’LAPTOP PERFORMANCE

Before the arrival of OLPC project in Rwanda I was not able to identify the importance   of using the laptop in education especially in primary schools as a tool of improving and developing the teaching &learning process, but after joining these technological educators I started to see how these electronic and electric materials are improving the education of my country  by motivating kids through various laptop facilities like games and spirit of collaboration particularly  in groups that OLPC representatives(we) use  ,making kids the owner of their  dairy activity, studying more; easily and quickly basing on different activities of  their laptops like wikipedia and internet ,use  and develop the teaching language (English) ,having contact with people from other countries and gaining experience from them,…This can be understood by giving the example of what I saw last time at NONKO where we asked kids to do  the representation of four cardinal points using scratch activity and do so quickly and well. This showed me where they arrive in thinking higher and deeply and their improvement in creativity.

Rwandan kids are really going to be good thinkers and creators based on technological education.

Thank you,



MY FIRST INTERNSHIP AS OLPC INTERN

It was in year 2009, where I had the opportunity of being an intern of OLPC at Rwamagana B primary school. After two weeks of training on using kid’s laptop and KIE organization of community attachment, I went to that primary school. We were supposed to be two but one girl didn’t manage to come that means I was alone. That period was very important in my life because it had not been understandable to me how I can conduct a session in a classroom about the use of kid’s laptop without the support of anyone else. I tough in three classes’ p5A, p4C&D and I don’t hesitate on the achievement of my aim of making kids to be familiar with the laptop even if it is not the last step to do so. As my first time on the field delivering knowledge on kid’s laptop, how kids were interested and how OLPC people like Julia took care of me by coming there it is really my great moment experienced with OLPC.

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