OLPCorps Ghana

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Nicholas Negroponte

MIT/Media Lab

One Laptop Per Child

OLPC: five principles

child ownership low ages saturation connection free and open source

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Core_principles

OLPC Global

Peru 145,000 Uruguay 202,000 Mexico 50,000 Mongolia 10,000 Rwanda 16,600 Ethiopia 5,000 Haiti 13,700 Afghanistan 5,000 Birmingham 14,000 Colombia 2,600 Paraguay 4,200 Nigeria 6,000 Brazil 2,600 Nepal 6,600 Cambodia 3,200 Oceania 5,000

Ghana laptop per Child

GLPC is a government initiative founded by the late honorable Baah Wiredu

GLPC has pilots in 2 schools, with class 4 pupils in: Kanda cluster of schools, urban Bonsaaso primary school, rural

OLPCorps Africa Movement

One Laptop per Child

In 2009,OLPC launched OLPCorps Africa Movement which equipped teams of students from around the world with 100 laptops, training & financial support to expand learning in Africa for kids ages 6-12

OLPCorps Ghana

OLCorps Ghana was founded in 2009 by teams of students who partook in the OLPC African Movement.

OLPCorps Ghana has three (3) deployments in Ghana:•Agogo•Kade•Bonsaaso

Workshop & Training

Workshop & Training

Workshop & Training

Workshop & Training

Workshop & Training

Workshop & Training

Workshop & Training

Workshop & Training

Workshop & Training

Workshop & Training

Workshop & Training

Our Objective

I.Develop ability of school pupils to employ computers in performing everyday tasks and solving everyday problems from a very young age;II.Enhance pupils’ access to information, as well as to knowledge and learning outside the classroom;III.Enhance pupils’ ability to demonstrate problems, give feedback on pupil work and construct assessment materials that are adapted to the individual;IV.Provide poor children with the same opportunities for learning as wealthy families give to their children

Specific objectives:

1. Teach children to use computers for everyday tasks & to solve problems;

2. Give children access to information & learning outside the classroom;

3. Give teachers tools to demonstrate problems, provide feedback & assess progress;

4. Give poor children same opportunities for learning as rich children

Sealed rubberized keyboard, scaled to child-size hands

Weighs only 3lbs – lighter than a lunchbox

Transforms into e-book reader Built-in function for still & video

photography, voice recording & game playing

Built-in Wi-Fi capability Mesh network for communal sharing &

collaborating w/no external telecom infrastructure

Can be solar/foot powered No hard drive to crash, and only 2

internal cables Sunlight-readable screen

Highlights of the XO

Why we care about Learning?

Education is a basic human right and the key for full human, social, economic and democraticdevelopment.

The gaps in equity in education and subsequent opportunity are increasing.

Children do not lack capability, it is opportunity and resources.

The best preparation for children is to develop a passion for education and learning and the ability to learn how to learn.

Why is the XO a good tool for Learning?

With 1:1 access to connected laptops, children actively engage in their own learning and are no longer passive recipients of information.

A laptop is the most flexible learning tool. It allows children to be creative and productive and fit into today’s digital world.

Children can take ownership and express themselves by writing stories, taking pictures, making movies, exploring scientific phenomena, inventing learning games, or solving mathematical problems.

Activities on the XO

Project Ideas

GEOLOGY

GAMES

SPACE NAVIGATION

PHYSICS

MUSIC COMPOSITION

We’re counting on your support to create

A better educated population, fully functional in the digital age

More home grown industries generating wealth that stays in-country

An economy less dependent on foreign aid

A more just and fair society, with more equitable distribution of wealth & resources

“It is an education project, not a laptop project”

We hope to carry out this project successfully with all the necessary methodologies in education.

By incorporating Rethinking, Active Experimentation and Reflection we hope to achieve the overall aim of this education project.

OLPCorps Ghana

THANK YOU