OLPC Papua New Guinea did its first ever public display on the 04th of May 2009 during the annual Divine Word University open Day in Madang, Papua New Guinea.
Don Bosco Technical Institute (Port Moresby) Training Report
Written by David Mul
Monday, 16 March 2009 04:53
The training of the first batch of trainers was conducted at the Don Bosco Technological Institute in Port Moresby on the 10th – 14th of November 2008. The trainers are staff members of the Don Bosco Technological Institute with different background from electronics, electrical and IT/Computing. This OLPC trainers’ report outlines the events that took place during and after the training. It also documents the training outcomes and the visit to Gaire for the follow-up on the laptop deployments. The training was originally planned for five days including the one day visit to Gaire. However, due to the grade eight examinations, the trip to Gaire was postponed to November 18th and 19th.
This is an education project, which is aimed at providing educational opportunities for Papua New Guinea’s children. The project provides them with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. The laptop gives PNG learners opportunities they have not had before and helps them build upon their active interest in the world around them to engage with powerful ideas. The laptop takes the PNG learners beyond instruction. They are actively engaged in a process of learning through doing and also learn by teaching, actively assisting other learners. The laptop not only delivers the world to the PNG children, but also brings their best practices and their teachers to the world.
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OLPC SBC Training Report
Written by Dr. Alfred Tivinarlik
Wednesday, 05 November 2008 14:00
On 13th October, the DWU OLPC training staff commenced an OLPC training program for 87 teachers of elementary and primary schools from around the local and some remote chools, Callan Services, and lecturers of the St Benedict’s Campus. The training program ran for two weeks. Thirty-six participated in the first week and fifty-one in the second week. During the first week, teachers and Callan Services staff had lessions during the day while the university staff had theirs in
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This is an education project, which is aimed at providing educational opportunities for Papua New Guinea’s children. The project provides them with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. The laptop gives PNG learners opportunities they have not had before and helps them build upon their active interest in the world around them to engage with powerful ideas. The laptop takes the PNG learners beyond instruction. They are actively engaged in a process of learning through doing and also learn by teaching, actively assisting other learners. The laptop not only delivers the world to the PNG children, but also brings their best practices and their teachers to the world.