Judy's Report 6: Our Program Expands To Our Seventh Site: Ntugi Primary School
Monday: Ntugi Secondary
At Ntugi Secondary, I had a section with the Journalism Club. I am still teaching them how to take photos using the XO, so we went into the field where they were able to take photos of different things and we named and saved them in the journal to be used for the next lesson in the Fototoon Activity.
Thursday: Lewa Conservation Education Centre
At Lewa, we hosted students from Sweetwaters Secondary School . They went for a game drive and, in the afternoon, came to the CEC where they sat for a test which was to be done through typing. We introduced the student to the XO's, connected 12 laptops to each other via the Mesh Network, and we showed them how to use the to the Chat Activity to see the questions and send their answers to Ephantus. The students were able to type the answers and the lesson was successful.
Wednesday: Ntugi Secondary
I was at Ntugi Secondary where I started a new program with student which I hope will help them cover the syllabus and to revise for their exams. I had Form Two (Grade 10) students, and I connected the OLPC laptops to the Mesh and used the Chat Activity to send them geography questions. They were able to type the answers back to me and I feel the lesson was successful.
Thursday: Ntugi Primary
We started a new program today - and a new site for the OLPC's. Ntugi Primary only is a few hundred meters from Ntugi Secondary but, up till now, those primary students have not had access to the XO laptops. Today, the Class 7 students, and their teacher Mrs. Kimonye, started coming for their weekly visit to the Ntugi Secondary Computer Lab. I introduced them to laptops and to some of the Sugar Activities and we began with some of the basic Activities like Record and Maze among others.
Friday: Leparua Primary
At Leparua, I continued l teaching the Turtle Art Activity. We revised last week’s work and I marked the homework I had given them. Then, I taught them how to change the screen colour and how to draw a leaf and a star still using Turtle Art, Pen and Colour commands.
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