Teacher Laptop Training

From Fab Lab wiki

Fab Folk familiarizing themselves with the OLPCs

After familiarizing themselves with the OLPCs, the Fab Folk set up a few to provide a mini-lesson to other interested internationals at the Taj

One of the Bagrami teachers, Naqibullah, with his brothers and cousins discovering Wikipedia using an OLPC

Approximately 9 teachers from the school in Bagrami wanted to learn basic computers. Teachers have been loaned OLPCs through the end of this semester so they can take the computers home to spend hands-on time with them. Ultimately these teachers’ students will have OLPCs or similar laptops and as the teachers learn to use the computers themselves, they are thinking about how they will integrate the availability of technology into their lesson plans. The teachers currently come to the FabLab to charge the laptops, connect to the internet, and use the printer (we hope in the near future they will also begin using the other Fab output devices). One teacher in particular is very good in English and has had about 2 weeks more of training from the FabFolk than the other teachers and is leading getting the other teachers involved. Most teachers involved are approximately 23-27 years old.