This little guy may look familiar to you. It is one of many XO laptops from OLPC, donated to Campo Alegria, to give the kids of Nicaragua a brighter future. We are combating hopelessness by showing the kids that they can learn new skills. We are teaching them that they can make a difference in their own lives, by applying themselves and working to the best of their abilities.
Daniel Whitney and I are here in Grananda, about and hour from Campo Alegria. Daniel is a second year college student at the Univsersity of Maine in Orno. My name is Jonathan Levis. For the past four years I have taught at Chop Point School in Woolwich, ME. I have recently made the move to Nicaragua on a permanent basis. Daniel and I have spent the past three summers volunteering together. We love Nicaragua and very much enjoy living and working among the people.
We have spent the past week or so reformatting, validating, installing, and cleaning the XO computers. Quite a daunting task, but the two of us hammered it out quite efficiently. Twenty minutes ago we finished all the technical prep work! It is time to move on to lesson planning. While we have a general idea of the topics we will cover, the details still need to be worked out. The good news is that we have the remainder of this week to prepare for our classes. If all goes well, in about five days we will have twenty kids sitting anxiously in the classroom, waiting to pop open these green computers. The next few months will be very exciting as we watch the kids use their own intelligence and creativity to produce projects that they can call their own.
Be on the look out for photos and more updates.
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