189 Entries for “Recent Blogs”
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READ MORENov. 21, 2007 | Learning Games Development | OLE Nepal
Playtesting
I was bemused to find that some kids can play our initial arithmetic activities ("3 + 5 = ?") all day long without learning what I’d like them to learn, which is to do arithmetic quickly in their heads. That’s because there’s a successful playing strategy that doesn’t exercise this path in your brain: slowly and patiently count each sum on your fingers and then give the correct answer. To my surprise this is exactly what some kids do, and on reflection I see that the activity doesn’t present any reason not to. Ooops! :-)
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READ MORENov. 19, 2007 | Learning Games Development | OLE Nepal
Developing Effective Learning Materials for a Resource-Poor Environment
In the office we talk a lot about how kids learn and what is the best strategy to help the most Nepali kids while working within the Nepali education system. Forgive me if this post is a bit scattered, I am just putting some ideas down.
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READ MORENov. 18, 2007 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
OLE Nepal signs MoU with Government of Nepal
Yesterday, November 18th, OLE Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nepal government to work together to build quality education materials to be distributed by means of ICT in Nepal. With this agreement, OLE Nepal has made a giant stride in fulfilling its vision of making quality education accessible to students all over Nepal. The agreement was the result of tireless effort from quite a number of people who helped and guided us along in the process. We are privileged to have such dynamic group of board members, advisers, and contributors who have gone out of their way to get this movement started.
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READ MOREOct. 19, 2007 | Learning Games Development | OLE Nepal
Our First Learning Activities!
OLE Nepal's first demo of learning activities is out just in time for Dashain. Download them from here (43 MB). To run the demo, you must first download and install the Squeak plugin, which is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Please download, comment, and enjoy.
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READ MOREOct. 18, 2007 | None | OLE Nepal
Content Development Team
Ram has been a software engineer for five years. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Bapuji Institute of Engineering in India. For the last several years, he has been the acting chairman of the Shree Shanti Vidyashram school management committee, located in Patan Dhoka. Recently, he managed the renovation and reconstruction of the school. He is also an active member of the local group "Maitri Parivar," whose sole aim is to provide much-needed financial support to educate the poor and destitute in remote villages.