ŴEn's WOrŁđ

2008-08-02T02:15:00.002+08:00

This little girl called Arissa. She is only 2 year-old. She is the youngest in my working centre.

Gardner's Multiple Intelligence

2008-08-02T01:42:00.003+08:00

According to Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence, children are capable of at least eight distinct categories of intelligence. That is, they have many different ways of knowing or of being "smart". the potential for developing the various intelligences is based on the child's experience, culture, and motivation. The following is a summary of this theory.

Linguistic Intelligence. Sensitive to the sounds, structure, meanings, and functions of words and languege.
Logical-Mathematical Intelligence. Sensitivity to, and capacity to discern, logical or numerical patterns; ability to handle long chains of reasoning.
Spatial Intelligence. Capacity to precieve the visual-spatial world accurately and to perform transformations on one's initial perceptions.
Bodily-Kiesthetic Intelligence. Ability to control one's body movements and to handle objects skillfully.
Musical Intelligence. Ability to produce and appreciate rhythm, pitch, and timbre; appreciation the forms of musical expressiveness.
Interpersoanl Intelligence. Capacity to discern and respond to the moods, temperaments, motivations, and desires of other people.
Intrapersonal Intelligence. Access to one's own feelings and the ability to descriminate among one's own strengths and weaknesses.
Naturalist Intelligence. Expertise in distinuishing among members of a species; regconizing the existence of other neighboring species; and charting out the relations, formally or informally, among several species.

2008-07-31T23:08:00.010+08:00

one laptop per child

It’s not a laptop project. It’s an education project.

One Laptop Per Child is a potent learning tool created expressly for the world's poorest children living in the most remote environments. The laptop was designed collaboratively by experts from both academic and industry, bringing to bear both extraordinary talent and many decades of collative field experience in every aspect of this non-profit humanitarian project.

In 2002, MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte experienced first-hand how connected laptops transformed the lives of children and their families in a remote Cambodian village. A seed was planted: If every child in the world had access to a computer, what potential could be unlocked? What problems could be solved? These questions eventually led to the foundation of One Laptop per Child, and the creation of the XO laptop.

OLPC’s mission is to provide a means for learning, self-expression, and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little or no access to education. While children are by nature eager for knowledge, many countries have insufficient resources to devote to education—sometimes less than $20 per year per child (compared to an average of $7,500 in the United States). By giving children their very own connected XO laptop, we are giving them a window to the outside world, access to vast amounts of information, a way to connect with each other, and a springboard into their future. And we’re also helping these countries develop an essential resource—educated, empowered children.

2008-07-29T20:16:00.001+08:00

we are on the way to go to K.L. Bird Park.

computer class

2008-06-20T18:12:00.005+08:00

There is now a very large number of programmes that written specifically for young children. In general, these are very stimulating because they are colourful, contain moving images and are accompanied by sound. By manipulating the mouse or keyboard, children can interact with these images.

In my school, the principal had choose a computer program which called Ednoland to teach the 4~6 years old children during computer class. My class has 25 children. During the computer class, the 25 children have to squeeze into a small computer room which is only have 1 computer and no projector. So, the children have sit on the floor and just looking at the monitor which is showing the educational program and listen to the sounds.

Besides that, the computer class is only half an hour per week. Every week, the children and me have to rush. So, the children have the limited time and no chance to practice with the computer.
So, how the children can develop their computer skills?

Actually, i want to respond to the principal. But i don't know how to talk with her. I scared she will angry.

So, what can I do now?