Wednesday July 1, 2009
Today we came to visit Max Harleman at his school, Institucion Educativa 34087 in the ACO village of Paucartambo. We spent the day in a “multi-grado” classroom of 3rd and 4th graders. The kids used the XOs to help them work through long division math problems. Later in the day when the teacher’s lesson plan turned to religion and the sacrament of baptism, Max showed the students how to leverage Wikipedia on the XOs to look up “bautizo” (Spanish for baptism) and use the information found to write their compositions on the topic.
Man & Brian in Peru for One Laptop Per Child 
Sunday July 12, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Hola! Desde Uruguay.
Qué interesates imágenes, para saber que nuestras aulas y recursos materiales, son muy similares.
Sólo una pregunta…
No es laica la la educación pública en Ecuador?
Enseñan religión en las escuelas?
En Uruguay no se enseña religión en las escuelas públicas.
Un saludo grande
Rosamel
Saturday July 18, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Dear Rosamel,
Thank you for following my blog and making a good observation about religion in the classroom in Peru. I have just made a posting on this topic. Please take a look.
Warm regards,
— Man
Sunday July 12, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Commenting on “Max showed the students how to used Wikipedia to look up ‘bautizo’ …”
Pity this page is not in spanish yet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_desecration
Tuesday July 14, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Clarification:
My comment was meant to be a criticism of the teaching of religious candy. Host “desecration” is the crime of… basically taking the piece of bread and using it for magical rituals. Many people were assassinated by the church for this “crime” during the middle ages, and that is also in the Wikipedia, albeit in English only.
It not even a criticism about the program, or the use of Wikipedia. It is mainly a criticism of the influence religion has in Latin America.
Saturday July 18, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Hi Daniel,
I just made a posting today, July 18, on religion in the classroom. Thanks again for your interest in my blog.
Best,
— Man