The Newest Tech Team

An essential piece of our XO/Sugar deployment is what we call the "Tech Team." These teams are comprised of 4-5 students in each classroom who are trained -- and empowered -- to be the experts. They are the ones troubleshooting, helping, and otherwise supporting their teachers and fellow students during XO Laptop classroom sessions and projects.

This has been extraordinarily successful for us.

Now, the eKindling folks in the Philippines are training their first Tech Teams. It is really, really exciting. Check out their first session photos.

Tech Team Training, Part 2

I wish I could capture the buzz. Twenty 5th graders, our XO Tech Team working together to set up our 120 laptops. The buzz of students engaged and enthused. The buzz of people pressing themselves to get a big job done and done well. The buzz of what comes next.

So, as a way of trying to share the buzz, here are a slideshow and 2 videos which document some of what the students were up to today.

Trust me, though. If you were there, you would have been inspired.

Tech Team Training Movie

Tech Team Training Slide Show