SCALABLEC Computer Supported Collaborative Learning

SPREADSHEETS IN COLLABORATIVE LEARNING SOCIALCALC INTRODUCTION The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience. -Swami Vivekananda  Learning taking new dimensions –  Organizational Learning  Collaborative Learning  Learning from the Environment  With technology entering classrooms, what is next is what interests us! TECHNOLOGYEDUCATION COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

SPREADSHEETS IN COLLABORATIVE LEARNING SOCIALCALC COLLABORATIVE LEARNING Collaborative learning can be described as a group learning activity, characterized by two or more than two people, involved in the learning process, conducive to each other’s grasping abilities. Enabling users far off to interact in a learning environment Allows for interaction beyond boundaries Establishment of a learning community Platform which hosts questions and discussions from the learners facilitating their learning curve to grow in a manner which advances their knowledge and at the same time assists their inquisitive minds. Develops social skills Sharing of ideas from different backgrounds Problem solving approach helps to cultivate the student’s mind in a progressive manner

SPREADSHEETS IN COLLABORATIVE LEARNING SOCIALCALC OLPC & SCALABLEC One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is an organization dedicated to create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning

SPREADSHEETS IN COLLABORATIVE LEARNING SOCIALCALC OLPC & SOCIALCALC SocialCalc is a spreadsheet activity developed for functioning in the Sugar environment, OLPC’s software paradigm.

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SPREADSHEETS IN COLLABORATIVE LEARNING SOCIALCALC Contact Information Manu Sheel Gupta