1. IBM KidSmart Program Rollout Training Carl Klitscher IBM New Zealand Ltd

2. Agenda Kidsmart Program Background Initial Experiences Training Program Contents Open Source Software Sample Slides GIMP and Open Office Audacity and digital video Summary Backup slides Free/Libre download sites Useful Links Slide 2 of 11

3. Kidsmart Program Background A computer contained in a securable plastic housing Windows based Kiddesk Millies Math House Baileys Book House Etc... Operating in NZ for 6 Years Over 500 Units deployed Targets lower decile kindergartens and Childcare centres Installed by IBM volunteers http://www.kidsmartearlylearning.org/EN/index.html Slide 3 of 11

4. Initial Experiences Pilot and year one rollout... Computers have no place in Early Childhood Education We don't think the kids would like it It's just a marketing ploy by It's too solitary... Within a week of the Pilot... How do I connect to the Internet? Can you give us a copy of Microsoft Office? How do we address these concerns? Joint ECE/IBM training program was proposed. Cover both pedagogy and technical aspects. Slide 4 of 11

5. Training Program contents Pedagogy What is the value? Where does it fit? How do we address concerns? Technical Basic care and operation Why it is the way it is How the supplied programs work What else can you do? Introduction to Open Source Install and use TuxPaint Demonstrate Audacity, Open Office, GIMP, Stellarium etc. Slide 5 of 11

6. Open Source Software TuxPaint Child oriented painting program The GIMP Digital photo manipulation OpenOffice Word processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation software Audacity Audio capture and manipulation Firefox and Thunderbird Secure Internet Browser and e-Mail client TrueCrypt Password protect USB sticks Stellarium and Celestia The night sky and universal travel... Slide 6 of 11

7. GIMP and OpenOffice Samples GIMP for Image processing Crop, resize, highlight, airbrush... OpenOffice for text and image Full word processing capabilities Tutorials available on the internet Slide 7 of 11

8. Audacity and digital video Audacity Audio file manipulation Bass, tempo, pitch, wahwah... Mix multiple channels Noise reduction Of the sample... not the kids Windows Movie Maker Digital video capture (video or camera) Import and edit video Trim, story board and overlay audio Fade in/out and Transition effects Slide 8 of 11

9. Summary ICT should support the curriculum, not the other way around ICT is a means to an end so what else can you do with it? Digital cameras, microscopes and Projectors Portfolios, Kiosks, Screenshows, Talking books... Hands on experience is a great Open Source sales tool Number 1 request from evaluation forms is more time to learn Number 2 request is a follow up session 100% positive post session comments Open Source Software is invaluable License is a good match for the education sector Allows family and whanau to participate Positive promotion whenever and wherever you can Slide 9 of 11

10. Free/Libre Software downloads Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Celestia http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ Stellarium http://www.stellarium.org/ Firefox/Thunderbird http://www.mozilla.com/ TuxPaint http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org/ The GIMP http://www.gimp.org/ Slide 10 of 11

11. Useful Links The OpenDisc Open Source software as supplied by the NZOSS http://www.theopendisc.com/ http://support.openoffice.org/ ClamWin Free antivirus software http://www.clamwin.com Slide 11 of 11