Efforts at Columbus School for Girls expand to other projects. Here are some of the other things that CSG students engage in.
Curriculum Projects
All students contribute to a growing library of teaching and learning resources. These can be found at http://columbusschoolforgirls.net/olpc
All resources are developed with Creative Commons licensing in mind. They are all free to use. Please use and distribute widely. Lessons so far include:
All resources are developed with Creative Commons licensing in mind. They are all free to use. Please use and distribute widely. Lessons so far include:
- Basic Art (13 lessons, all ages)
- Careers (18 lessons, ages 10-14)
- Cholera (6 lessons, ages 8-12)
- HIV/AIDS (7 lessons, ages 5-7, Does not cover sexual transmission)
- Malaria (10 lessons, ages 8-13)
- Math Basics (5 lessons, ages 4-7)
- Music Basics (8 lessons, all ages)
- Music Theory and Notation (9 lessons, all ages)
- Puberty for Girls (8 lessons, girls aged 9-15)
- Sanitation (10 lessons, ages 7-11)
- Various teaching aids for teaching Etoys.
- Etoys lesson "challenges" useful in teaching Etoys.
Technology for Ghana
Katie Henderson, class of 2016, visited three schools in Ghana during the summer of 2015. Check out her blog to learn more.
http://technologyforghana.weebly.com/
View Katie's manual for installing "Internet in a Box".
Katie Henderson, class of 2016, visited three schools in Ghana during the summer of 2015. Check out her blog to learn more.
http://technologyforghana.weebly.com/
View Katie's manual for installing "Internet in a Box".
CSG Partnership with Akili Preparatory School in the Obunga slums of Kenya.
CSG students have an ongoing partnership with Akili Prep School in the slums of Kenya, developing curricula for the students there. Check our blog for updates on details as this project gets underway.
One Dream, One Hundred Laptops - Laptops for Egypt
Sarah Naguib is a CSG graduate, class of 2013. She developed and supports a Laptops for Egypt program in partnership with Hands Along the Nile for the "Abaleen" communities in Egypt. During her junior and senior years at CSG, she raised $30,000 to purchase 100 laptops to send to two schools in Egypt. Check out her blog to learn more:
http://laptopsforegypt.wordpress.com
Sarah was featured on the local NBC news on September 16th, 2012, and again on December 20, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3UV1gY6BtI&feature=plcp
On October 3rd, Sarah gave a presentation at a TEDx Youth conference here in Columbus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EUq0VJb1_c&feature=plcp
On November 13th, Sarah was profiled in "Go Girl Magazine."
http://www.travelgogirl.com/2012/11/12/woman-to-watch-sarah-naguib-the-17-year-old-founder-of-laptops-for-egypt/
http://laptopsforegypt.wordpress.com
Sarah was featured on the local NBC news on September 16th, 2012, and again on December 20, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3UV1gY6BtI&feature=plcp
On October 3rd, Sarah gave a presentation at a TEDx Youth conference here in Columbus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EUq0VJb1_c&feature=plcp
On November 13th, Sarah was profiled in "Go Girl Magazine."
http://www.travelgogirl.com/2012/11/12/woman-to-watch-sarah-naguib-the-17-year-old-founder-of-laptops-for-egypt/
CSG After Hours Program
For two years now, older CSG students teach elementary school students how to use Etoys and the XO in a weekly after hours program. This is the first time that CSG has had students teaching students. Teaching is an option for those high school girls who have already completed one year of the coursework.