BOSCO in ten minutes
An overview of the BOSCO-Uganda project, from background on Northern Uganda through benefits to users.
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Tom Loughran
- Male
- Granger, IN
- United States
Tom Loughran's Groups
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BOSCO Collaborative Proj…
5 members
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Upper Grades
58 members
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Researchers for Web 2.0
21 members
Tom Loughran's Page
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"Robin, Julie, when you do that skype call, I'd love to join you, if possible. It would be great to meet you, at least in audio, Julie:)"
"Nor could I embed a video on this page, but I could upload one to the ning and link to it here: BOSCO in ten minutes."
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"Thanks for getting this started, Robin! We've got a lot to do:)"
BOSCO Collaborative Project, Uganda-US
This project connects students to schools in Gulu Province, Northern Uganda. Its purpose to connect students from all over the world to students in schools that are part of the BOSCO network.
Profile Information
- Name:
- Tom Loughran
- About Me:
- I am a special professional faculty member in the Physics Department at the University of Notre Dame, where I work as I2U2 Education Program Leader (i2u2.org).
- Interest in Flat Classrooms
- I am all about uniting communities using web 2.0 collaboration technologies. On the science education side, I teach a science research class at Saint Joseph's High School in South Bend, IN, I also work with BOSCO (bosco-uganda.org) to bring collaboration technologies to Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda. I uses wikis extensively in both efforts. (See sjhsrc.wikispaces.com, and bosco-uganda.wikispaces.com).
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 5:43pm on September 13, 2008,
Betty Tonsing said… - Tom.....go to my page and take a look in the comments that have been going back and forth between me and a teacher in Qatar. She is looking to connect with working in the high school arena. Thought you would be interested.
Betty
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