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A Global Village
Vision, objectives and goals:
The Microtuteur project: The idea: It's a role-game, interactive of course, which itself is based on a
fiction video interpreted by some actors - or directed in 2D or 3D computer, according to the budget -
seen only on the Internet, and which tries the incredible wager to initiate the schoolboy with network and
practice of computer through this software package exceptional that be Gingo, The tree of kNowledge,
settling by Michel Authier and Pierre Lévy under the impulse of Michel Serres a few years ago.. This
software is based on the following postulate: " Nobody kNows everything. Everyone kNows something "
The children drop patents in a tree, Gingo, whose symbolic system is very strong. These patents
correspond so that the children learn about the daily life (the recipe of a chocolate cake, programming of
the family video tape recorder, specialshooting in soccer, or rule of multiplication, therefore some
kNowledge is Not inevitably scholar). The child himself « appropriate » (significant word) the possibility to
revalue himself, to learn to locate, and consequently, take charge of himself through the discovery
of their personal competence.
How ICT contributes to the organisational objectives:
First objective: To take part in this game, children have to accept to be softly tested. Those tests must
enable us to evaluate the level of the child carefully and to detect those who have difficulties regarding illiteracy. These tests consist to approach practice of Gingo, to answer a questionnaire
developed by the author and leading to an approach of virtual trades, ... and some more. The last test
is based upon solidarity. One commits oneself helping a buddy - with the recreation, at his home, in
the street, while in the same time, why Not, the children adapt the practice of the computer, multimedia
and Internet.
Second objective. Solidarity. To put in contact the various " communities " of children
to avoid any ghettoisation of the system. We don't realize for handicapped young people,
deaf, blind or disfavorized children, we realize for everyone. Included, these are working assiduously at
school and everyone participates. The project is also based on local associations invited to initiate with
multimedia the children Not having hardware at home.
Third objective: To set up through these
exchanges some solid references (right families) being able to represent a solution with the problems of
incivilities. It seems to us that battle against violence will be also won at home, without having to
replace the work of the teachers - " education begins at home".
User needs:
My name is Gary Prieur-Généreux. I am 52 years old. Journalist of profession, I am also
president-founder of Tutorat Plus, school association of distance learning per telephone and daily
social reference mark for the schoolboys of disfavorized environment
Summary:
This system, obviously free, would be online at disposal of schoolboys (age 10 to 13) on the Internet,
starting from the experience accumulated for these six learning phone distance years and is based
mainly on the humanistic resources of the software package Gingo, tree of kNowledge.
KNowledge Tree (L'Arbre de Connaissances)
The tool which we will describe here is the software package "Gingo", developed in France by Michel Authier and Pierre Levy, authors of the book "Les Arbres de Connaissances" following french philosopher Michel Serres' initiative.
The package can be seen as a unique tool which is being increasingly applied in France and gradually also in other countries. The philosophy and opportunities for use behind the package support second generation competency thinking as formulated above.
The fruits of the tree of kNowledge
The software package Gingo can best be understood as a type of spreadsheet in which the cells are filled Not with numbers but with sets of qualitative information. As with other data sorting and storage systems, the input data is processed and presented in such a way as to make it available for answering questions. In this case, that is a tree structure with a trunk, branches and leaves. Such a 'kNowledge tree' then represents the collective kNowledge and skills of a group of people.
If we click on a box in the tree, we get an overview of all the members of the community who lay claim to a certain competency. If we request the competencies that worker X has at his/her disposal, then a number of boxes in the tree light up and we can see at a glance in what locations the worker in question is represented. If we want to kNow whether the group is relatively strong or weak in a certain competency, then we can compare this kNowledge tree with the trees of comparable groups. If we have a tree available to us that contains the 'desired'.
Competency profile, then we can contrast it to the actual divisions and, for example, bring hiring and development policies in line. Having such an overview available creates exciting new opportunities for answering questions, making choices, and planning action in the area of KNowledge Management and Human Talent Development.
I n making a kNowledge tree. we begin with the naming of a competency and the formulation of a description. Then the request is made to describe a test which can determine who may lay claim to such a competency and who may Not. If I perform this test for myself and my own competencies, then my personal kNowledge tree appears on the screen. If we perform the test for a group then a set of competencies for the community is built. Competencies appear in the trunk, branches or leaves depending on what characteristic is given to competency. If it is more generic and basic, then it is stored in the trunk. If it is more unique, sophisticated or professional, then it is stored in the leaves.
When al I the information has been input, the fruits of our efforts consist of three overviews that we can call up on the screen :
a) Badges separate competencies with definitions, descriptions and tests.
b) A blazon (portfolio), a list of the competencies belonging to one person.
c) A kNowledge tree that gives an overview of the competencies of a unit or group.
For members of all four categories, a good overview of the field is important in enabling them to carry out (heir tasks. Without being exhaustive, we will give for each category an example of how kNowledge trees could be applied.
Competition year:
2000