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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" color="#000000">HI Seth </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">as for projects, they'll be toward the end of the semester, I like the health options, a few quick questions:
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">What I really like about the idea is that </font>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">are the sensors cheap?? could we make our own?? </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">Half of my students have taken grade 11 computer programming already (I teach JAVA) a few have already taken the grade 12 computer programming (more JAVA) I have no problem with using Python, neither will my students, as long
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">The scope of the course I'm running at the moment is that there should ideally be some interfacing, the sensors idea is great, particulalrly if we make our own. other options that work would be setting up and configuring
network services, e.g. SKYPE - I had an XO in a voice call with my desktop a week or so ago when I was trying them out.
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">Ideally I'd like to prepare a list of possible projects over March Break (next week) then have my students research say, 3 of them and 'put in a bid' I have five XO's so I figure 5 student projects with XO's, the other projects
could based around some traditional projects such as traffic light simulator using the parrallel port on an old machine. I have a few other 'extra donated machines' that could be used for students to set up and configure a LINUX based network for a specific
purpose, I'm on the hunt for a local not for profit group who might actually want us to do a job, this could be a project for several students.
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">You mention a few 'pet projects' I'd be very interested in hearing more (as would my students)
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">Thanks again for your interest</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">Mick </font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Mick Saunders</font></div>
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<div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Moira Secondary School </font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Belleville</font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> seth.woodworth@gmail.com [seth.woodworth@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Seth Woodworth [seth@isforinsects.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> March 1, 2008 5:53 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Educators] Canadian connection<br>
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<div>Hey Mick,<br>
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What's the news with your HS class? What did you end up working on? <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Health" target="_blank">
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Health</a> has a lot of juicy projects going on that could use some work. I also have a few pet projects I would love to see someone touch on.<br>
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What experience do your students have? Do they know Python? Are they looking for a software/hardware project or a content project, or both?<br>
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Any way you like it, if you still would like some help finding a project, I'd be happy to find your class a home.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 5, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Michael Saunders <<a href="mailto:msaunders@hpedsb.on.ca">msaunders@hpedsb.on.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">My students are mainly grade 11 & 12, some would benefit from a challenging project, I'd love to see what they could do if they had a REAL challenge</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2"><font face="tahoma">Thanks for your interest </font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Mick Saunders</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Computer Science Teacher</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Moira Secondary School </font></div>
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<div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Belleville, ON, Canada</font></div>
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educators-bounces@lists.laptop.org</a> [<a href="mailto:educators-bounces@lists.laptop.org">educators-bounces@lists.laptop.org</a>] On Behalf Of Seth Woodworth [<a href="mailto:seth@isforinsects.com">seth@isforinsects.com</a>]<br>
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<div>Excellent! What grade are your students in exactly (multiple)?<br>
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I'd love to help your class get involved and contribute. What are people interested in? Right now there are lots of Health projects being started. Which is great because it combines engineering (hardware EKG and blood Oxymeter), software to read it, and
lots of writing and images to teach people about health.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 4, 2008 8:02 PM, Michael Saunders <<a href="mailto:msaunders@hpedsb.on.ca">msaunders@hpedsb.on.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">I teach computer science and computer engineering at Moira Secondary School here in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. As a school we took advantage of the 'give 1 get 1' promotion, in fact we gave 5 and recieved 5. We
are VERY impressed with the technology, my students are VERY motivated by the opportunity to work with an open source project like this. We will use the XO's for developing expertise in Linux, networking, software development, testing and troubleshooting.
What we would also like to do is make global connections with schools in other countries that are using the same technology, maybe we could even collaborate on creating new activities. The learning opportunities are endless.
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><font face="tahoma">Mick Sa</font><font face="Tahoma">unders</font></font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Computer Science Teacher</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Moira Secondary School </font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Belleville</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="2">Ontario</font></div>
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