[Grassroots-l] new Etoys courseware, new pilots in Florida and Nicaragua

Seth Woodworth seth at isforinsects.com
Fri Jun 20 12:37:30 EDT 2008


Timothy, et al; Hooray!

I will be showing these off.

Seth

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:46 AM, Timothy Falconer <timothy at immuexa.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Waveplace has finished its beta "Squeaky Tales" courseware ... 30 lessons
> > (with videos) that teach how to teach Etoys on the XO.   To see examples,
> or
> > to become a beta tester, visit:
> >
> > http://waveplace.com/resources/tutorials/
>
> Thanks. I put this on the Teacher Training page on the Sugar Labs Wiki.
>
> > We took everything we learned in our first pilot (in the Virgin Islands)
> and
> > started completely over.  The pacing is much better, as is the
> storytelling
> > component, which was crucial in St John.  We're using the beta courseware
> in
> > our three pilots this summer, and will then start completely over and
> make a
> > physical textbook and DVD series (in English, Spanish, and French).  All
> > will be sold at cost for physical materials.  (We're a non-profit.)
> >
> > In other news, we held our first intensive teacher workshop last week in
> > Immokalee, Florida.  The teachers are very enthusiastic.   For the next
> two
> > months, they'll be using the courseware to teach 42 children, each of
> whom
> > received their very own XO last week.  Larry Abramson from NPR spent a
> day
> > with us, listening as we taught the teachers and later the children.
> >
> > Lastly, we've just finished prep work for our 4th pilot ... this time on
> the
> > Pacific coast of Nicaragua in a school that currently has no electricity.
> >  If all goes well, we'll be starting that pilot in mid-July.   When this
> > pilot finishs, Waveplace will have given both XOs and training to more
> than
> > 100 children and 20 teachers.
> >
> > For more on the Immokalee and Nicaragua pilots, or to hear about our
> Haiti
> > pilot, read the current issue of our newsletter:
> >
> > http://waveplace.com/news/newsletter/web.jsp?id=7
> >
> > You can also subscribe to it by visiting:
> >
> > http://waveplace.com/subscribe/
> >
> > Take care,
> > Tim
> > --
> > Timothy Falconer
> > http://bigfractaltangle.com
> > 610-393-1889 mobile
> > Immuexa Corporation
> > http://immuexa.com
> > 610-797-3100
> >
> >
> >
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