Timothy, et al; Hooray!<br><br>I will be showing these off.<br><br>Seth<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Edward Cherlin <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:46 AM, Timothy Falconer <<a href="mailto:timothy@immuexa.com">timothy@immuexa.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi everyone,<br>
><br>
> Waveplace has finished its beta "Squeaky Tales" courseware ... 30 lessons<br>
> (with videos) that teach how to teach Etoys on the XO. To see examples, or<br>
> to become a beta tester, visit:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://waveplace.com/resources/tutorials/" target="_blank">http://waveplace.com/resources/tutorials/</a><br>
<br>
</div>Thanks. I put this on the Teacher Training page on the Sugar Labs Wiki.<br>
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> We took everything we learned in our first pilot (in the Virgin Islands) and<br>
> started completely over. The pacing is much better, as is the storytelling<br>
> component, which was crucial in St John. We're using the beta courseware in<br>
> our three pilots this summer, and will then start completely over and make a<br>
> physical textbook and DVD series (in English, Spanish, and French). All<br>
> will be sold at cost for physical materials. (We're a non-profit.)<br>
><br>
> In other news, we held our first intensive teacher workshop last week in<br>
> Immokalee, Florida. The teachers are very enthusiastic. For the next two<br>
> months, they'll be using the courseware to teach 42 children, each of whom<br>
> received their very own XO last week. Larry Abramson from NPR spent a day<br>
> with us, listening as we taught the teachers and later the children.<br>
><br>
> Lastly, we've just finished prep work for our 4th pilot ... this time on the<br>
> Pacific coast of Nicaragua in a school that currently has no electricity.<br>
> If all goes well, we'll be starting that pilot in mid-July. When this<br>
> pilot finishs, Waveplace will have given both XOs and training to more than<br>
> 100 children and 20 teachers.<br>
><br>
> For more on the Immokalee and Nicaragua pilots, or to hear about our Haiti<br>
> pilot, read the current issue of our newsletter:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://waveplace.com/news/newsletter/web.jsp?id=7" target="_blank">http://waveplace.com/news/newsletter/web.jsp?id=7</a><br>
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> Take care,<br>
> Tim<br>
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