[OLPC library] Thoughts on Math

[Susan Addington]

I posted some thoughts on math on the XO, partly in response to

> GDK started to tackle 4th grade math to help get a sense of what
> materials might map onto a matrix of needs/curriculum points:
>   http://sugarlabs.org/go/User:Gdk/4th_Grade_Maths

My comments are at
http://sugarlabs.org/go/User:Saddingt

My main point is that spreadsheets are an extremely useful tool for  
teaching/learning mathematics, and that there IS a spreadsheet for the  
XO: SocialCalc. I will try to find the time to post some curriculum.

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> GDK started to tackle 4th grade math to help get a sense of what
> materials might map onto a matrix of needs/curriculum points:
>   http://sugarlabs.org/go/User:Gdk/4th_Grade_Maths
>
> Others are working on tools for learning to read, from A-B-C
> collections to better bookreaders to XO-friendly book versions in
> html.  What reading tools do people use in the classroom?  what online
> readers?
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> Have people used audiobooks in their reading courses?  I'm thinking in
> particular of librivox works, and feedback for them on what othre
> kinds of works would be of interest.
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> --SJ
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Susan Addington
saddingt at csusb.edu OR susan.addington at earthlink.net
Math Department, California State University, San Bernardino
cell: 909-496-7409




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