<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I posted some thoughts on math on the XO, partly in response to </div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite">GDK started to tackle 4th grade math to help get a sense of what<br>materials might map onto a matrix of needs/curriculum points:<br> <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/User:Gdk/4th_Grade_Maths">http://sugarlabs.org/go/User:Gdk/4th_Grade_Maths</a></blockquote><div><br></div>My comments are at </div><div><a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/User:Saddingt">http://sugarlabs.org/go/User:Saddingt</a></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><br><div><div>On Feb 21, 2009, at 9:00 AM, <a href="mailto:library-request@lists.laptop.org">library-request@lists.laptop.org</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Send Library mailing list submissions to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:library@lists.laptop.org">library@lists.laptop.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>library-request@lists.laptop.org<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>library-owner@lists.laptop.org<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Library digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Thoughts on Math and Reading (Samuel Klein)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:12:16 -0500<br>From: Samuel Klein <sj@laptop.org><br>Subject: [OLPC library] Thoughts on Math and Reading<br>To: Educators and OLPC <educators@lists.laptop.org>,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Christine Capota<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><cac400@mail.harvard.edu>, <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jennifer Groff <jsg943@mail.harvard.edu>,<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Chris Ball <cjb@laptop.org><br>Cc: OLPC Library list <library@lists.laptop.org><br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><5396c0d10902201512p2f3a1a4av1f407e1ece82b482@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>GDK started to tackle 4th grade math to help get a sense of what<br>materials might map onto a matrix of needs/curriculum points:<br> http://sugarlabs.org/go/User:Gdk/4th_Grade_Maths<br><br>Others are working on tools for learning to read, from A-B-C<br>collections to better bookreaders to XO-friendly book versions in<br>html. What reading tools do people use in the classroom? what online<br>readers?<br><br>Have people used audiobooks in their reading courses? I'm thinking in<br>particular of librivox works, and feedback for them on what othre<br>kinds of works would be of interest.<br><br>--SJ<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Library mailing list<br>Library@lists.laptop.org<br>http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library<br><br><br>End of Library Digest, Vol 23, Issue 8<br>**************************************<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Susan Addington</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:saddingt@csusb.edu">saddingt@csusb.edu</a> OR <a href="mailto:susan.addington@earthlink.net">susan.addington@earthlink.net</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Math Department, California State University, San Bernardino</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">cell: 909-496-7409</p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>