[Localization] Euro contributions Re: More translations needed?

[Yama Ploskonka]

I agree teacher co-participation is vital for something this complex.

However, the whole raison d'être of the project is to develop tools that 
help teachers reach where otherwise they can't.   I guess we agree on 
all that, the detail being in the "what" we give the teachers and kids 
to use.

My concept/idea/wish is that as we develop tools for children and 
teachers to write and blog, we also need to help them learn how to write 
well.  OLPC so far has none of that, and my personal experience is that 
many teachers could find help in that field useful.

I hope these details help see where I am aiming for.  In any case, this 
is something that cannot be top priority, but could keep helpers in 
Europe happily producing something important and useful, of course 
unless there is a greater need they can be effective on.

Localization is going to be a big issue in any case.  I was rather 
concerned when seeing the IADB numbers how little was earmarked for 
content for you guys, and that little got reduced even further in the 
March document.  The only way to bridge this, in my opinion, is to 
involve the community, and for that to develop a more user friendly UI 
for localization than Pootle.  I have no solution really.

I apologize for this thread.  I usually try to stay very practical, and 
my opinions on this one have gone way too far into the realm of dreams 
and wishes. You don't need to respond, I guess we can wait on this, but 
I am most curious on what you mention about OLPC+Mains à la Pâte, that 
sounds like having good potential.  Keep me posted, I'm sure Mike Lee 
<curiouslee at gmail.com> will also want to be on the loop regarding this, 
he has done several little things to take the XO further.

Yama

Bastien wrote:
> Hi Yama,
> Yama Ploskonka <yama at netoso.com> writes:
> 
>> 1.- emphasis in writing skills, rhetoric from the youngest age.  
> 
> I think the key is to rely on teachers first.  
> 
> Whatever the french expertise in teaching the skills you're mentionning
> above can be, I thing priority should be put on letting the XO interact
> with material that the teachers are familiar with, so they can explore
> new ways of making use of it with the XO.  
> 
> Or to put it straight: give time to the local teachers to discover new
> ways of doing things, before you ask someone specific what those ways
> are - put at this point I guess I misunderstood your point :/
> 
>> 2.- teaching of science and technology as an active thing.  
> 
> FWIW, OLPC and the "Main à la pâte" (Hands on) project plan to meet each
> others in the middle of July.  No need to say that I expect *a lot* from
> this meeting, both regarding material and ideas for using them.
> 
> As a sidenote - there will be a specific translation problem: if « La
> main à la pâte » decides it can help OLPC by providing content, how this
> content will be translated (e.g. in Kreyol)?  Using something like
> Pootle or any .po-related solution looks awkward to me...  
> 
> If people have ideas, I'd be glad to hear.
> 
>> "Unesco Manual for the Teaching of Sciences" is the title.
> 
> Is there a scanned pdf version somewhere?  You made me curious!
> 
> Thanks!
>