[Olpc-uk] FW: [IAEP] Introducing kids to Sugar

[Martin Dengler]

If anyone who's interested in the pilot isn't subscribed to IAEP[1],
you're missing out on some very relevant advice (example forwarded
below).

There are a lot of pilot-related resources out there, and I wonder if
there would be enough interest in a "pilot digest" weekly summary of
discussions / web pages / events that might be suitable for teachers /
interested contributors that focused on pilot process or pedagogical,
rather than technical, advice.

In case there is interest I've created a section on the wiki for
pilot-related materials that may be of use to future pilot
participants:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/Pilots/London2009/OLPC_UK/Pilots/Resources

Martin

----- Forwarded message from Caroline Meeks <solutiongrove at gmail.com> -----

Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:30:29 -0400
From: Caroline Meeks <solutiongrove at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [IAEP] Introducing kids to Sugar
To: Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org>
Cc: Simon Schampijer <erikos at fedoraproject.org>,
	IAEP <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>, Francesco Turco <turco at negens.com>,
	Torello Querci <querci at negens.com>

Hi Bernie,

Sorry to be so slow in answering.

I suggest trying to find out some of the things that the teacher and school
are already focusing on and relate your use of Sugar to those.  Often, the
teacher, grade or school will have some area of instruction that they are
trying to improve.

Research shows that schools with instructional coherence perform better then
those with lots of interesting programs that don't fit together.  Sugar can
be used to deepen instruction in almost any area.

So many things are sold to schools as stand alone programs that the teachers
may be initially confused by this approach but, I've found that once they
understand what you are trying to do, they are very interested and
receptive.

Once you find out what the class is already doing, come back to the list and
we can all help you brainstorm some good Sugar activities that will deepen
the student's thinking on the topic.  You don't want to introduce too many
activites at first, but I think you also want teachers to understand that
there are many activities available.

Good luck!
Caroline

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org>wrote:

> There's a possibility for a class of five graders in Florence to pilot
> SoaS next year.
>
> Our friends of OLPC Italia came up with a good question: how would an
> introductory class for Sugar work in practice?  Both teachers and kids
> will be present to learn simultaneously, which makes things more
> interesting.
>
> Who actually went through such experience already?  How was the class
> organized?  What materials were used?  And, more importantly, ware there
> any issues to watch out for?
>
> --
>   // Bernie Innocenti - http://codewiz.org/
>  \X/  Sugar Labs       - http://sugarlabs.org/
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>



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