[Olpc-uk] Facilitating teaching with Sugar (was: Re: [support-gang] LinuxTag & all are great, but WHERE are the teachers :-))

[Martin Dengler]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:22:12PM -0400, Caroline Meeks wrote:
> Hi Martin,
> 
> Thanks for that list of videos. They will be useful for the class we are
> doing at FOSSED this week.
> http://docs.google.com/View?id=dddknwgs_439dmckm3dn

That is a great link.  I'm cc'ing OLPC UK because I think we should
get some people together and try to get through it.

> I don't know think we yet know what will motivate interest, adoption and
> community participation by developed world teachers.  I think as week meet
> them and show them Sugar we should observe how they respond and what
> interests them.

Very interested in your experiences.  We will be meeting some teachers
on June 30th, so can get some feedback.

> In the US and UK we would not be replacing textbooks with Sugar
> activities in the short term. Sugar will be supplemental material,
> so I don't know if the divisiveness of curriculum selection will be
> a problem for us. My sense is that teachers and schools need to
> start with just a couple of apps that can be used to support their
> existing programs and instructional goals. Then as they move up the
> learning curve they will find additional apps and uses.

Interesting and resonant point.

> I think the most accessible concepts are.
> 
>    1. Using Write for peer editing
>    2. Creating memorize games for drill
> 
> I feel like there ought to be a really good demo of social calc that math
> teachers will love, but I don't know either the math teaching theory or the
> Social Calc activity well enough to do it yet.
> 
> I also think that info slicer may be compelling, especially at schools
> without excellent internet, but again I don't know how to use it well enough
> to demo it effectively.
> 
> So I think that is 2 request for videos: Social Calc and Info
> Slicer!

Well since we don't have a Write video, that's three requests, right?

> thanks,
> Caroline

Martin
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