[OLPC_Boston] Fwd: Re: [IAEP] Introducing kids to Sugar

[Katelyn Foley]

Hi Bernie and Boston,

We just finished a pilot program at the Cambridge Friends School that ran
from March to May (teacher training began in October). In the fall, we will
continue going to CFS to fine tune the XO's role in the classroom. I have
attached some sample lesson plans that we used as well as our final report.
The final report was completed as part of an independent study at the
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

These documents will be posted on our blog along with video clips after it
is up and running later in the summer. We'll email you all to let you know
when the website and blog are complete. Please let us know if you have
questions or comments.

Hope this helps!

Katelyn and MacKenzie


On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:

> Mel Chua tells me that some people on this list just went through this
> experience with 6th graders.
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> Would someone want to give their tips and maybe propose a curriculum?
>
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Introducing kids to Sugar
> Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:05:06 +0200
> From: Marten Vijn <info at martenvijn.nl>
> To: Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org>
> CC: IAEP <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>,        Simon Schampijer
> <erikos at fedoraproject.org>,        Francesco Turco <turco at negens.com>,
> Torello Querci <querci at negens.com>
>
> On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 16:28 +0200, Bernie Innocenti 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?
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> 1. Outside a class a introduced XO's a group of 6 kids. I used a
> freeform (no structure). Kids when to youtube and hyves and both sites
> did not work. Kids got frustrated of the XO's slowness.
>
> 2. I an class with only one XO we told the teacher let kids play as a
> bonus and ask afterward what they discovered. Here the kid like the XO a
> lot.
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> My recommondation would are:
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> guide form:
> - no internet first time
> - make groups with tasks
> - let childeren tell their experiance
> - Let the teacher not to be in charge off the class (take over control)
> - short time (one hour max)
> - make clear choise what to discover,
> - have goals per session (measuring succes)
>
> or if use free form:
> - no internet
> - limited time
> - no questions for teacher or guiders.
> - no active interventions,
> - no active observation, (do sometime else).
> - afterwards let kids tell
>  - what not worked
>  - what worked
>
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> 2ct,
> Marten
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