[OLPC_Boston] Fwd: Another eToys Training

Caroline Meeks caroline at solutiongrove.com
Fri Feb 18 19:15:03 EST 2011


We reworked the Lesson 1 Curriculum and we need to do another test run.
 Anyone interested next week?  there is a doodle poll

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From: Derek Redfern <redfern.derek at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:11 PM
Subject: Fwd: Another eToys Training
To: Caroline Meeks <caroline at solutiongrove.com>





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*From:* Derek Redfern <redfern.derek at gmail.com>
*Date:* February 18, 2011 12:15:07 EST
*To:* <sprout-discuss at googlegroups.com>sprout-discuss at googlegroups.com
*Subject:* *Another eToys Training*

Thanks to those of you who responded to my last announcement about the eToys
training class! We'll be holding another class for anyone who's still
interested but couldn't make the first one. The updated info is below.

Wanted:

Anyone interested in educational technology!

What: A class to help you learn how to teach kids and adults to use eToys!

eToys is a childrens’ programming environment used extensively around the
world. It’s a multifaceted piece of software that can be used to teach the
basics of programming, animation, logic, and much, much, more! eToys
curricula exist for virtually every subject in education - math, science,
history, language arts - you name it!

I'm working on a project with Caroline Meeks at the Haitian Coalitian and
the Clarendon Hill Apartments housing project in Somerville. We need your
help to run eToys training courses for the residents of CHA! Classes will be
running for both kids and adults.

Teach Kids in Somerville: Our goal is to run our own eToys classes for
children here in Somerville at the Clarendon Hill Apartments. We want to run
an eToys course on storytelling that will use a similar curriculum to that
being taught in Haiti.

Teach volunteers who will be going to Haiti: We would also like to run a
series of classes for those interested in traveling to Haiti to enrich
childrens’ education - namely adults at CHA and local high school
students. Your
help is needed to run these "train the trainer" sessions!

Create Curriculum for Haiti: There are a good number of curriculum units
available and being used in Haiti with eToys, but the need is extensive!
 Curriculum needs to be written, turned into interactive eToys projects, and
translated into Haitian Creole. We would like your help to provide free
educational materials for children in Haiti.  All content will be under open
license and will also be available for use in other countries, and of course
here too in Somerville!

What this class will do for you: You'll get to learn how to use basic eToys
functions, from creating sketches to animating them by using scripts. You
can even create your own games - eToys is LOTS of fun! You will also learn
more about education work in Haiti through organizations like Waveplace and
the local Haitian Coalition.

When and Where? Soon and in Somerville! We will be working with interested
people to figure that out. Please contact me at <redfern.derek at gmail.com>
redfern.derek at gmail.com or Caroline at <caroline at solutiongrove.com>
caroline at solutiongrove.com if you're interested. Or, you can help us decide
when to hold the training. Go to tinyurl.com/etoys-training to mark when
you’re free on our Doodle poll!

Thanks for your help!

Derek Redfern




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Caroline Meeks
Solution Grove
Caroline at SolutionGrove.com

617-500-3488 - Office
505-213-3268 - Fax
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