Hi Sandra and The Curriculum Team,<br><br>I wonder if we should set up a separate mailing list for the curriculum work.<br><br>I've talked to a "Tech-Savvy Teacher" she says:<br><br>Here are some programs that I know of<br>
<br>
* <a href="http://mouse.org/" target="_blank">http://mouse.org/</a><br>
* <a href="http://techyes.org/programs/techyes/" target="_blank">http://techyes.org/programs/techyes/</a><br>
* <a href="http://www.fbla-pbl.org/" target="_blank">http://www.fbla-pbl.org/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
At my school, we have added a stipulation to the <a href="http://techyes.org/" target="_blank">techyes.org</a> model<br>
that the two projects need to be service projects, not just "tech<br>
projects".<br>
<br>
I agree about the bridging gender gap. It's the entry points for many<br>
females into technology.<br>
<br>Lucie deLaBruere<br>
<a href="http://www.learningwithlucie.com/" target="_blank">www.LearningWithLucie.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.infinitethinking.org/" target="_blank">www.InfiniteThinking.org</a><br>
<br>
<a href="http://twitter.com/techsavvygirl" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/techsavvygirl</a><br><br>Does the Olin team have cycles to devote right now?<br><br>Here are some suggestions for what we could do next.<br><br>
<ol><li>Review the programs she has pointed us to looking for the following</li><ol><li>Could we partner with these people? Partnering helps with publicity and potentially content</li><li>What can we learn from this site? Is there model curriculum we could use as a starting place?</li>
<li>Is there content here that we want to include in our curriculum</li></ol><li>Brainstorm Learning Objectives <br></li><li>Logistics</li><ol><li>How will kids get Sugar</li><li>How will they know what needs testing?</li>
<li>Where and how will they report bugs?</li><li>How will they follow up and retest when bugs are fixed?<br></li></ol></ol><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Sandra Lam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Sandra.Lam@students.olin.edu">Sandra.Lam@students.olin.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US">
<div>
<p>Hello!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>An Olin OLPC team would like to be the <b>Curriculum</b> team
for OLPC. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>We plan on visiting schools that use the XOs once a week for
about an hour to see what kind of activities the children like to do with the
XOs, and which ones they can learn from. From this we would like to
integrate the XO with the material they are learning in school to create activities
the teachers can use in school. This way the XO can be used to facilitate
the learning of all different subjects in school. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>If you have any questions/concerns, feel free to contact me
(Sandra Lam). Thanks!</p>
<p> </p><font color="#888888">
<p>Sandra Lam</p>
</font></div>
</div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
OLPC_Boston mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:OLPC_Boston@lists.laptop.org">OLPC_Boston@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc_boston" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc_boston</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br>