Hey SJ,<br><br>Just wanted to let you know that we are waiting to hear back from Peter about the date for the 2nd teacher workshop. It will either be this Friday, the 5th, or next Friday, the 12th. We are also scheduling individual meetings with the teachers who will be participating in the pilot before Katelyn and I leave for the holiday (Dec. 17). After speaking with Sandra and the Olin team at the Nov. 16 event at John Harvards, we've worked out a way to join forces in designing the curriculum. They will be helping with the teacher workshops and in working with the teachers. I also hope that we can include Christine and Michelle in this process.<br>
<br>When the IMSA team comes to Boston, we want to have them at CFS for as much time as possible. We still need to discuss specifics with Peter, but I know that there will be a lot for them to work on!<br><br>Mack<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Samuel Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="http://meta.sj">meta.sj</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</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;">
I mentioned this the other night -- I recommend starting something<br>
with the CFS in the next couple of weeks involving brainstorming and<br>
getting their teachers thinking about what they will do next term.<br>
<br>
It sounds like there is momentum from other neighboring communities to<br>
collaborate soon as well!<br>
<br>
SJ<br>
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On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Katelyn Foley <<a href="mailto:kfoley@fas.harvard.edu">kfoley@fas.harvard.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> Hey Mel,<br>
><br>
> Great! Thanks for getting us all in touch. I will talk to Mack and we will<br>
> be sure to respond asap. In the meantime, though, when are the exact dates<br>
> that IMSA will be in Boston?<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Katelyn<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Mel Chua <<a href="mailto:mel@melchua.com">mel@melchua.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi, Mack and Katelyn!<br>
>><br>
>> What's been happening with the CFS pilot lately? The deployment team from<br>
>> IL is gearing up to come, and Yifan Sun, the local coordinator for the IMSA<br>
>> deployment team, is cc'd here - you should sync up with her to make plans<br>
>> for how they'll operate during their time in Boston.<br>
>><br>
>> Ccing the olpc_boston list so that local groups can chime in with<br>
>> ideas/suggestions - feel free to push back, propose, counter-propose, and<br>
>> make suggestions. I'm hoping that by publishing our process and our<br>
>> conversations, we can give other communities a better idea of what goes on<br>
>> behind the scenes of getting a deployment to go.<br>
>><br>
>> Services the deployment team plans on setting up when they arrive:<br>
>> a: XS (school server)<br>
>> b: teacher support (being there in the classrooms for the first week,<br>
>> full-time, to help as needed)<br>
>> c: community talks (FAQ seminars for parents, etc.)<br>
>> d: general wiring/networking<br>
>><br>
>> (b and c will have to be heavily coordinated with the CFS Harvard loop<br>
>> team.)<br>
>><br>
>> Some questions from Yifan:<br>
>><br>
>> How many teachers would we be working with? Do we have specific people at<br>
>> cfs who we might coordinate with or who has given us a list of things he/she<br>
>> wants done?<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks - looking forward to this!<br>
>><br>
>> -Mel<br>
>><br>
><br>
><br>
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