[math4] RIT and the Fedora Developers XO Program

[Karlie Robinson]

I know Brian Powell is working on a similar project at UBuffalo. 

My hope is once we have a working example it will be easier to tap the 
collegiate resources. 

~K

Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Steve Buck wrote:
>
>   
>> Is this something that we may want to get going at other uni's?  My
>> brother is a professor in the UMASS system.  I could see if there is an
>> interested at his school.
>>     
>
> I'd love to see professors picking up on this.  It dovetails with another 
> theme I'm pushing in a more professional capacity: getting professors 
> involved directly in open source projects.
>
>   
>> Also are we looking for teachers to be involved from a non-technical
>> perspective?
>>     
>
> Absolutely.  The sooner the better.  Frankly, I think this has been a 
> weakness of both Sugar Labs and OLPC since the very beginning.  An 
> understandable one: it's harder to engage teachers.  But it's absolutely 
> necessary when you're connecting activities directly to curriculum.
>
> In this case, obviously, we're looking for fourth grade math teachers.  :)
>
>   
>> I'm sorry if these questions have been hashed out already, I'm still new
>> here.
>>     
>
> No worries.  Everybody is new here.
>
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