Hi Caroline, Christian, & list:<div><br></div><div>I'm Frederick Grose (FGrose), a facilitator for the OLPC Rochester, NY grassroots group [1] and the RIT Honors Seminar, Developing for the OLPC XO, [2] which has adopted <i>some portion</i> of the 4th-Grade Math project. [3]</div>
<div><br></div><div>This mailing list and project has attracted good attention, and so, the desires for many, yet-to-be-fulfilled needs are converging here.</div><div><br></div><div>Some background on its short history is available here. [4]</div>
<div><br></div><div>The RIT Honors Seminar held its introductory session on Friday 13 March 2009, [5] and will be a learning space for a number of goals described by Professor Stephen Jacobs here. [6, 7] Community involvement is one of those goals, so we will work to integrate those willing to mentor students in the seminar. There is lots of potential for spawning learning collaborations.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Professor Eric Grace is a New York State USA certified K-12 educator, and will provide direct guidance to the seminar on teaching & learning issues, but needn't work alone, for certainly, additional educator engagement is a primary goal of the Sugar Labs Education Team. [8] One might consider the 4th-Grade Math project a practical, distributed effort at advancing the overarching educational goals.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Others should add to the list of goals, and we all should consider ways to effectively collaborate on the needs.</div><div><br></div><div>Those who are eager to start coding, or designing, or documenting, or ... may read the list archive, [9] for ideas, and ping others for specifics, or just begin, and share their efforts to attract collaborators.</div>
<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Greg Dekoenigsberg and Karlie Robinson are Fedora Ambassadors and are founders and leading diplomats for the 4th Grade Math project. The Ambassadors are custodians of the</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">OLPC North American Developers Program for 6 months. [10] Karlie's presence in Rochester has been catalytic for the effort.</span></div>
<div><br></div><div>Thank you for your interest and contributions! May the collaborations grow and deepen!</div><div><br></div><div> --Fred</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rochester,_NY">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rochester,_NY</a></div>
<div>[2] <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/RIT_honors_seminar,_developing_for_the_OLPC_XO">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/RIT_honors_seminar,_developing_for_the_OLPC_XO</a></div><div>[3] <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/Math4">http://sugarlabs.org/go/Math4</a></div>
<div>[4] <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/Math4/RIT">http://sugarlabs.org/go/Math4/RIT</a></div><div>[5] <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/RIT_honors_seminar,_developing_for_the_OLPC_XO/13_March_2009">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/RIT_honors_seminar,_developing_for_the_OLPC_XO/13_March_2009</a></div>
<div>[6] <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/fourthgrademath/2009-March/000023.html">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/fourthgrademath/2009-March/000023.html</a></div><div>[7] <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/fourthgrademath/2009-March/000058.html">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/fourthgrademath/2009-March/000058.html</a></div>
<div>[8] <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team">http://sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team</a></div><div>[9] <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/fourthgrademath/">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/fourthgrademath/</a></div>
<div>[10] <a href="https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2009-February/msg00033.html">https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2009-February/msg00033.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Caroline Meeks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:06:13 -0600<br>
From: Christian Horne <<a href="mailto:blendmaster1024@gmail.com" target="_blank">blendmaster1024@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: [math4] so... is there coding to do yet, or not??<br>
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I just sent out an email announcing that I have joined, and asked what<br>
coding there is to be done. you gave a few responses, but they all ignored<br>
coding. so, I ask again, with more emphasis:<br>
what am I supposed to code??<br></blockquote><div><br><br>Hi,<br><br>What is the organization of this team? Is there a leader or leaders? Is there anyone on the team who is looking into the research on pedagogy and about what work and what doesn't for Math instruction? Would you like me to see if I could recruit someone for that role?<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Caroline.<br></div></div><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br>
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