[IAEP] Textbooks

[Edward Cherlin]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Caroline Meeks
<caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
>
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> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Pia Waugh <greebo at pipka.org> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > <quote who="Edward Cherlin">
>> >
>> >> The basic idea is to integrate Sugar software into lessons wherever
>> >> appropriate, and then integrate the textbooks into a new curriculum,
>> >> based on the much younger ages at which we will be able to teach
>> >> powerful ideas. This is not the programmed learning approach of much
>> >> Computer-Aided Instruction.
>> >
>> > Could I suggest that it might be worthwhile as part of this project to
>> > consider eLearning systems like Moodle, where you could create lesson
>> > plans
>> > that teachers could use, share, localise and create. It is easier to
>> > deploy
>> > new lessons and also track the children's progress with a centralised
>> > eLearning system like Moodle. Just a thought. It also helps them
>> > integrate
>> > into the classroom.
>>
>> Yes, Moodle will be part of the OLPC School Server, so we will
>> naturally make full use of it.
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> you are welcome to use schools.sugarlabs.org, SugarLab's Moodle install.

Thank you. I will pass that on and have some of our people create
accounts there.

>> > Cheers,
>> > Pia
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