[IAEP] Service-Learning Curriculum around Sugar Testing

[Caroline Meeks]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:38 AM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Caroline Meeks
> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
> > Hi Edward,
> >
> > Ah thank you for asking, I think a translation is in order.  Lesson plans
> on
> > the web are just text documents.  There are unknown gazzilions of Lesson
> > Plans on the web.  Here are some examples of Service Learning Lesson
> Plans
> > thanks to Google.
> >
> > http://bostonteachnet.org/chang_feeney_wong/sigproj.htm
> > http://bostonteachnet.org/bwm/mccullough/sigproj.htm
> > http://www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit242/lesson1.html
> > http://www.fsu.edu/~flserve/sl/standards.html<http://www.fsu.edu/%7Eflserve/sl/standards.html> - At the bottom of the page
> > you can download lesson plans.
>
> None of these lesson plans take advantage of our software. We know
> that what we can do now is radically different from what we could do
> before.


Right, these are examples of lesson plans. The goal is to write something
similar aimed at high school students who want to learn about OLPC and Sugar
and want to help test Sugar.

>
>
> It's like the difference between filming a play with one unmoving
> camera, vs. the techniques of pan, zoom, dolly, cuts, wipes, fades,
> dissolves, special effects, and much more, except more so.
>
> > It still a lot to get done in time for  G1G1 but it does not require any
> new
> > software to be written.
>
> I will be giving a talk on the possibilities for new textbooks at
> XOcamp in three weeks. I'll see about sharing a video. In the mean
> time, see Alan Kay's video from the Country Workshop at OLPC.
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Presentations/May_2008_Country_Workshop
>
> 5:00    Beyond the Printing Press: Computers as Learning Environments
> for All Children


This is great!

I think I am in total agreement with you.  I'm in no way saying that these
old fashioned lesson plans are anything like the kind of experiences that we
want students to have on the XO.

My posting on this thread is very tactical, about something which we could
do in the next month or so if we had the right volunteer, that would advance
Sugar and perhaps G1G1 sales this winter.

Right now I don't have a volunteer to help write the lesson plans so I don't
know that its going to happen. If anyone knows a teacher who would like to
help please let me know.

Thanks,



>
>
> Alan Kay, President, Viewpoints Research Institute, Inc.
>
>
> http://download.laptop.org/content/conf/20080520-country-wkshp/Video/2008-05-20/13-Beyond-Printing%20(medium).ogg<http://download.laptop.org/content/conf/20080520-country-wkshp/Video/2008-05-20/13-Beyond-Printing%20%28medium%29.ogg>
>
> > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm not clear on what software we could have ready in time, beyond the
> >> last release. G1G1 starts in three weeks.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Marco Pesenti Gritti
> >> <mpgritti at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Caroline Meeks
> >> > <caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm going to do a bit of preaching to the choir but I thought it was
> >> >> worth
> >> >> sharing my thoughts to see if everyone is on the same page and to see
> >> >> if
> >> >> anyone has anything to add.
> >> >>
> >> >> Why Now?
> >> >>
> >> >> If we can get some activities ready in time for G1G1 then we could
> end
> >> >> up
> >> >> with some synergy on the marketing.  Teachers could use it as a way
> to
> >> >> encourage students to ask for it for Christmas, and our tester
> >> >> recruiting
> >> >> program could get a bunch of publicity.
> >> >>
> >> >> Why is it important?
> >> >>
> >> >> -For Sugar
> >> >>
> >> >> Growth in adoption will mean more activities which means we need more
> >> >> testing.
> >> >> Teachers are a key factor in getting adopted in the developed world,
> >> >> the
> >> >> success of Moodle shows us that, this is a way to reach teachers
> >> >> We can explicitly put in the curriculum a suggestion for students to
> >> >> show
> >> >> Sugar to one of their old elementary school teachers.
> >> >> Some high school kids are very good programmers, this could
> potentially
> >> >> be
> >> >> an avenue for programmer recruitment.
> >> >> Some geeky high school kids have parents who are very good
> programmers,
> >> >> this
> >> >> could be another avenue for programmer recruitment
> >> >> In developing the curriculum we will hopefully find other high
> quality
> >> >> curriculum that we can reuse.  This is an opportunity to find
> partners
> >> >> that
> >> >> can help in marketing and future curriculum development.
> >> >>
> >> >> -For Students
> >> >>
> >> >> There is a tremendous amount that can be learned and an excellent
> >> >> opportunity for authentic, situated, project based learning. Hardware
> >> >> and
> >> >> Software, Education Theory, Understanding the differences in
> education
> >> >> world
> >> >> wide
> >> >> It is an opportunity to bridge the gender gap that currently exists
> in
> >> >> the
> >> >> US. More girls tend to be interested in Community Service and more
> boys
> >> >> in
> >> >> computers.
> >> >>
> >> >> Anything to add/subtract?
> >> >
> >> > I don't have much to add, but I think it's a fantastic idea. Sugar is
> >> > not getting enough testing, because, unlike other open source
> >> > projects, his developer and user base are different (and mostly
> >> > disconnected). Also testing is often a good way to make your first
> >> > steps inside a project and then contribute to the development.
> >> >
> >> > Marco
> >> > _______________________________________________
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> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > Caroline Meeks
> > Solution Grove
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>
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> Don't panic.--HHGTTG, Douglas Adams
> http://www.obamapedia.org/page/polls
> Moving into landslide territory!
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai For the children
>
> Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name
> And Children are my nation.
> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination.
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai
>
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai
> Give One, Get One, from Nov. 17
> http://www.amazon.com/xo
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Giving/International
>



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Caroline Meeks
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