[IAEP] Service-Learning Curriculum around Sugar Testing

[David Farning]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Caroline Meeks
<caroline at solutiongrove.com>wrote:

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

Caroline, how is the moddle server coming? We have an informal commitment
from a consultancy to help develop a community of practice around 'teachers
helping teach other teachers to teach with Sugar'.

Edward, Schools are very conservative organizations.  I visited my niece's
elementary school a few weeks ago.  Her teacher showed me a closet full of
teaching revolutions that she had collected of the past several years:(  I
am starting to think that we should focus on the evolutionary rather then
revolution nature of Sugar in developed nations.

thanks
david

Edward,

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>
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>> Alan Kay, President, Viewpoints Research Institute, Inc.
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>> 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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>> 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
>>
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>> Give One, Get One, from Nov. 17
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