[IAEP] May MiniCamp

[Tomeu Vizoso]

2009/4/9 David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>:
> I would like to recommend the we plan on holding the May MiniCamp in
> Paris around the weekend of May 16.

+1

Can we book our tickets now? ;)

Tomeu

> The primary benefit of Paris is co-locating with a scheduled OLPC
> France event being held that weekend.  The opportunity to meet with
> OLPC France presents some great opportunities to work together; Going
> to meet the community in their homes,  identifying lead users,
> receiving vital feedback.
>
> By going to work with OLPC France, we can communicate that while Sugar
> Labs is an upstream part, it is not the central part of the 'iaep'
> project.  The most important part is where the student and teacher
> come together to learn.  Sugar Labs is focused on creating a great
> learning platform to benefit the entire ecosystem.  In this role,
> Sugar Labs serves as a hub for communication and collaboration.
>
> Secondly, Sugar Labs needs to identify and engage _lead_users_.  Sugar
> in not yet ready to be sold in retail stores nor is it ready for
> _easy_ deployment around the world.  There is still a lot of work in
> making sure the software works on your hardware, setting up a
> collaboration server, and creating the learning content to match daily
> lesson plans.  Lead users are people with passion or a particular
> expertise who have the motivation and ability to help improve the
> Sugar experience... for everyone.
>
> Finally,  working for the weekend with OLPC France allow us both to
> observe and receive feedback.  Sugar Labs can learn more about what
> OLPC France is doing and what their needs are.  OLPC France can learn
> that Sugar Labs is _just_ a group of volunteers with a working
> knowledge of computer science, education theory, and a bit of
> economics trying to help kids learn more effectively.  Sugar Labs
> success is based on the premise of creating and fostering a ecosystem
> to build on top of the learning platform.
>
> There may be limited travel stipends available to people willing to
> hold workshops.
>
> david
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