[IAEP] Introducing kids to Sugar

[Bernie Innocenti]

On 06/04/09 17:05, Marten Vijn wrote:
> 1. Outside a class a introduced XO's a group of 6 kids. I used a
> freeform (no structure). Kids when to youtube and hyves and both sites
> did not work. Kids got frustrated of the XO's slowness.
> 
> 2. I an class with only one XO we told the teacher let kids play as a
> bonus and ask afterward what they discovered. Here the kid like the XO a
> lot.
> 
> 
> My recommondation would are:
> 
> guide form:
> - no internet first time
> - make groups with tasks
> - let childeren tell their experiance
> - Let the teacher not to be in charge off the class (take over control)
> - short time (one hour max)
> - make clear choise what to discover, 
> - have goals per session (measuring succes)
> 
> or if use free form:
> - no internet
> - limited time
> - no questions for teacher or guiders.
> - no active interventions, 
> - no active observation, (do sometime else). 
> - afterwards let kids tell
>   - what not worked
>   - what worked


Thanks, that's very valuable information.

Did in either the kids require any initial training or assistance to get
started?  How old were they?

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