[IAEP] What is the purpose of Sugar and the XO?

[Gerald Ardito]

Caryl,

I agree with you on this.
I think, with Sugar (both with and without the XOs) we have a powerful set
of tools for both independent learning and cooperative learning.
Every day, I found myself challenged to help our 5th grade teachers made
their curricula come alive in brand new ways with these tools.

Gerald

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi All,
>
> I am seeing more and more folks who want free XOs to teach children "IT
> skills" and "computer skills". I think we need to somehow re-emphasize the
> value of the XO as a learning tool for subject matter related to the school
> curriculum and meta learning.
>
> The Sugar software is such an important part of this. All the other
> features of Sugar and the XO-1, which allow the programs to integrate and
> and allow project based, collaborative learning, are important as well.
>
> There are other low-cost laptops that don't do all the wonderful things the
> XO does that would work just as well for learning IT or computer skills. If
> that is all they are interested in, perhaps they should look elsewhere.
>
> Caryl (aka Grumpy Grannie)
>
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