[IAEP] Photos From Audubon MS Project

[Gerald Ardito]

Caryl,

I really look forward to what comes next.

Gerald

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi Gerald and all,
>
> I have invited the director of the project at Audubon MS to bring 3-4 of
> the students to assist Jamaal and I in having a hands-on session for
> teachers with the XOs at a CUELA/LAUSD tech fair.  It happens in about 3
> weeks. If they come it will be great for them, and the teachers they will be
> assisting.  I'll take pictures and report.
>
> Caryl
>
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> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:04:55 -0400
>
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Photos From Audubon MS Project
> From: gerald.ardito at gmail.com
> To: cbigenho at hotmail.com
> CC: support-gang at laptop.org; iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
>
>
> Caryl,
>
> Thanks for sharing about this project/program.
> What is most interesting (and exciting) to me is that there are trends that
> I see in our (5th grade) program and yours.
>
> Every time that the students get to become owners of the devices and/or
> software, whether by re-imaging the machines or downloading new activities
> or showing another student how to do something, the learning environment
> changes. This is particularly interesting because I also see my 5th graders
> owning the devices as well right from the start. They seem to relate to them
> like they do their cell phone or iPod, and completely unlike how I see them
> interact with typical computers.
>
> We should stay in touch as things develop.
>
> Best,
> Gerald
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>  Hello Gerald, and anyone else who wants to know about the project at
> Audubon MS.
>
> Things have changed a lot with the FAMLI after school program since they
> started their Contributors Program project.  They lost a lot of their
> funding and went from 50+ students down to 20+. They have 10 XOs.  The
> students are in grades 6-8 (ages 11-14) with a couple of older students from
> a nearby high school.  The program runs after school from 3 pm to 6 pm on
> school days and they also meet on Saturdays. They divide their time between
> activities that are physically active to others that are quiet such as
> tutoring and using the XOs. They are also learning music and dance that
> comes from the Black American culture.  Their director, Torre Reese is
> wonderful and the students love him!
>
> The original idea was that, as much as possible, the students would be in
> charge of the project. They have some very bright youngsters in the group
> and this seems to be working out... under adult supervision.
>
> So far there hasn't been a lot of training.  I visited them for the first
> time last week (when I took the pictures), and found they had all mastered
> using the mesh and chatting with the mesh. At that time they didn't have
> internet for the XOs (now they do), but someone managed to download SimCity
> using a router from some local business!
>
> The XOs haven't gone home with the students yet. Security is a *huge*concern. This is south-central Los Angeles.  We are discussing letting the
> students check out the machines when a parent is picking them up and having
> the parent sign it out. The students will help work out these details.
>
> With the help of a great IT professional, Ron Goodall, they now have
> internet. Their hope is to make contact with students their age in other
> countries via the internet.  Meanwhile, they have given their XOs names of
> different countries just for fun.
>
> When I arrived, I discovered they were still running build 767 which came
> with their machines. I happened to have a usb key with 802 on it so I showed
> one of the students (who had been asking all sorts of knowledgeable
> questions about the Sugar OS) how to do it and left the usb key with him.
> Torre reported that the next day he showed the other students how to do it
> and they reflashed all of the machines.
>
> Now that they have updated their software, they will be able to try a lot
> of other things.  I have asked that they do a project for us, evaluating the
> various Activities and suggesting ways that they could be used for learning.
>  They have agreed and we will set that up when I get back from Hawaii.
>
> If anyone knows of other secure email sites for children, in addition to
> ePals, please let me know. EPals requires a teacher to register and monitor
> the accounts. It may be difficult to find an overworked, underpaid LAUSD
> teacher who has the time and is willing to do this.
>
> If you have other questions... just ask!
>
> Caryl
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:09:01 -0400
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Photos From Audubon MS Project
> From: gerald.ardito at gmail.com
> To: cbigenho at hotmail.com
> CC: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
>
>
> Caryl,
>
> Thanks for sharing these pictures.
> Can you share more details about this project, like:
> How many XOs are there?
> How many students?
> Which grades/age groups?
> How were the teachers/students trained?
>
> We should probably talk.
> Gerald
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>  Hi...
>
> Here is a link to the photos from the Audubon Middle School Contributors
> Project. This is an after school program in south central LA that Jamaal
> volunteers with.  I mentor their Contributors Program project:
>
> *http://tiny.cc/kzXwn* <http://tiny.cc/kzXwn>
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Caryl
>
> P.S. I got an email from them today... they now have internet access.
>
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