[IAEP] Photos From Audubon MS Project

[DancesWithCars]

Yes, sounds interesting.
After school program,
in USA, 5th graders = about
10 yo?

NB: Since they are downloading stuff
off site, might want to make it a policy,
no FreeDOOM (FPS game).
Or FreeDOOM = Machine taken away/
suspension.  Not sure how to introduce
the policy without creating the suspiciion/
curiosity, but I'd not want my little relatives
playing with it and someone ported it to the XO,
so heads up...

Other role playing games might be better.
[Note I'm not a teacher, so not around
kids much]

BTW, SimCity and FoodForce2 have
some similarities.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> ________________________________
>> 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
>> Enjoy!
>> Caryl
>> P.S. I got an email from them today... they now have internet access.
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