[IAEP] Sugar evaluation and impact

[Walter Bender]

Gerald,

I am curious about your choice to evaluate a middleschool as opposed
to an elementary school. Sugar and the OLPC XO were designed for
elementary-school-aged children.

regards.

-walter

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ian,
>
> I am just starting, and will be collecting baseline data.
> And my principal and superintendent and the teachers are on board for the
> kind of disruption, which is great.
>
> More as it happens.
> Gerald
>
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Ian Thomson <IanT at spc.int> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Gerald,
>>
>>
>>
>> Very interested in your project and research.
>>
>>
>>
>> Did you manage to gather any baseline data on the students as independent
>> learners before the project started?
>>
>> Also interested to know if the school authorities and the teachers
>> understood the disruptive nature of the project and their commitment to
>> including the whole school if the results are positive.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ian Thomson
>>
>> RICS and OLPC Coordinator
>>
>> Noumea
>>
>> SPC
>>
>> Phone +687 26 01 44
>>
>>
>>
>> From: iaep-bounces at lists.sugarlabs.org
>> [mailto:iaep-bounces at lists.sugarlabs.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Ardito
>> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:39 AM
>> To: Edward Cherlin
>> Cc: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
>> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Sugar evaluation and impact
>>
>>
>>
>> I have set up a week site that has some preliminary research findings.
>> You can visit it here:
>> http://web.me.com/geraldar/The_Shape_of_Disruption/Welcome.html
>>
>> I would appreciate any questions or feedback.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > This literature review is fantastic.
>> >
>> > I am a middle school science teacher in Northern Westchester County, NY,
>> > and
>> > am also a doctoral student at Pace University. My research project is
>> > investigating the impact of our 5th graders using the XOs (and Sugar of
>> > course) on their independence.
>> >
>> > We began this project last year, and I would be happy to share the
>> > results
>> > if anyone is interested.
>>
>> We on this list are interested, and there is constant demand from
>> governments, NGOs, and other for data on OLPC deployments, ranging
>> from costs to educational outcomes.
>>
>> > Best,
>> > Gerald Ardito
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:06 PM, <forster at ozonline.com.au> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> see http://wiki.laptop.org/images/f/fb/Literature_Review_040309.pdf
>> >>
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