[IAEP] Sugar evaluation and impact

[Gerald Ardito]

Walter,

It just happens that in my district the 5th graders are in the middle
school.
I consider them elementary students and they are still taught in an
elementary school fashion.

Does that make sense?

Gerald

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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