[IAEP] Sugar evaluation and impact

Gerald Ardito gerald.ardito at gmail.com
Sun Sep 20 22:26:04 EDT 2009


I really like that phrase, "Sugar sweet-spot."
I completely agree.

Gerald

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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?
>
> Sure. 5th graders are a Sugar sweet-spot :)
>
> -walter
>
> > 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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> >> >> --
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> >> --
> >> Walter Bender
> >> Sugar Labs
> >> http://www.sugarlabs.org
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
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