[IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New activity from OLPC France

[mokurai at earthtreasury.org]

On Mon, April 18, 2011 10:22 am, Dr. Gerald Ardito wrote:
> Walter,
>
> The type of lab notebook activity you describe could be extended beyond
> the
> cooking area. I can see students using this for all kinds of scientific
> investigations.

I have proposed this approach to learning the XO and Sugar, in

http://booki.treehouse.su/discovering-discovery/

It is necessary to explain, or at least give hints, on those topics
catalogued at

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/The_Undiscoverable

but for everything else, we could teach a great deal about discovery by
letting the children find out about their learning tools themselves.

Discovery: Preparation

Before you begin, get a notebook or create a file on another computer to
make notes on your progress, your discoveries, and your questions.

If you haven't done this kind of exploration before, it will feel quite
odd. There are sound reasons for this feeling, so don't worry about it,
but do take note of it. In fact, take note of how you feel at every stage.
Are you uncomfortable? Distressed, even? Make a note of such feelings, and
press on. Are you getting excited and happy? Good. Make a note of that,
too. You can compare notes with others later on, if you like. Is your
brain turning to goop, and nothing makes any sense?

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/07/07/funny-pictures-i-have-the-dumb/

Take a break. Don't push yourself. You are trying to unlearn bad habits
from school, and you have to allow your brain time to process the changes.

> My two cents.
> Gerald
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Walter Bender
> <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefanie Nobel
>> <stefanie.nobel at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I’m glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next
>> six
>> > months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating
>> > children about a healthier nutrition.
>> > In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him
>> with
>> > meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are
>> meant
>> > to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy.
>> > The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only
>> finance
>> > the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with
>> us.
>> >
>> > We’re just at the begining of the development but here is a short
>> > description of our first ideas:
>> > The game will be split in two parts:
>> >
>> > In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual
>> > environment, similar to a “cook studio”. There is also the possibility
>> to
>> > share these recipes with other children.
>> > The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be “validated” by
>> the
>> > avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar can’t do
>> homework
>> > because he has not sufficient energy).
>> >
>> > So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you
>> have
>> > to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example:
>> >
>> > The need of the different nutritional values,
>> > The nutritional value of the aliment
>> > In natural and organic state and
>> > after the preparation of the meal
>> > The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day
>> > The season and the weather
>> > The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain
>> of
>> the
>> > food)
>> > The health of the avatar/child
>> > The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The next step will be to collect all those information and integrate
>> it
>> into
>> > a rough logic.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > So don’t hesitate to comment about this project and share your
>> thoughts.
>> >
>> > We appreciate all kinds of input!
>> >
>>
>> FWIW, several of us have been thinking about a different angle on a
>> cooking activity, one more geared towards chemistry and the science of
>> the kitchen: getting the kids to experiment with recipes, for example,
>> changing the 'resting time' when making noodles from flour and water,
>> and observing how this changes the consistency,  flavor, etc. The
>> Activity would be more like a lab notebook and set of simple data
>> analysis tools than anything else, but then the kids could presumably
>> photograph their results with their XO and share their successes and
>> failures, and aggregate data more widely. It be interesting to fold in
>> nutrition into the mix: does Danone have data we can use re how
>> cooking impacts the foods we eat?
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> >
>> > Stefanie
>> >
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>> >
>>
>>
>>
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