[IAEP] Waveplace Video Blog

[Chris Leonard]

Please contribute to the localization of the Waveplace courseware materials at:

http://translate.sugarlabs.org/projects/Waveplace/


cjl
Sugar Labs Translation Team Coordinator

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Timothy Falconer <teefal at waveplace.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Quite a lot has happened at Waveplace over the last year or two, though you
> might not know it, given how little we blog or post videos these days.
>
> In summary, we've brought laptops to 33 schools, most of them in Haiti.
>  We've trained 165 adults to become mentors.  We've created 16 weeks worth
> of courseware using Etoys and Sugar.
>
> All of that is prequel, though, to what we comes next.   I often joke that
> Waveplace's mission is "Nice laptop, now what?"  (training)   Well, now it's
> become, "Nice training, now what?"   The answer is ... Assessment,
> Courseware, Outreach, Reflection, Network ... aka, Project Acorn.
>
> As Project Acorn unfolds, I'll make video logs instead of written blogs,
> posting them in rough form to keep folks informed.
>
>
> You can follow along here:  http://waveplace.org/news/
>
> or here: http://youtube.com/waveplace
>
> or here: http://www.facebook.com/waveplace  (please like us)
>
> or here: http://twitter.com//waveplace  (please follow)
>
>
> I'll be posting a new video every weekday, always at noon, New York time.
>
> My hope is to use the videos as a vehicle for recording some of the
> experience we've accumulated in the last 4+ years, so that others may
> benefit.
>
> And no, I don't like seeing myself on video or hearing myself talk.  Quite
> the contrary.   But it's the simplest fastest way to do this.
>
> Take care,
> Tim
>
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