[IAEP] OLPC-SF February meeting

[Sora Edwards-Thro]

Thanks for passing that on, Gonzalo! (note to self: when embarking on a
project, first go to Sugar Labs and search extremely-relevant terms like
"Story" instead of just assuming the stuff you've seen / used before is the
only stuff that exists).

I like the open-endedness of Story. It also looks like it might not be hard
to modify the images it's using - kids could nominate different pictures,
or you could take examples from stories the class had read.





On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Gonzalo Odiard <godiard at sugarlabs.org>
wrote:

> You can add Story http://activities.sugarlabs.org/es-ES/sugar/addon/4565
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:01 AM, Sora Edwards-Thro <sora at unleashkids.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We're looking for programming help on student writing software; hope some
>> OLPC SF folks can become involved! I'm over on the East Coast, but I can
>> join in over Skype / respond to questions via email if folks are interested.
>>
>> Here are some more details:
>> Unleash Kids recently received recognition
>> <http://www.unleashkids.org/blog/> for our iloominate
>> <http://iloominate-haiti.herokuapp.com/edit> app (shout-out to Caryl
>> Bigenho for her input and Mike Dawson, whose Ustad Mobile project was also
>> recognized). The app helps teachers write books
>> <https://projectrive.wordpress.com/2014/12/27/lascahobas-workshops-final-review/>
>> for beginning readers by recommending easy words; now we're shifting our
>> focus to supporting student writers.
>>
>> There are already several excellent writing activities for the Sugar,
>> which we're including as we design lessons for a summer writing workshop
>> for our XO projects in Haiti:
>>
>> -Labyrinth <http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4078>, a
>> mindmapping activity that gets kids thinking
>> <http://www.unleashkids.org/2013/07/31/story-activity-continued-and-the-results/>
>> about how to lay out their ideas on paper
>> -Fototoon <http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4253>,
>> comic-book style creations; a perpetual favorite
>> <https://projectrive.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/first-week-of-classes/>
>> -Newspaper <http://seeta.in/j/products/37.html>, an example of how
>> templates can enable kids
>> <http://blog.unleashkids.org/2013/08/01/journal-mission-of-hope/> to
>> explore new formats
>> -Prompt <http://olpc-yokwe.tumblr.com/post/39897602954/prompt-activity>,
>> literally just presents students with a random image from a library for
>> them to write about...proof that simple stuff can be powerful
>>
>> We want to supplement these great activities with some new stuff, based
>> on teacher recommendations. A lot of the focus will be on creating
>> templates and scenarios that kids can use as inspiration - for example, we
>> can present the kids with a scene of people talking, where the speech
>> bubbles aren't filled in, and ask them to fill in the speech bubbles.
>> That's one of many ideas for an effective tool.
>>
>> We also hope to make use of the XSCE schoolserver installed on-site to
>> enable the kids to collaborate and share the finished products with one
>> another.
>>
>> Our most dire need is help with the programming, but we also welcome
>> input on any and all aspects.
>>
>> Thank you everyone!
>>
>> Sora Edwards-Thro
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:49 AM, Aaron Borden <adborden at live.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday,
>>> February 14th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market
>>> Street, Room 597 (the fishbowl).
>>>
>>> Our meetings are held on the second Saturday of every month. Everyone is
>>> welcome to join us for our monthly meeting! We'll be discussing the
>>> latest in OLPC events and give updates on our local (and global)
>>> projects. There will be plenty of XO laptops with the latest builds to
>>> play around with, too. Please post with any additional agenda
>>> items.
>>>
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>>>
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> Gonzalo Odiard
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