I suggest that we don't require login to view the materials, should be a simple setting?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Edward Cherlin <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 3:40 AM, Bryan Berry <<a href="mailto:bryan@olenepal.org">bryan@olenepal.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> We are working on a moodle installation at<br>
> <a href="http://courses.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">courses.sugarlabs.org</a>. David<br>
> Van Assche set it up.<br>
<br>
</div>Good.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> I think it will complement <a href="http://activities.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">activities.sugarlabs.org</a> well.<br>
> Activities are<br>
> developed at <a href="http://activities.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">activities.sugarlabs.org</a> and stable versions of<br>
> them are<br>
> put together w/ lesson plans, relevant reading materials, and<br>
> related<br>
> activities at <a href="http://courses.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">courses.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
<br>
</div>This will be interesting. We know that children learn best in ways<br>
quite different from those imposed in most schools, and in particular<br>
that children with computer assistance can learn almost anything at a<br>
younger age than generally believed. We're going to have to find the<br>
people who know what can be done, and those looking for even better<br>
possibilities, and thrash out the entire curriculum.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> here is what I have in mind for a sample course:<br>
><br>
> Class 2 Maths:<br>
<br>
</div>What kind is that?<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> Week 1:<br>
> Constructionist lesson plan for teacher<br>
<br>
</div>What can children discover? What guidance do they need? How do we go<br>
past remembering to understanding, and past understanding to mastery?<br>
<br>
> Etoys activity<br>
> python activity<br>
<br>
Math software activity<br>
Let the children program the topic on the XO in whatever software they like.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
> Reading<br>
> blah<br>
> blah<br>
><br>
> Week 2:<br>
> lesson plan<br>
> Actitivities<br>
> Readings<br>
><br>
> Week 3:<br>
> etc.<br>
><br>
> thanks to Bernie Innocenti for granting us server space for this<br>
> use. It<br>
> is great having him here in Kathmandu, because he is just so<br>
> darn<br>
> helpful. Now we just have to get him a Nepali girlfriend so that<br>
> he<br>
> won't leave :)<br>
><br>
> Internally to OLE Nepal, we are considering having our educators<br>
> Sunil<br>
> and Kamana spec out a whole course in Moodle, then our<br>
> developers and<br>
> community members develop sugar activities for the activities<br>
> that<br>
> Kamana and Sunil have envisioned. These internal courses won't<br>
> be very<br>
> relevant to the larger OLPC community initially because they<br>
> will be<br>
> entirely in Nepali. I will have to bug Sayamindu and Bernie<br>
> about how to<br>
> intelligently sync <a href="http://courses.olenepal.org" target="_blank">courses.olenepal.org</a> w/ <a href="http://courses.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">courses.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
> (mostly<br>
> English?).<br>
<br>
</div></div>Indeed.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> these are just ideas right now. Hope to have something useful<br>
> working in<br>
> the next couple months<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Bryan W. Berry<br>
> Systems Engineer<br>
> OLE Nepal, <a href="http://www.olenepal.org" target="_blank">http://www.olenepal.org</a><br>
><br>
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