Ok so we have 3 Presentations and 3 Slots for each to fill in. <a href="http://www.nyscate.org/conference_rfp.cfm?confid=27">http://www.nyscate.org/conference_rfp.cfm?confid=27</a> 1. General Hands-on Sugar for Learning <ul><li>Presenter 1: Caroline Meeks</li><li>Presenter 2:</li><li>Presider:</li></ul>2. Sugar for Math Hands On <ul><li>Presenter 1: </li><li>Presenter 2: Caroline Meeks </li><li>Presider:</li></ul>3. 50 Minute Introduction to Sugar <ul><li>Presenter 1: </li><li>Presenter 2: </li><li>Presider: Caroline Meeks ?</li></ul>I'm not a big stand up and do the powerpoint person. Perhaps Steve Jabobs, who does this format of lecture for a living would be a good 50-minute lecture presenter choice. By November I will have probably done 2 or 3 at least hands on workshops so I'm happy to help with those. That being said, I think the more different names we can put up the more chances we have to have additional slots. So please people volunteer. Also if someone has another 50 minute presentation topic they think would be of interest to teachers, if we have more presentors we can have more talks. I also think that specific talks can be more interesting then general introductions. Perhaps "Using Sugar to support teaching 4th Grade Math" Thanks, Caroline <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Karlie Robinson <<a href="mailto:karlie_robinson@webpath.net">karlie_robinson@webpath.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">Caroline Meeks wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi Karlie, Its looking like Rochester is going to be a hotbed of Sugar development. We are hoping to co-locate a Sugar conference with NYSCATE. Given that I think we should really go for it on in terms of presentations. My thought is lets propose two hands on 3 hour workshops. Using Sugar in the Elementary School Classroom and another specializing in Using Sugar in Math Instruction. Lets also sign up for a 1 hour lecture format session on Sugar. Who else is going to be there? Is there someone from Math4 group who can be Presentor 1 for the Math Class? </blockquote></div> Of course I'll be in town and I've done a 50 minute presentation on Math4 at Ithaca EdTech day and Bar Camp Rochester[1]. I was the one who got everyone going on Math4 in Rochester (Fedora XO donation to RIT and liaison work). We also have Steve Jacobs the RIT professor who ran with my suggestion to teach Open Source development. And last but not least, Fred Grose who'll be overseeing the RIT Co-ops this summer, Wiki Magician, and the guy who's been beyond helpful filling in our knowledge gaps concerning OLPC and Sugar Labs. Steve and Fred were also the driving force behind an OLPC Grass Roots group in Rochester. I just happened to come to the first meeting as a Fedora-OLPC SIG rep. The rest is kismet. (Rochester NY is a hot bed for FOSS to begin with LUG of Rochester is one of the oldest Linux User Groups in the world running continuously for 15 years) </blockquote></div> -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove Caroline@SolutionGrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax