<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Walter Bender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5">On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Tomeu Vizoso<<a href="mailto:tomeu@sugarlabs.org">tomeu@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote:<br> > Hi,<br> ><br> > would like to propose a meeting to talk about how deployments can<br> > provide better feedback and how we can process it so developers and<br> > the rest of Sugar Labs can prioritize their work accordingly.<br> ><br> > How does it sound?<br> ><br> > Thanks,<br> ><br> > Tomeu<br> ><br> > --<br> > ŤSugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar.<br> > What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.ť - David<br> > Farning<br> > _______________________________________________<br> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> > <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br> ><br> <br> </div></div>Alas, this is the sort of mindset we are working with:<br> <br> > Walter,<br> ><br> > We have continued working closely with the pilot school and have<br> > gotten a lot of insight into what the teachers want/need. Right now<br> > our calendar is pretty full so joining IRC meetings isn't really<br> > feasible. We will, however, pass on requests when it seems like<br> > there's a demand for something to help make the Sugar more<br> > relevant in the classroom.<br> ><br> > I hope that there will be more useful information come out of the<br> > NSF funded ICAC (Integrating Computing Across the Curriculum)<br> > grant that we are a part of. It will disseminate information related<br> > to findings in the schools and we'll be glad to let you know in<br> > advance when publications become available.<br> <br> Not convinced that better reporting tools are going to help with<br> attitudes such as this. We need a way to get past the deployment<br> gatekeepers and the academics and talk directly with teachers and<br> students.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Actually I think this is the perfect starting point for thinking about "tools" for teachers to communicate with us.</div><div><br></div><div>We could send an email or write a letter to every principal in Birmingham and ask them to put a paragraph in their teacher newsletter asking for feedback on Sugar issues and what features would help them.</div> <div><br></div><div>What would we say in this paragraph? Where/how would we have them enter their feedback? How can we do it in a way that connects them with each other and empowers them to work together, since indeed, they are part of Sugar Labs they just don't know it yet. ;)</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br> <br> -walter<br> <font color="#888888"><br> <br> --<br> Walter Bender<br> Sugar Labs<br> <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a><br> </font><div><div></div><div class="h5">_______________________________________________<br> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br>