A small group of us are working on an <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks">OER for OLPC</a> and have chosen the topic; Fractions<div><br></div><div>Here is where we need your help:</div><div><ul><li></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; ">Identify Models of Fractions and how we can present these different models in concrete forms as a kind of Fraction Exploratorium</span></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Identify common mis-conceptions learners have about fractions and using them and identify ways of addressing these mis-conceptions.</span></font></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; ">Identify Activities we can use to teach fractions (I spend most of my time in Etoys, but we should use Turtle Art, Scratch and others)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; ">Identify existing lessons we can refer to or re-render (ex: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; "><a href="http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U152" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 51); ">http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U152</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; ">)</span></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Identify virtual manipulatives needed (I have cuisenaire rods and pattern blocks in Etoys, here is a nice one at </span></font><a href="http://illuminations.nctm.org/activitydetail.aspx?id=80" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 51); ">Illuminations</a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">)</span></font></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; ">Identify physical manipulatives that can be used (and id how can be easily and cheaply created by kids/teachers)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; ">Identify no computer, concrete activities kids can do (ex: 1) Fold a paper in half and cut, 2) Label as 1 piece of X needed to make a whole sheet; repeat)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; ">Create/Identify a lesson, manipulative, blog post or video each day. Okay ambitious, but do-able (for short sprints). It helps me keep the perfect from being the enemy of the good and gets me focused and moving. I look at it as the equivalent of some writers practice of writing something every day.</span></li>
</ul><meta charset="utf-8"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Also am working on creating "<a href="http://mrstevesscience.blogspot.com/search/label/Fraction%20A%20Day">A Fraction A Day</a>" well almost everyday, and guest posts/ideas/suggestions for improvement etc are welcome.</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Thanks,</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Stephen</span></font></div>