you can put me on your yammer network, no promises that I can do too much as still learning what is possible with a baby <div class="gmail_quote">On 22 November 2011 16:45, Sridhar Dhanapalan <<a href="mailto:sridhar@laptop.org.au">sridhar@laptop.org.au</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">On 22 November 2011 14:34, Sridhar Dhanapalan <<a href="mailto:sridhar@laptop.org.au">sridhar@laptop.org.au</a>> wrote: > On 19 November 2011 00:10, Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> (1) In Australia, the teachers use a social-networking site called >> Yammer. Developers know to go to Yammer to communicate directly with >> the teachers. Is there a social-networking site in your country where >> the teachers gather? If so, we could hang out with them there. (I've >> asked this question many times in the past and never gotten an answer. >> Perhaps you or Carlos could investigate?) > > Yammer is working out really well for us, and we are tying it into our > programme more tightly. > > We're currently putting together a certification programme for > teachers. One of these certifications, the XO-cert [1], is a > pre-requisite for a teacher to receive XOs for their class. In ways > like this, we ensure that teachers are properly prepared on how they > can use Sugar in their classroom before they can commence. > > Joining our Yammer network [2] is mandatory for teachers taking part > in the courses [3]. Just as Sugar promotes collaboration amongst > children, we want to do the same with Yammer for teachers. We provide > rewards to teachers who are prolific posters on Yammer. > > Sridhar > > > [1] <a href="http://edu.laptop.org.au/laptop/xo-cert-course" target="_blank">http://edu.laptop.org.au/laptop/xo-cert-course</a> > [2] <a href="https://www.yammer.com/australianxoteachers/" target="_blank">https://www.yammer.com/australianxoteachers/</a> > [3] <a href="http://laptop.moodle.com.au/" target="_blank">http://laptop.moodle.com.au/</a> If you are interested in joining our Yammer network (link [2] above), please let me know and I can send you an invitation to join. Please respect that we are trying to keep the discussion focused on user Sugar/XOs in an Australian educational context. Regards, Sridhar Sridhar Dhanapalan Engineering Manager One Laptop per Child Australia _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> </blockquote></div>