<span style="color:rgb(0,0,153)" class="undefined"><b class="undefined">Christophe Guéret</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span></span><font color="#000099"><font><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"> began this conversation on 04 May 2012 in the [support-gang] mailing list. It has blossomed to over 25 messages, and we decided to forward and continue it on [iaep] <b>It's an Education Project</b>:<br> </font></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size:large;font-weight:bold">Forwarded conversation</span><br>Subject: <b class="gmail_sendername">[support-gang] Material for teacher training</b><br>------------------------<br> <br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Christophe Guéret</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:45 PM<br> To: <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br></font><br></span><br>Hi everyone,<br><br>We are working on setting up a course about ICT4D at the Free University of Amsterdam (<a href="http://www.vu.nl" target="_blank">www.vu.nl</a>). The idea is to train the students on this matter, spend a significant amount of time on education topics and the XO, and with the best students establish a team to take care of XO deployments. Progressively, contacts are being established with experts in relevant topics. We are also in touch with a school in Peru that received some XOs but no training on how to use them - as a result, they are not used. Our first goal will thus be to go there and help them making the best out of their devices.<br> <br>For this, we need to have some teaching material to be used there and we also need some material to teach our students, who will in turn teach the local teachers ;-)<br>We found some pointer for the former but not much for the later. Would you have something to recommend?<br> <br>Besides, it would be handy to have some XOs for the course in Amsterdam. Shall we make a proposal through the contributor program or is there a more appropriate way to emit such request?<br><br>Cheers,<br>Christophe<br> <br> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Jennifer Martino</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jennifer.j.martino@gmail.com">jennifer.j.martino@gmail.com</a>></span><br> Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:52 PM<br>To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to help ATlaptop.org" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br></font><br> </span><br><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Hello Christoph!</div><div><br></div><div>We could really use this kind of support in Canada too and we are exactly on the same page. Should we talk?</div><div><br><span>@jennifermartino</span></div> <div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>support-gang mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a></span><br> <span><a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">elise moussa</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elise.moussa@gmail.com">elise.moussa@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:02 PM<br> To: Jennifer Martino <<a href="mailto:jennifer.j.martino@gmail.com">jennifer.j.martino@gmail.com</a>>, "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to help ATlaptop.org" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br> <div> <div style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:Calibri,sans-serif">Ow exciting! We at BE have teaching material and a platform to collect and create more. Would love to get connected.<br>Thanks <br><br>Elise <br><br><a href="http://Www.whatisbe.com" target="_blank">Www.whatisbe.com</a><br> <br><br>Sent from my Windows Phone</div> <hr> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Jennifer Martino</span><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Sent: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Friday, May 04, 2012 4:53 PM</span><br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">To: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to help ATlaptop.org</span><br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Subject: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Re: [support-gang] Material for teacher training</span><br><br></div> <div class="HOEnZb"></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">James Simmons</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicestep@gmail.com">nicestep@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:47 PM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br>Christophe,<br><br>I would guess you already know about my book "E-Book Enlightenment" but in case you don't it is here:<br><br><a href="http://www.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/" target="_blank">http://www.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/</a><br> <br>and here:<br><br><a href="http://archive.org/details/EBookEnlightenment" target="_blank">http://archive.org/details/EBookEnlightenment</a><br><br>I wrote this book specifically for teachers and students so they could learn everything the XO can do for them that involves free e-books. The XO is much more than an e-book reader, but using it that way might be an easy way to start. Nobody questions the value of getting thousands of books for free.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> <br>James Simmons<br><br><br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div></div><div class="im">_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br></div></blockquote></div><br> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Frederick Grose</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com">fgrose@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:45 PM<br> To: <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br></font><br></span><br><div class="im"><font color="#000099"><font><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"></font></font></font>On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Christophe Guéret <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl" target="_blank">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br> </div><div class="gmail_quote"><div></div><div><br>Consider the resources from OLPC Australia, such as,<br><a href="http://edu.laptop.org.au/laptop/xo-cert-course" target="_blank">http://edu.laptop.org.au/laptop/xo-cert-course</a><br> <br> --Fred<br></div></div> <br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Chris Leonard</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com">cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:11 PM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br>Christophe,<br> <br> If you want to talk to some people in Peru about the curricular<br> materials provided by the government and some explorations of adding<br> to that set of materials, you should probably reach out to the<br> Peruvian Sugar community via the somosazucar list (in Spanish is<br> typically best).<br> <br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/somosazucar" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/somosazucar</a><br> <br> As for getting XO laptops, a Contributors Program application or<br> finding a European XO lending library (OLPC France?) seem like your<br> best options.<br> <br> cjl<br> Sugar Labs Translation Team Coordinator<br> <div class="im HOEnZb"><br> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Christophe Guéret <<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>> wrote:<br> </div><div class="HOEnZb"></div><div class="HOEnZb"></div><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Tabitha Roder</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tabitha@tabitha.net.nz">tabitha@tabitha.net.nz</a>></span><br> Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:26 PM<br>To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> Cc: OLPC Australia list <<a href="mailto:olpc-au@lists.laptop.org">olpc-au@lists.laptop.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a><br></font><br></span><br>Hi Cristophe<br> <br> Can I suggest you talk with the Australian crowd? They have some good<br> resources as they do teacher training and have a Moodle site with some<br> courses that might suit.<br> <br> Kind regards<br> Tabitha Roder<br> eLearning specialist and olpc volunteer<br> Cell <a href="tel:%2B64%2021%20482229" value="+6421482229">+64 21 482229</a><br> <a href="mailto:tabitha@tabitha.net.nz">tabitha@tabitha.net.nz</a><br> <a href="http://tabitharoder.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://tabitharoder.wordpress.com/</a><br> Winner: NZ Open Source Contributor Award 2010<br> <div></div><div class="im">> _______________________________________________<br> > support-gang mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> > <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> ><br> _______________________________________________<br> </div>OLPC-AU mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:OLPC-AU@lists.laptop.org">OLPC-AU@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-au" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-au</a><br> <br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Sridhar Dhanapalan</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sridhar@laptop.org.au">sridhar@laptop.org.au</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, May 5, 2012 at 8:41 AM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> Cc: OLPC Australia list <<a href="mailto:olpc-au@lists.laptop.org">olpc-au@lists.laptop.org</a>><br></font><br></span><br>I suggest that you take a look at our One Education programme:<br> <br> <a href="http://www.one-education.org/" target="_blank">http://www.one-education.org/</a><br> <a href="http://www.techworld.com.au/article/421124/one_laptop_per_child_australia_set_launch_one_education_program" target="_blank">http://www.techworld.com.au/article/421124/one_laptop_per_child_australia_set_launch_one_education_program</a><br> <br> We _only_ supply XOs for classes who have a teacher who have passed a<br> training course and earnt a certification. The course is 100% online,<br> and hence can be completed by anyone in the world.<br> <br> For further information, fill in the contact form at<br> <a href="http://www.one-education.org/" target="_blank">http://www.one-education.org/</a><br> <br> Regards,<br> Sridhar<br> <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> <br> Sridhar Dhanapalan<br> Engineering Manager<br> One Laptop per Child Australia<br> </font></span><div class="HOEnZb"></div><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Caryl Bigenho</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com">cbigenho@hotmail.com</a>></span><br> Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:50 PM<br>To: Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond t <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>>, Jennifer Martino <<a href="mailto:jennifer.j.martino@gmail.com">jennifer.j.martino@gmail.com</a>><br> </font><br></span><br> <div><div dir="ltr"> Hi All...<div><br></div><div>Here is a link to the Sugar Labs Peru site which has many, many resources. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://pe.sugarlabs.org/go/P%C3%A1gina_principal" target="_blank">http://pe.sugarlabs.org/go/Página_principal</a></div> <div><br></div><div>Many years ago (3 or 4?) I downloaded some great teacher training materials from Mochilla Digital. They included units on constructionism and project based learning, which really should be considered for inclusion in any training program for the XOs as many teachers have no experience with them. </div> <div><br></div><div>Some of the materials got lost in my hard drive crash last year, including the one with the schedule for a 3-day workshop for teachers that was very well planned. It included, among other things, having the teachers participate in projects done via constructionism and PBL to give them an idea of what they are and how they work. It no longer seems to be available. However, I do have a pdf of one of the guides covering collaborative learning and PBL. I will attach it to this email. Of course, it is all in Spanish, but Christoph shouldn't have any problem with that! <img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=btop&ver=18zqbez0n5t35" alt="Open-mouth smile" title="Open-mouth smile" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;vertical-align:text-bottom" height="19" width="19"></div> <div><br></div><div>Caryl<br><br><div><div></div><hr>From: <a href="mailto:elise.moussa@gmail.com" target="_blank">elise.moussa@gmail.com</a><br>Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 14:02:11 -0700<br>To: <a href="mailto:jennifer.j.martino@gmail.com" target="_blank">jennifer.j.martino@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><div> </div></div></div> </div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Gerald Ardito</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gmanb5@gmail.com">gmanb5@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:21 PM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br></font><br> </span><br><p>Christophe,</p> <p>I can puy together some materials for this project.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> Gerald</font></span></p> <div class="gmail_quote"><div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div></div><div class="im">_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br></div></blockquote></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Gonzalo Odiard</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gonzalo@laptop.org">gonzalo@laptop.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, May 5, 2012 at 2:51 PM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br>A place with many resources (in spanish) is:<div><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Recursos_en_espanol" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Recursos_en_espanol</a></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div> <br></div></font></span><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Gonzalo</font></span><div></div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Christophe Guéret</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, May 6, 2012 at 11:29 AM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br>Hi Elise,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:Calibri,sans-serif">Ow exciting! We at BE have teaching material and a platform to collect and create more. Would love to get connected.<br> Thanks <br> <br> Elise <br> <br> <a href="http://Www.whatisbe.com" target="_blank">Www.whatisbe.com</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br>Thanks for the pointer. I'm not sure that's the kind of things we need right now but I'll keep a note on it ;-)<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> <br>Christophe<br><br><br></font></span></div></div><br> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Christophe Guéret</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, May 6, 2012 at 11:35 AM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br>James,<br><br>Thanks, I was aware of your very nice book about making sugar activities but missed that one.<br>If I remember correctly, Sameer made an e-book server using a plug PC.<br>Is there any connection between your book and these project?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> <br>Christophe<br><br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On 4 May 2012 23:47, James Simmons <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicestep@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicestep@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div><div class="im"> Christophe,<br> <br> I would guess you already know about my book "E-Book Enlightenment" but in case you don't it is here:<br> <br> <a href="http://www.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/" target="_blank">http://www.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/</a><br> <br> and here:<br> <br> <a href="http://archive.org/details/EBookEnlightenment" target="_blank">http://archive.org/details/EBookEnlightenment</a><br> <br> I wrote this book specifically for teachers and students so they could learn everything the XO can do for them that involves free e-books. The XO is much more than an e-book reader, but using it that way might be an easy way to start. Nobody questions the value of getting thousands of books for free.<span><font color="#888888"><br> <br> James Simmons<br> <br> <br> </font></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div></div><div class="im"><div> _______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br> </div></div></blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </blockquote></div><br> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">elise moussa</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elise.moussa@gmail.com">elise.moussa@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, May 6, 2012 at 11:59 AM<br> To: Christophe Guéret <<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>>, "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br> <div> <div style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:Calibri,sans-serif">It could be used train teachers. Look at the quiz platform, content is open to change by users <br><div class="im"><br>Sent from my Windows Phone</div></div> <hr> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Christophe Guéret</span><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Sent: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Sunday, May 06, 2012 11:30 AM</span><div class="im"> <br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">To: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to "help AT <a href="http://laptop.org" target="_blank">laptop.org</a>"</span><br> </div><div class="im"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Subject: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Re: [support-gang] Material for teacher training</span><br> <br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">elise moussa</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elise.moussa@gmail.com">elise.moussa@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, May 6, 2012 at 12:00 PM<br> To: Christophe Guéret <<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>>, "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br> <div> <div style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:Calibri,sans-serif">Hi Christophe, could you kindly introduce us who don't know you about yourself, involvement with olpc etc? Thanks <br><div class="im"><br>Sent from my Windows Phone</div> </div> <hr> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Christophe Guéret</span><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Sent: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Sunday, May 06, 2012 11:35 AM</span><div class="im"> <br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">To: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to "help AT <a href="http://laptop.org" target="_blank">laptop.org</a>"</span><br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Subject: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Re: [support-gang] Material for teacher training</span><br><br></div> </div><div class="HOEnZb"></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">elise moussa</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elise.moussa@gmail.com">elise.moussa@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, May 6, 2012 at 6:33 PM<br> To: Christophe Guéret <<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>>, "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br> <div> <div style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:Calibri,sans-serif">Quick question, what resources and apps are available for teachers to learn about using a computer or the internet for the first time? And what resources are available to them to use as part of the curriculum for students, the first time? <br> <div></div></div><div></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">James Simmons</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicestep@gmail.com">nicestep@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:07 AM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br>Christophe,<br><br>I wouldn't say there is a connection, exactly. I describe a bunch of ways to publish e-books including having your own server, and several ways of doing that. I think that Sameer's book server used Pathagar, which I describe:<br> <br><a href="http://en.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/the-pathagar-book-server/" target="_blank">en.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/the-pathagar-book-server/</a><br><br>My book had a working title of "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About E-Books* (*But Were Afraid To Ask) which is a joke that the target audience will be too young to get. I do try and describe everything you could possibly do with an e-book. For instance, there is no reason that students in Peru could not write and publish their own books and sell them on Amazon, either as e-books or as printed books using CreateSpace. The barrier to entry on this is absurdly low. If more teachers and students understand the material in my book it could change education. I say this not to praise my own work but to point out that there are untapped resources out there that teachers and students need to know about.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> <br>James Simmons</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">elise moussa</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elise.moussa@gmail.com">elise.moussa@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:42 AM<br> To: James Simmons <<a href="mailto:nicestep@gmail.com">nicestep@gmail.com</a>>, "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br> <div> <div style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:Calibri,sans-serif">Great point James! I will spread the word!<br><br>I propose an open conversation for more initiatives like this rather to talk, explore connections and improve Ed. <br> <br>Anyone else also interested? We could do this remotely. <br><br>Best,<br>Elise <br><div class="im"><br>Sent from my Windows Phone</div></div> <hr> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">James Simmons</span><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Sent: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Monday, May 07, 2012 11:07 AM</span><div class="im"> <br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">To: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to "help AT <a href="http://laptop.org" target="_blank">laptop.org</a>"</span><br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Subject: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Re: [support-gang] Material for teacher training</span><br><br></div> </div><div class="HOEnZb"></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Frederick Grose</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com">fgrose@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:58 AM<br> To: <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br></font><br></span><br><div class="HOEnZb"></div>This support-gang thread from the beginning seems to be a good candidate for moving to the open IAEP mailing list.<br> <br>Does anyone object to this?<br><br> --Fred<br> <br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Chris Leonard</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com">cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:07 PM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br><div class="im">On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Frederick Grose <<a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com">fgrose@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > This support-gang thread from the beginning seems to be a good candidate for<br> > moving to the open IAEP mailing list.<br> ><br> > Does anyone object to this?<br> <br> <br> </div>For my part, I think moving it to IAEP would be a very good idea. I'm<br> subscribed to both as are many of us and IAEP has a somewhat larger<br> audience and it is publicly archived for the benefit of future<br> reference.<br> <br> cjl<br> <div class="HOEnZb"></div><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Christophe Guéret</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span><br> Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:34 AM<br>To: elise moussa <<a href="mailto:elise.moussa@gmail.com">elise.moussa@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br>Ok, didn't tought about it this way. I was more into seeing how this could be used for the kids but our first "target" is our students that will train the teachers...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> On 6 May 2012 17:59, elise moussa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elise.moussa@gmail.com" target="_blank">elise.moussa@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 style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:Calibri,sans-serif">It could be used train teachers. Look at the quiz platform, content is open to change by users <br><div> <br> Sent from my Windows Phone</div></div> <hr> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Christophe Guéret</span><br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Sent: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Sunday, May 06, 2012 11:30 AM</span><div><br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">To: </span> <span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to "help AT <a href="http://laptop.org" target="_blank">laptop.org</a>"</span><br> </div><div><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Subject: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Re: [support-gang] Material for teacher training</span><br> <br></div><div><div> Hi Elise,<br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:Calibri,sans-serif">Ow exciting! We at BE have teaching material and a platform to collect and create more. Would love to get connected.<br> Thanks <br> <br> Elise <br> <br> <a href="http://Www.whatisbe.com" target="_blank">Www.whatisbe.com</a><br> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div><br> Thanks for the pointer. I'm not sure that's the kind of things we need right now but I'll keep a note on it ;-)<br> <br> Christophe<br> <br> <br> </div> </div> <br> </div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br><div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Christophe Guéret</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:46 AM<br> To: elise moussa <<a href="mailto:elise.moussa@gmail.com">elise.moussa@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br>Hi Elise,<br><br>My name is Christophe Guéret and I'm a researcher working at the Free University in Amsterdam. The research group I'm in is doing research in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning techniques, my specific areas of interest include the publication of Linked Open Data and the related impact on Development.<br> In late 2010, I proposed a contributor project named "SemanticXO" whose goal is to investigate how Semantic Web technologies, and in particular Linked Data principles, could impact the features of Sugar. Parallel to this, I tried to bring this as a research topic and got some more colleagues joining me in this initiative. We now have some visibility and a small group is busy working on Linked Data for resources constrained contexts (such as an Internet-less, or almost, mesh of XOs). <br> <br>You can find more information about SemanticXO there:<br>* A short video <a href="http://semweb4u.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/1-minute-video-about-semanticxo/" target="_blank">http://semweb4u.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/1-minute-video-about-semanticxo/</a><br> * A presentation of a position paper presented at our biggest SW conference last year <a href="http://videolectures.net/iswc2011_schlobach_web/" target="_blank">http://videolectures.net/iswc2011_schlobach_web/</a><br>* The feature proposal <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Semantic_Web" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Semantic_Web</a><br> I'd be happy to flood you with more links about SemanticXO or our other projects related to ICT4D if you want ;-)<br><br>This mail I sent was related to another project for the VU. Beside this SemanticXO work, we would like to actually do something concrete and help some schools we are in touch with. We are thus setting up a course to train students with the goal to have a local team able to take care of deployments.<br> <br>Cheers,<br>Christophe<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 May 2012 18:00, elise moussa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elise.moussa@gmail.com" target="_blank">elise.moussa@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 style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:Calibri,sans-serif">Hi Christophe, could you kindly introduce us who don't know you about yourself, involvement with olpc etc? Thanks <br><div class="im"><div> <br> Sent from my Windows Phone</div></div></div> <hr> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Christophe Guéret</span><br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Sent: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Sunday, May 06, 2012 11:35 AM</span><div class="im"><div><br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">To: </span> <span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to "help AT <a href="http://laptop.org" target="_blank">laptop.org</a>"</span><br> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Subject: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma,sans-serif">Re: [support-gang] Material for teacher training</span><br> <br></div></div><div><div> James,<br> <br> Thanks, I was aware of your very nice book about making sugar activities but missed that one.<br> If I remember correctly, Sameer made an e-book server using a plug PC.<br> Is there any connection between your book and these project?<br> <br> Christophe<br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On 4 May 2012 23:47, James Simmons <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicestep@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicestep@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>Christophe,<br> <br> I would guess you already know about my book "E-Book Enlightenment" but in case you don't it is here:<br> <br> <a href="http://www.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/" target="_blank">http://www.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/</a><br> <br> and here:<br> <br> <a href="http://archive.org/details/EBookEnlightenment" target="_blank">http://archive.org/details/EBookEnlightenment</a><br> <br> I wrote this book specifically for teachers and students so they could learn everything the XO can do for them that involves free e-books. The XO is much more than an e-book reader, but using it that way might be an easy way to start. Nobody questions the value of getting thousands of books for free.<span><font color="#888888"><br> <br> James Simmons<br> <br> <br> </font></span> <div class="gmail_quote"> <div> <div>On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Christophe Guéret <span dir="ltr"> <<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl" target="_blank">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br> </div> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div>Hi everyone,<br> <br> We are working on setting up a course about ICT4D at the Free University of Amsterdam (<a href="http://www.vu.nl" target="_blank">www.vu.nl</a>). The idea is to train the students on this matter, spend a significant amount of time on education topics and the XO, and with the best students establish a team to take care of XO deployments. Progressively, contacts are being established with experts in relevant topics. We are also in touch with a school in Peru that received some XOs but no training on how to use them - as a result, they are not used. Our first goal will thus be to go there and help them making the best out of their devices.<br> <br> For this, we need to have some teaching material to be used there and we also need some material to teach our students, who will in turn teach the local teachers ;-)<br> We found some pointer for the former but not much for the later. Would you have something to recommend?<br> <br> Besides, it would be handy to have some XOs for the course in Amsterdam. Shall we make a proposal through the contributor program or is there a more appropriate way to emit such request?<br> <br> Cheers,<br> Christophe<br> <br> <br> </div> </div> <div>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br><div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Christophe Guéret</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:50 AM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br>James,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div> For instance, there is no reason that students in Peru could not write and publish their own books and sell them on Amazon, either as e-books or as printed books using CreateSpace. The barrier to entry on this is absurdly low. <span></span></div> </blockquote><div>That's a good point which also applies to students in Amsterdam. <br>We could discuss how we can publish the material we will build for this course as a book :)<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> <br>Christophe<br><br><br> </font></span></div></div> <br><div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Christophe Guéret</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:50 AM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:Calibri,sans-serif">Great point James! I will spread the word!<br> <br> I propose an open conversation for more initiatives like this rather to talk, explore connections and improve Ed. <br> <br> Anyone else also interested? We could do this remotely. <br></div></div></blockquote><div>I'm in!<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br><br>Christophe</font></span></div></div><br><div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Christophe Guéret</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:51 AM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 May 2012 19:07, Chris Leonard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com" target="_blank">cjlhomeaddress@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>On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Frederick Grose <<a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com" target="_blank">fgrose@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > This support-gang thread from the beginning seems to be a good candidate for<br> > moving to the open IAEP mailing list.<br> ><br> > Does anyone object to this?<br> <br> <br> </div>For my part, I think moving it to IAEP would be a very good idea. I'm<br> subscribed to both as are many of us and IAEP has a somewhat larger<br> audience and it is publicly archived for the benefit of future<br> reference.<br></blockquote><div><br>Yes, let's move to IAEP, it also seems the conversation will be better suited for this list.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>Christophe<br> <br></font></span></div> </div><br><div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Christophe Guéret</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:40 AM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br>Hi Chris,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> If you want to talk to some people in Peru about the curricular<br> materials provided by the government and some explorations of adding<br> to that set of materials, you should probably reach out to the<br> Peruvian Sugar community via the somosazucar list (in Spanish is<br> typically best).<br> <br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/somosazucar" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/somosazucar</a><br></blockquote><div>My Spanish is not as good as it used to be but we should be able to find a way to communicate, hopefully :)<br> <br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> As for getting XO laptops, a Contributors Program application or<br> finding a European XO lending library (OLPC France?) seem like your<br> best options.<br></blockquote><div>Ok, we'll go ahead with making an application then.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>Christophe<br><br></font></span></div></div><br><div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#888">From: <b class="undefined">Christophe Guéret</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl">c.d.m.gueret@vu.nl</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:47 AM<br> To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> </font><br></span><br>Hi,<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="ltr"><div> Here is a link to the Sugar Labs Peru site which has many, many resources. </div> <div><a href="http://pe.sugarlabs.org/go/P%C3%A1gina_principal" target="_blank">http://pe.sugarlabs.org/go/Página_principal</a></div> <div><br> </div> <div>Many years ago (3 or 4?) I downloaded some great teacher training materials from Mochilla Digital. They included units on constructionism and project based learning, which really should be considered for inclusion in any training program for the XOs as many teachers have no experience with them. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Some of the materials got lost in my hard drive crash last year, including the one with the schedule for a 3-day workshop for teachers that was very well planned. It included, among other things, having the teachers participate in projects done via constructionism and PBL to give them an idea of what they are and how they work. It no longer seems to be available. However, I do have a pdf of one of the guides covering collaborative learning and PBL. I will attach it to this email. Of course, it is all in Spanish, but Christoph shouldn't have any problem with that! <img src="http://gfx1.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr04/ltr/emo/open_mouthed_smile.gif" alt="Open-mouth smile" title="Open-mouth smile" style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;vertical-align:text-bottom" height="19" width="19"></div> </div></div></blockquote></div><div>Thanks a lot! So, it seems we should have at least a part about constructionism and project based learning in our curriculum. Then, our students will be able to explain what this notions are about to the teachers and help them create courses that fit these principles. Sounds good, and we can surely re-use some of the content in that PDF (once we manage to read it and translate it to Dutch ;-) )<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> <br>Christophe<br><br></font></span></div></div><br><div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br><br></div><br>