Pedro,<br><br>Another thing to remember about Activities is that some of them are for finding and reading e-books. There are millions of free e-books available, most not written for children. (I wish I had an XO laptop running Sugar in college). Sugar has Activities that make it really easy to find free e-books and copy them to the computer. The Read Activity can use all the most common e-book formats. Sugar can be used to create books too. Just as we have students writing Sugar Activities and even contributing code to Sugar itself we will also soon have students writing and publishing textbooks and other materials.<br>
<br>I have written a bit on this topic:<br><br><a href="http://www.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/">http://www.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/</a><br><br>and also at<br><br><a href="http://archive.org/details/EBookEnlightenment">http://archive.org/details/EBookEnlightenment</a><br>
<br>James Simmons<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Caryl Bigenho <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com" target="_blank">cbigenho@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Pedro,<div><br></div><div>Maybe I can help you narrow it down. But, first I will need to know a little bit about your proposed research project. </div><div><br></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size:10pt">Will you be working with your own students or others?</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:10pt">Will you be both teacher and investigator? </span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt">What is the age/grade and grade of the students who will be using Sugar? </span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt">What does your research design look like? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:10pt">Do you plan to do a survey, pre-test/post-test with control and experimental groups, a combination of both or something else? </span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt">Will you be using XOs or SOAS (Sugar On A Stick)? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:10pt">Will students have access to Sugar outside the classroom?</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt">What subjects do you plan to concentrate on?</span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>
Caryl Bigenho <br><br><div><div></div>> To: <a href="mailto:pt.pmpm@gmail.com" target="_blank">pt.pmpm@gmail.com</a><br>> From: <a href="mailto:forster@ozonline.com.au" target="_blank">forster@ozonline.com.au</a><br>
> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:34:08 +1100<br>> CC: <a href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>> Subject: [IAEP] activities (games) recommended age<br>> <br>> Hi Pedro<br>
> <br>> The main target audience for the XO laptop and Sugar is primary school, grades 1-6. Younger children will have difficulty using a computer. Many of Sugar's Activities are usable by older children, I think Sugar still quite suitable for grades 7-8. Older children may find the Sugar desktop restrictive and want to use the Gnome desktop for some tasks such as access to the underlying file system.<br>
> <br>> Children in grades 5-6 are probably the most productive, the desire to experiment and create seems to peak around these years.<br>> <br>> Tony<br>> <br>> Hello.<br>> I'm a teacher and I am going to do master's thesis on the use of Sugar<br>
> Activities (games).<br>> Can anyone tell me if there is any recommendation on the appropriate ages<br>> for activities (games)? Or do you consider this as an opposition to<br>> constructionism and the freedom of choice of the child?<br>
> Where can I get more information on this subject?<br>> Sorry for my english.<br>> <br>> Thank you very much,<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>> <br>> -- <br>> Pedro Martins<br>> 966092379<br>
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