[Sugar-devel] Nutrition Activity very effective

[Walter Bender]

missing links:

[1] http://git.sugarlabs.org/nutrition/nutrition/blobs/master/game.py#line40
[2] http://git.sugarlabs.org/nutrition/nutrition/trees/master/images

-walter

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 6:50 AM, David Leeming
> <david at leeming-consulting.com> wrote:
>> Just want to give some quick feedback from a small but active deployment in
>> Papua New Guinea.
>>
>>
>>
>> Nutrition is a really great way to get teachers to see the potentials
>> because in our region as (probably) in many others the primary school system
>> is now using the rich task or thematic approach. You can use it to teach
>> many subjects but made relevant and real for students from the context.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have just facilitated some workshops for a NGO-led deployment and this
>> activity was a fantastic hook to make the potentials relevant to their
>> needs.
>>
>>
>>
>> We noted that local foods can be added which is great. But we were not sure
>> about one default foodstuff in the Activity, the brown chunk with holes...
>
> Hmm. I guess my drawing skills aren't what I imaged them to be :) Are
> you referring to the chocolate-chip cookie image? Or my poor attempt
> at drawing rice and beans?
>
> FWIW, I have a high school student who is doing some work on this
> activity during the month of May whom is soliciting suggestions for
> improvements. We've already discussed working on a better way to let
> deployments customize the program to meet local needs, but exactly
> what mechanism to use is still being discussed. In the short term,
> simply edit the table in game.py [1] and add/remover images from the
> images/ subdirectory [2].
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
>>
>>
>>
>> David Leeming
>>
>> Solomon Islands Rural Link
>> www.rurallink.com.sb
>>
>>
>>
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