[Sugar-devel] Service Learning Project-Constructivist Tools for Sugar

[John Tierney]

Hello all,
First I would like to thank Development team for the time at meeting today to bring this upwith the hope of landing these features if doable in 0.98.

 I have chosen to do a
Service Learning Project around Sugar for my Masters 
Learning Design
& Tech program at Purdue University.



 Let me preface
by saying I have read the feature policy which I see flowing from 
technical to learning. I am coming at this from the opposite
direction learning to technical because my lack of technical
expertise. I am looking to collaborate 
with entire
Dev team to push through these constructivist learning principles 
if
they are technically feasible? I am coming to you at this point to
start the 
thinking and see if either of these paths can and should be
followed.



When you get the chance would you
please take a look at my user page which includesService Learning Plan Write-up:http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Jt4sugar



This is built off some of my previous
work along with Fall 2011 semester work 
with Dr. Dana Driscoll and her Literacy, Technology, and Civic
Engagement 
class at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.




They did an entire class semester
project around Sugar-Literacy and Writing process effortsPhase 1: User:Owl Jr. Project/semesterproject1Phase 2: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Owl_Jr._Project
>From all this work we have distilled
two features we think our apt to enhance the Sugar Learning Platform in powerful ways for learners and teachers alike, which adhere and support 
constructivist principles, and build on the reflection feature “Write
to the Journal Anytime”.
I wanted you to look at these pages first to understand the context before starting separate threads for 



Inquiry Learning Global Chat and Discovery Mode. 

Dr. Dana Driscoll has also agreed to meet with the Development team if they wanted to have 
an IRC discussion around her class project, the benefits of building in features for Reflection,
Inquiry Learning, and the idea of Discovery Mode along with the constructivist and pedagogical 
value they can bring. Please let
 me know if this is something you would like me to 
facilitate. Dr. 
Driscoll,Graduated from Purdue with her Doctorate in 
Rhetoric and Composition and 


was a major contributor/worker on the Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
When starting those threads would these be correct for the subject line:[Feature] Inquiry Learning Global Chat[Feature] Discovery Mode





Would like to set up a couple of
brainstorm sessions one for each feature around 
the possibilities but don't want to tie up
Dev Mtg time that centers around 0.96. 
Can meet another time on #sugar-meeting or #sugar.





Please suggest what works best for you
all.
Appreciate the Interest!John Tierney

I have set up the shell pages for: 




Inquiry Learning Global
	Chat-http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Inquiry_learning_global_chat 

          Peer and Teacher questioning across
	activities with capture log


Discovery
	Mode-http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Discovery_mode
	Creating a mode allowing
	teacher/guides/facilitator to learn about Sugar inside
	
	Sugar activities through palettes that
	open and contain description and use cases for icon/process





I will definitely need collaborative
help with the hope of having the Dev team “adopt” these features and takingownership or working on some type of co-ownership basis since there will be the need to help fill out feature page from 
the technical perspective.









 		 	   		  
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