Timothy, et al; Hooray! I will be showing these off.
Seth On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Edward Cherlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:46 AM, Timothy Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Waveplace has finished its beta "Squeaky Tales" courseware ... 30 lessons > > (with videos) that teach how to teach Etoys on the XO. To see examples, > or > > to become a beta tester, visit: > > > > http://waveplace.com/resources/tutorials/ > > Thanks. I put this on the Teacher Training page on the Sugar Labs Wiki. > > > We took everything we learned in our first pilot (in the Virgin Islands) > and > > started completely over. The pacing is much better, as is the > storytelling > > component, which was crucial in St John. We're using the beta courseware > in > > our three pilots this summer, and will then start completely over and > make a > > physical textbook and DVD series (in English, Spanish, and French). All > > will be sold at cost for physical materials. (We're a non-profit.) > > > > In other news, we held our first intensive teacher workshop last week in > > Immokalee, Florida. The teachers are very enthusiastic. For the next > two > > months, they'll be using the courseware to teach 42 children, each of > whom > > received their very own XO last week. Larry Abramson from NPR spent a > day > > with us, listening as we taught the teachers and later the children. > > > > Lastly, we've just finished prep work for our 4th pilot ... this time on > the > > Pacific coast of Nicaragua in a school that currently has no electricity. > > If all goes well, we'll be starting that pilot in mid-July. When this > > pilot finishs, Waveplace will have given both XOs and training to more > than > > 100 children and 20 teachers. > > > > For more on the Immokalee and Nicaragua pilots, or to hear about our > Haiti > > pilot, read the current issue of our newsletter: > > > > http://waveplace.com/news/newsletter/web.jsp?id=7 > > > > You can also subscribe to it by visiting: > > > > http://waveplace.com/subscribe/ > > > > Take care, > > Tim > > -- > > Timothy Falconer > > http://bigfractaltangle.com > > 610-393-1889 mobile > > Immuexa Corporation > > http://immuexa.com > > 610-797-3100 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Grassroots mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots > > > > > > > > -- > Edward Cherlin > End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business > http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ > "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay > _______________________________________________ > Grassroots mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots >
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