> We should recruit someone to be a project lead for such a workshop. +1 to all the questions!
I'd suggest that the workshop be run in parallel with FUDCON this January by the teachers, students, and parents from the schools the Sugar on a Stick pilots will be at. It would be a good learning/leadership/outreach opportunity for them, and directly relevant to helping them prepare for their own pilots (best way to learn is to teach, and all that). I've put together workshops/etc. in the past, and would be glad to mentor a core group of 1-3 people through the process for a parallel-to-FUDCON workshop, if there are people willing to step up who'd like to use this as an opportunity to learn workshop-runnin' - everything from getting space and advertising to running around during the event, making a schedule, etc. (Caroline, can you think of any from the pilot schools?) No obligation to take me up on this offer, btw; it's not hard to know more about running workshops than I do. But I thought I'd throw it out there in case someone was interested in doing this but didn't feel like they knew how. > I actually have pretty strong feelings that gender equity is a relevant > issue for Sugar Labs. The mission is learning to learn for EVERY child. Aye - I'm a fan of universal design (applicable to more than just design for the disabled, which is the sense it's usually used in). Broadly stated, universal design makes it easier for traditionally underrepresented groups to participate in a way that makes it easier for *everyone* to participate - the traditional example is that making a building entrance wheelchair-friendly instead of adding a separate door for just people in wheelchairs both (1) doesn't stigmatize the difference between folks in wheelchairs and not, and (2) probably makes the entrance easier for people not-in-wheelchairs to walk up as well. --Mel _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
