On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 4:31 AM, Tony Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Bryan has started a very interesting discussion about what is needed for > the XO to support education. I would like to add my two cents worth. > > We are learning (gaining new experience) every day that we are alive. > The traditional difference in education is that it is organized > learning. Teaching a topic means to provide an organized tour of an area > of knowledge covering what every student should know or be aware of. > > The XO's primary tool for education, as opposed to learning experiences, > is Moodle. The problem is that Moodle for the XO is a tool which is > ready and waiting to be used (all dressed up and no where to go). > > My vision is that there is a repository (website) which contains free > (CC or similar) courses covering the core curriculum for K-8. The > website needs to be supported by a community of developers (course > creators) and moderators (folks who volunteer to assist teachers and > students who are participating). This repository should also contain > 'elective' courses following the model of Oregon's Saturday Academy > (http://www.saturdayacademy.org/).
Earth Treasury is working on that plan with a number of other partners. We welcome others to participate. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Creating_textbooks > The primary problem with Moodle at the moment is that there are is not a > body of grade school courses available to illustrate how to build them > or to provoke the community to 'make it better'. Exactly. > Tony -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
