On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 16:28 +0200, Bernie Innocenti wrote: > There's a possibility for a class of five graders in Florence to pilot > SoaS next year. > > Our friends of OLPC Italia came up with a good question: how would an > introductory class for Sugar work in practice? Both teachers and kids > will be present to learn simultaneously, which makes things more > interesting. > > Who actually went through such experience already? How was the class > organized? What materials were used? And, more importantly, ware there > any issues to watch out for?
1. Outside a class a introduced XO's a group of 6 kids. I used a freeform (no structure). Kids when to youtube and hyves and both sites did not work. Kids got frustrated of the XO's slowness. 2. I an class with only one XO we told the teacher let kids play as a bonus and ask afterward what they discovered. Here the kid like the XO a lot. My recommondation would are: guide form: - no internet first time - make groups with tasks - let childeren tell their experiance - Let the teacher not to be in charge off the class (take over control) - short time (one hour max) - make clear choise what to discover, - have goals per session (measuring succes) or if use free form: - no internet - limited time - no questions for teacher or guiders. - no active interventions, - no active observation, (do sometime else). - afterwards let kids tell - what not worked - what worked 2ct, Marten > -- http://martenvijn.nl Marten Vijn http://martenvijn.nl/trac/wiki/soas Sugar on a Stick http://bsd.wifisoft.org/nek/ The Network Event Kit http://har2009.org 13th-16th August http://opencommunitycamp.org 26th Jul - 2nd August _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep