On 6/27/09, Tomeu Vizoso <to...@sugarlabs.org> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 02:19, Caroline Meeks<carol...@solutiongrove.com> > wrote: > > First off it went well. The teacher's loved Sugar, saw a lot of > > possibilities and are motivated to help us go forward. People talked with > me > > about it the entire conference. > > > > That said, I learned a lot of lessons and there are things I would do > > differently. > > > > Always bring an AP. Don't use existing wireless. > > > > When I tested before class the wireless seemed great. We packed the room. > > The wireless network got very flacky. Next time I'm going to bring an AP > > and just try to collaborate locally. I'm thinking of getting one of the > > open-mesh $29.00 units and seeing how that works. > > > > Either get USB sticks to boot OR teach about Sugar, don't try to do both > at > > once. > > > > The class was packed and although most of the computers finally booted to > > sugar it took a lot of time. Until we really get things down I think I'm > > going to hand out LiveCDs then after wards tell people I'll work with > them > > one-on-one to get it to boot from USB. > > > Perhaps the main medium of SoaS distribution should be a SoaS LiceCD > with an activity that would make very simple to flash a USB stick? > > That would allow us to control better the flashing process, where is > very easy to get into trouble. > > And maybe that LiveCD could double as a Boot helper?
+1 +1 +1!!!! Pretty Please with Sugar on Top!!!! Should I put in a ticket? Regards, > > > Tomeu > > > > We need to create a list of Sugar Basics that we cover before we turn > people > > loose to explore. > > > > This is the Home Screen. > > This icon represents you and its your colors > > Here is how you get to the frame. > > This is the Neighborhood view. You can get there from the frame or from > F1. > > Here is how you connect to the AP. More color in the circle means > stronger > > signal (Someone told me that he thought he should go for the empty ones > > cause it meant they had more room) > > This the your group view. Your friends will show up here. > > This is the Journal where your work is saved. > > To do something go to your Home screen and click on any of these icons. > They > > are the activities. > > > > We didn't do this and people got frustrated needlessly. We want them to > > explore but I think we need to figure out what people need to oriented > too > > before they explore. I wonder if showing the demo movie would have been > a > > good way to cover this. > > > > We didn't get to the lesson plan I created because we had so many people > and > > so many problems booting. Luckily Walter can do a Sugar and Turtle Art > > presentation in his sleep. > > > > One thing we should have done, and would have gotten to if we had been > able > > to follow our plan, is to demo Write and peer editing. This is a big > deal > > for teachers. We need to remember to do it early in the presentation, > > before we get sucked into playing with the cute turtle. > > > > -- > > Caroline Meeks > > Solution Grove > > carol...@solutiongrove.com > > > > 617-500-3488 - Office > > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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