On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 03:16, Walter Bender<[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Tomeu Vizoso<[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> would like to propose a meeting to talk about how deployments can >> provide better feedback and how we can process it so developers and >> the rest of Sugar Labs can prioritize their work accordingly. >> >> How does it sound? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tomeu >> >> -- >> «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar. >> What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» - David >> Farning >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > Alas, this is the sort of mindset we are working with: > >> Walter, >> >> We have continued working closely with the pilot school and have >> gotten a lot of insight into what the teachers want/need. Right now >> our calendar is pretty full so joining IRC meetings isn't really >> feasible. We will, however, pass on requests when it seems like >> there's a demand for something to help make the Sugar more >> relevant in the classroom. >> >> I hope that there will be more useful information come out of the >> NSF funded ICAC (Integrating Computing Across the Curriculum) >> grant that we are a part of. It will disseminate information related >> to findings in the schools and we'll be glad to let you know in >> advance when publications become available. > > Not convinced that better reporting tools are going to help with > attitudes such as this. We need a way to get past the deployment > gatekeepers and the academics and talk directly with teachers and > students.
Agreed, though if those deployer organizations see that others get what they need by working for us, that may mean something for them. But I agree that direct contact with teachers is very useful for us as olpc-sur has shown. Regards, Tomeu -- «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar. What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» - David Farning _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
