Wise idea. This is just me writing at a mile a minute. But 100% agreed! Beth
--- *Beth Santos* Outreach Coordinator Waveplace Foundation Tel: +1 610 797 3100 x 44 Fax: +1 610 797 3199 Cell: +1 603 661 1273 http://www.waveplace.org On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:14 PM, David Farning <dfarn...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Beth Santos <b...@waveplace.org> wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> Looking for someone who can get me in touch with people who might be >> interested in developing health-focused Etoys education software- nutrition, >> sanitation, HIV/AIDS awareness, malaria prevention, anatomy, etc. This is an >> initiative I want to grow in countries in Africa and could use some content >> help. Whether it's international health professionals or computer >> programmers who want to make the actual games, let me know. >> >> > A rather minor point.... > > As we talk about content to augment teaching specific concepts or tasks ,it > might be better to use the educator terminology of learning object[1] rather > than game. I see rather a lot of push back when talking to teachers about > 'games', but the parse 'learning object' seems to resonate well:) > > david > > 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_object > >> Beth >> >> >> --- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >
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