Am 08.02.2011 05:05, schrieb Walter Bender: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Christoph Derndorfer > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm giving two presentations about OLPC in Switzerland later this week >> and so I'm currently in the process of planning them as well as >> (re-)designing the accompanying slides. >> >> I realized that I'm not entirely happy about the part where I talk about >> Sugar which essentially hasn't changed since mid-2008 (slides 35 to 42 >> in this slide-deck: >> http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/attachments/1487_26c3_derndorfer.pdf) >> Now I'm looking for suggestions on how to improve / revamp that section. >> >> One of the two talks will be in front of an audience mainly consisting >> of teachers and IT administrators from Swiss and German schools and >> cantons. Hence I'm particularly interested in hearing what people who >> have presented in front of such an education-focused crowd talked on >> when it comes to Sugar. > > I typically try to make the point that the culture of FOSS is a > culture that sets the expectation of engagement and that is > synergistic with the goals of learning. Walk them through an activity > that enables the end user to make modifications: Memorize, Abacus, > Turtle Art, etc.
Thanks, that sounds like a great idea. Last night I actually wanted to go and re-watch your TEDxBrussels talk for inspiration, unfortunately it's not available on YouTube yet. Cheers, Christoph -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, www.olpcnews.com e-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
