Yesterday was have picture perfect start to eduJAM! The day was planned by the Ceibal-volunteer associations as part of their annual (sometime biannual) meeting. For lack of a better word, my Spanish is still rather fuzzy, I will use the term Ceibal-volunteer associations to describe Ceibal-Jam, Rap-Ceibal, and Flordeceibo.
Many of us in Sugar Labs are familiar with Ceibal-Jam, the software-arm of the project, from the public work at http://ceibaljam.org/ . Particularly interesting is their work on Sugar activities at http://ceibaljam.org/drupal/?q=lista_proyectos . Rap-Ceibal is the volunteer support organization. There public work is at http://rapceibal.blogspot.com/ . They are doing really interesting work creating regional centers. Basic service and support happens in the schools, while more complicated or specialized service and support happen in the regional centers. It is a great model. Thirdly, Flordeceibo, is the education arm that builds on the technical work of Ceibal-Jam, Rap-Ceibal, and other organization to enable a efficient and effective education for student in Uruguay. http://www.flordeceibo.edu.uy/ The morning started with the groups giving status reports of current projects and roadmaps for next year. It was a great example of people saying, 'we see a problem and we are trying to fix it.' The afternoon was a series of videoconferences with distant schools. Groups from various school shared their experiences and concern. This was followed by an open discussion on how to meet their needs. Midafternoon we broke up and shared a meal, ( The proper translation for the dish was 'delicious heart attack on a plate' ) with others planning on attending the Tour of Uruguay. Overall two thumbs up to everyone involved. As special shout out to Antel, a Uruguayan telecommunications firm, for providing the facilities -- which included an video conferencing system that would make any hacker want to get in there and take in apart to figure out how it works :) The moderator, Latise (sp?) did an outstanding job of keeping the program running smoothly and on schedule. Which can be harder than it appeared when you have a room full of smart, curious, and passionate people. david _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
