Is there a minimum set of Sugar teacher/tutor training, hardware and software that could be implemented by a community supported remedial program that works with kids outside regular elementary school? Is this something that could be considered and/or suggested?
A local program provides small group time as their primary learning activities and has some computers that they use already. Most of the software is the usual proprietary kids educational products. Their regular program would lend itself to including basic Sugar Labs Activities. Are there guidelines for when Sugar Labs Activities can be beneficial even if it isn't possible or practical to provide the all-inclusive OLPC environment? In this case, the computers could probably loaded with Linux and Sugar, and would be stand-alone (without a classroom or school server). I don't know if the machines are networked so that groups and neighborhoods could be available. Is anyone doing this now? Does Sugar Labs encourage this? What is a minimum setup that could be considered? What are the "gotcha's" for doing something like this? To replace textbooks, is there a strategy for moving to wider use of Sugar as part of the process? Thanks ..Valerie _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
