On 19 November 2011 00:10, Walter Bender <[email protected]> wrote: > (1) In Australia, the teachers use a social-networking site called > Yammer. Developers know to go to Yammer to communicate directly with > the teachers. Is there a social-networking site in your country where > the teachers gather? If so, we could hang out with them there. (I've > asked this question many times in the past and never gotten an answer. > Perhaps you or Carlos could investigate?)
Yammer is working out really well for us, and we are tying it into our programme more tightly. We're currently putting together a certification programme for teachers. One of these certifications, the XO-cert [1], is a pre-requisite for a teacher to receive XOs for their class. In ways like this, we ensure that teachers are properly prepared on how they can use Sugar in their classroom before they can commence. Joining our Yammer network [2] is mandatory for teachers taking part in the courses [3]. Just as Sugar promotes collaboration amongst children, we want to do the same with Yammer for teachers. We provide rewards to teachers who are prolific posters on Yammer. Sridhar [1] http://edu.laptop.org.au/laptop/xo-cert-course [2] https://www.yammer.com/australianxoteachers/ [3] http://laptop.moodle.com.au/ Sridhar Dhanapalan Engineering Manager One Laptop per Child Australia _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
