On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Sebastian Silva <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I noticed this post on Sugar Planet this morning... does anyone know what > software they are using? Sugar+Scratch? > I think that OLPC NL3 comes with a default interface of Ubuntu 16.04, and Scratch is kinda available for Ubuntu alone. Also i think Scratch is no longer supported in Sugar Labs because it is not available activities.sugarlabs.org. > Thanks! > > Sebastian > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Lennox Island students learn digital animation > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:24:29 GMT > From: Diriana Teran <> > > Pilot project provides laptops, training > > Eric McCarthy [email protected] > Published on March 7, 2017 > > John J. Sark Memorial School students give a demonstration of the digital > animation skills they acquired using laptops donated to them by Princes > Charities Canada and One Laptop Per Child Canada. > > [image: PI-AXX-XXXX2017-Princes-Charities.jpg] > > *LENNOX ISLAND – Carson Thomas thinks he will be better equipped going > forward in doing Internet searches for school projects.* > > Advertisement > > Thomas and his fellow Grade 5 and 6 students at John J Sark Memorial > School on Lennox Island spent two hours after school each day last week > receiving computer animation and programming training. > > Prince’s Charities Canada, the charitable office for His Royal Highness, > The Prince of Wales, partnered with One Laptop Per Child Canada to provide > computers and training to indigenous youth. Lennox Island was one of seven > First Nations across Canada to benefit from the pilot project this winter. > > Thomas said he learned how to change colors on computer projects and how > to make his name animated and dance. > > Matthew Rowe, Director of Operations, Prince’s Charities Canada, said the > participating schools and their students get to keep the computers. > > Rowe said the students in the Lennox Island project created digital > animation projects, talking mostly in Mi’Kmaq, about the traditions of > their community. “The idea was to build digital skills while getting them > to create projects that were giving them a chance to use the language and > to learn it,” he said. > > While digital animation is a new approach for the students, Rowe said the > Grade 5 and 6 students was a good age range to work with. “They actually > soak it up like sponges,” he said of the simplified coding language. > > Grade 5/6 teacher, Nicole Gorrill, said the students already possessed > basic computer skills but the shared project taught them new skills. “What > happened, for most of the students, it really piqued more of their interest > for technology,” she observed. “They’ve been learning these new computer > skills, but they are also now able to kind of take what they’re learning in > their cultural class here at the school and they have a new way of > displaying that so that they can teach their friends or other family > members,” she suggested. > > “It’s been really, really good to boost their self confidence.” > > Grade 6 student, Kavon Bernard is excited about the potential. He’d like > to “make animations, set them up to the internet and get famous on > animation.” > > The students, working in teams of two, prepared one to two minute > animation projects which they shared with other students, family members > and elders. Lieutenant Governor Frank Lewis and former premier Robert Ghiz, > a member of the Prince’s Charities Advisory Council were in attendance for > the presentations. > > “Lots of big, big smiles today,” Gorrill said in describing her students’ > sense of accomplishment. > > Rowe said schools involved in the pilot project also receive a year of > ongoing support. > > http://www.journalpioneer.com/news/local/2017/3/7/lennox- > island-students-learn-digital-animation.html > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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