Nice idea, Ivan. I'm new to the list, but I'm enjoying the discussion about children and nuclear power education. I'm also watching the OLPC Health list/discussion and finding as much "we can change the world" thinking there. What a fantastic group.
By way of quick introduction, I'm a learning designer by trade, on hiatus while my kids are little but they're getting bigger. We spent bedtime reading time tonight playing TamTamMini on their XOs. I wanted to contribute one convergent thought aimed at anyone developing basic literacy and numeracy learning modules (which I hope to do as well.) Perhaps this has been discussed ad nauseum. If so, I apologize, I'm new to the program and geeky-excited about it, so forgive me some newbie enthusiasm. The convergence idea is this: With learning modules aimed at basic literacy - use health, nutrition, and sanitation content. For instance, in early reading exercises, use sentences such as "We wash our hands before we eat." "We eat fruits, vegetables, and grains." "Josiah eats a carrot." I'm not a K-12 educator so I don't know the exact right sentence length, word difficulty, etc. - but my point is, when creating learning events, use real-world content instead of only "Bill (or Ahmed) saw the ball." I'm starting to think about ways we can use existing activities to achieve basic math and reading learning objectives. I'm using US - Illinois, the state where I live - standards, which I know isn't broad enough but it's a place for me to start. I would welcome programming partners, I design but suck at building, and also K-6 educator partners (although I have some resources locally that I can tap.) Feel free to contact me off-list at kayti99 at gmail dot com. Thanks! Karen Smith St. Charles, IL -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ivan Krstic Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:47 PM To: Edward Cherlin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]; Brown, Henry,DoIT Subject: Re: [OLPC library] OLPC+Polywell Fusion power+EMS/SCADA = Off gridpower for rural areas = Better healthcare On Jan 29, 2008, at 11:54 PM, Edward Cherlin wrote: > Schoolchildren can investigate claimed tabletop fusion systems. How about we start with some basic literacy, numeracy, and exploratory programming tools and, you know, get to tabletop fusion by working our way up? -- Ivan Krstić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://radian.org _______________________________________________ Library mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library _______________________________________________ Library mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library
