Re: [IAEP] Suggestions

[Sean DALY]

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 8:05 PM, samson goddy 
wrote:

>  And Sean, i really want to make this madatory to all members in SL. Since
> you are in-charge of marketing how can i get started?



Samson - I'm afraid there's no mandatory anything :-) nearly all of us are
unpaid volunteers... I'm nobody's boss, and it's better that way.

The best way to ask SL members to engage, and for people to like & share
what we post, is for us to be clear about what we are doing. We shouldn't
just ask everyone to post anything. Let's assume you want to do developer
recruitment. What skills we need most right now? Shall we post a "job ad",
stating very clearly that it is an unpaid volunteer post? GSoC is underway.
Perhaps we should post something about that. But what? here's where
planning comes in. How do we show the work being done? the mentoring? in a
way that's fair to all the participants?

As I've said I think it's great you want to take initiative on social
media, even if I don't think SL can pay a salary. I myself am unable to put
in the time. I'm just trying to say we have to build stories and a little
planning goes a long way.

Sean
___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions

[Dave Crossland]

On 10 June 2016 at 11:05, samson goddy  wrote:
> i really want to make this madatory to all members in SL

Nothing is mandatory for volunteers :)

While I agree that asking members to do this will be good, I would
like to complete the wiki clean up. Would you be willing to spend an hour or two
to help me with this?

In the accounts sheet of this doc,

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rx2zhKGI-GErTMLChQDlCoiizReOkHGSXA0UY3AwBZc/edit#gid=1119868787

I am going down the sheet checking real/user/email names to guess if
they are likely from a human or appear to be a spam account, and if
they are NOT a spammer then I change Col H ("Remove?") from Yes to No.

I haven't looked at rows 2,781 to 3,483 - only 702 rows left! - so if
you can do that last bit this weekend, that would be great! :)

Then...

- I'll send an email to every user marked for removal, to check if
they really are a human, and wait a week for them to reply

- I'll ask Sam C to remove all the spammer accounts on the wiki,

- I'll merge the wiki-human list into the list of all emails from all
sugarlabs mailman lists, and the members list

- I'll, via mailchimp, email all potential emails asking if they want
to be SL members (and solicit a donation if SLOBs approved asking for
one)

Then we will have a list of members that we can ask to take specific
actions, like participating in social media, vote in elections, etc.
___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading

[James Simmons]

Steve,

I wrote a book on reading and Sugar which might be of some use:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/

and also:

https://archive.org/details/EBookEnlightenment

I wish I had the resources described in this book when I was learning
French.  Project Gutenberg has some Jules Verne books that have never been
translated into English.  That would have been a better motivation to me
than anything my teachers actually tried.  (Not that I'm blaming my
teachers.  I was a terrible student).

James Simmons


On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Steve Thomas sthom...@gosargon.com wrote:

 I will be heading to Haiti next month and the teachers are requesting
 feedback and ideas on teaching English at the school I will be visiting.

 I am looking for good resources on methods of teaching/lessons, software
 suggestions and non computer games and methods of learning.

 I have ordered Proust and the Squid and am looking at Maryanne Wolf
 video's suggested by Mike Lee.

 Thanks,
 Stephen

 ___
 IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
 IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
 http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading

[Edward Mokurai Cherlin]

On Wed, February 27, 2013 8:09 pm, Steve Thomas wrote:
 I will be heading to Haiti next month and the teachers are requesting
 feedback and ideas on teaching English at the school I will be visiting.

 I am looking for good resources on methods of teaching/lessons, software
 suggestions and non computer games and methods of learning.

One of the best methods for teaching foreign languages is the
microwave technique created by Earl Stevick of the US Foreign Service
Institute, one of the top language schools in the world. It consists
of short, carefully sequenced lessons that introduce single points of
grammar, which are then reinforced in dialogs where students are
encouraged to explore the possible range of variation in using the
expressions they have just learned. Microwave was adopted by the Peace
Corps for all of its language materials and courses in something like
80 languages. I was taught a little bit of the technique as an English
teacher with the Peace Corps in South Korea in the 1960s.

There is A Microwave Course in English as a Second Language (For
Spanish Speakers) available for free download from the US government
Educational Resources Information Center Web site.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true_ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED035876ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=noaccno=ED035876

A teacher's manual exists, but I have not seen it offered for download.

Obviously, this is not quite what the Haitian teachers want. It would
require significant work to adapt it to the requirements of speakers
of standard French or of Kreyòl Ayisyen, and to make it usable at
other than the adult level.

I can assist. I have been working on the similar Microwave Course in
Spanish (for English speakers), and trying to get a Creative Commons
license to permit wider use, adaptation, and republishing. We do not
know who owns the copyright at present, since the original publisher,
Lingoco, has gone out of business. I could do with some assistance in
such issues of licensing.

 I have ordered Proust and the Squid and am looking at Maryanne Wolf
 video's suggested by Mike Lee.

 Thanks,
 Stephen

-- 
Edward Mokurai (默雷/निशब्दगर्ज/نشبدگرج) Cherlin
Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks
___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading

[Tony Anderson]

Hi,

The Eric site you linked says that it does not have authorization to
make the course available for download. Am I missing something?

Tony


On 02/28/2013 02:15 PM, iaep-requ...@lists.sugarlabs.org wrote:

Send IAEP mailing list submissions to
iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
iaep-requ...@lists.sugarlabs.org

You can reach the person managing the list at
iaep-ow...@lists.sugarlabs.org

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than Re: Contents of IAEP digest...


Today's Topics:

1. Re: Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading
   (Edward Mokurai Cherlin)
2. Integraci?n Curricular Conozco America + Wikipedia
   (Actividad) (Laura Vargas)


--

Message: 1
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:03:53 -0500
From: Edward Mokurai Cherlin moku...@sugarlabs.org
To: iaep iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org
Subject: Re: [IAEP] Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading
Message-ID:
CADmpiaaYPErO3r2pzmvZ2=mDmrJ=btaeovkl4l2vhfasxgq...@mail.gmail.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

On Wed, February 27, 2013 8:09 pm, Steve Thomas wrote:

I will be heading to Haiti next month and the teachers are requesting
feedback and ideas on teaching English at the school I will be visiting.

I am looking for good resources on methods of teaching/lessons, software
suggestions and non computer games and methods of learning.


One of the best methods for teaching foreign languages is the
microwave technique created by Earl Stevick of the US Foreign Service
Institute, one of the top language schools in the world. It consists
of short, carefully sequenced lessons that introduce single points of
grammar, which are then reinforced in dialogs where students are
encouraged to explore the possible range of variation in using the
expressions they have just learned. Microwave was adopted by the Peace
Corps for all of its language materials and courses in something like
80 languages. I was taught a little bit of the technique as an English
teacher with the Peace Corps in South Korea in the 1960s.

There is A Microwave Course in English as a Second Language (For
Spanish Speakers) available for free download from the US government
Educational Resources Information Center Web site.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true_ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED035876ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=noaccno=ED035876

A teacher's manual exists, but I have not seen it offered for download.

Obviously, this is not quite what the Haitian teachers want. It would
require significant work to adapt it to the requirements of speakers
of standard French or of Krey?l Ayisyen, and to make it usable at
other than the adult level.

I can assist. I have been working on the similar Microwave Course in
Spanish (for English speakers), and trying to get a Creative Commons
license to permit wider use, adaptation, and republishing. We do not
know who owns the copyright at present, since the original publisher,
Lingoco, has gone out of business. I could do with some assistance in
such issues of licensing.


I have ordered Proust and the Squid and am looking at Maryanne Wolf
video's suggested by Mike Lee.

Thanks,
Stephen








___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Steve, 
Are you using Sugar? If so, Speak is great. Fototoon is also very good if you 
have the students collaborate on writing stories. Without computers, I would 
suggest having the students write and illustrate their own little stories, make 
up little plays to put on for one another, describe to the class how to do or 
make something, conduct pretend phone conversations, pretend to go shopping, 
etc., and one of the most enjoyable things... have them sing lots of fun songs 
in English. They can have the words written some where to practice reading them 
and can talk about what they mean. They can make simple instruments to play 
along too... a few pebbles in a soda can, sticks to hit together, a plastic 
bucket as a drum... you get the idea.
Have fun!Caryl

Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:09:38 -0500
From: sthom...@gosargon.com
To: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; squeakl...@squeakland.org
Subject: [IAEP] Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading

I will be heading to Haiti next month and the teachers are requesting feedback 
and ideas on teaching English at the school I will be visiting.
I am looking for good resources on methods of teaching/lessons, software 
suggestions and non computer games and methods of learning.

I have ordered Proust and the Squid and am looking at Maryanne Wolf video's 
suggested by Mike Lee.
Thanks,Stephen

___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
  ___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions Needed!

[Caryl Bigenho]

Thanks Tim,
That is an excellent suggestion!  With the tight budget constraints we have 
right now, it is easy to get caught up in the free part.  Focusing on the 
quality programs available with the $0 cost to sweeten the deal sounds like a 
good approach.  I'll sleep on it and do a revision tomorrow.
Caryl

Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 16:38:25 +1300
Subject: Re: [IAEP] Suggestions Needed!
From: paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz
To: cbige...@hotmail.com
CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-g...@laptop.org

On 9 October 2010 12:14, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote:






Hi Folks...
I'm working on the abstract for my proposed presentation at CUE 2011 in Palm 
Springs in March.  The filing deadline is Monday, but I was hoping to put it in 
tomorrow morning since we will be traveling Sunday.  They asked for an outline 
of the presentation in the abstract, that is why it is in that form.  I want to 
focus mainly on Sugar and SoaS for this talk but still put in stuff about OLPC 
and volunteering.  


My main suggestion would be to change the focus from free educational 
software, e.g. no cost, to the benefits of the Sugar Learning Platform and the 
other packages you're highlighting as quality educational tools in and of 
themselves. I don't know if this makes sense, but I feel that promoting free 
software as no cost cheapens it to a degree.


Tim
  ___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions Needed!

[Tabitha Roder]

Hi Caryl

The abstract does not paint a picture of it's an education project. This
applies to the whole abstract. You can even use these words it's an
education project if it helps you clarify that Sugar is all about the
learning.

e.g. A. Moodle: similar to BlackBoard, but free.  You do pay for support if
needed
Moodle is not similar to Blackboard - Moodle is based on a social
constructionist pedagogy, you would find some similar theories to those
floating around the education research office at MIT Media Labs.
Try writing: Moodle: a learning management system designed with a social
constructionist pedagogy as a guide. It is distributed under GPL so is free
to use and has a community of support available as well as paid support.

So now lets take the opening:

 This presentation will focus on free educational software that can be run
 on most computers from a usb thumb-drive or live CD: Sugar on a Stick
 (SoaS).  This software is helpful when no internet is available, you do not
 wish students to have access to the web, or you do not wish to permanently
 install something new on the computer.


This presentation will focus on the education tool known as Sugar on a Stick
(SoaS); a learning platform that can run from a USB thumb drive or live CD,
without need for installing anything onto a schools computers.
Then perhaps quote Sugar Labs website:
The award-winning Sugar Learning Platform promotes collaborative learning
through Sugar Activities that encourage critical thinking, the heart of a
quality education. Designed from the ground up especially for children,
Sugar offers an alternative to traditional “office-desktop” software.

As far as I know CUE2011 is a conference for educators who use computers, so
try to appeal more to the educators.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Kind regards
Tabitha Roder
eLearning specialist and olpc volunteer
tabi...@tabitha.net.nz
Cell +64 21 482229

http://tabitharoder.wordpress.com/ http://tabitharoder.blogspot.com/



On 9 October 2010 12:14, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote:

 Hi Folks...
 I'm working on the abstract for my proposed presentation at CUE 2011 in
Palm Springs in March.  The filing deadline is Monday, but I was hoping to
put it in tomorrow morning since we will be traveling Sunday.  They asked
for an outline of the presentation in the abstract, that is why it is in
that form.  I want to focus mainly on Sugar and SoaS for this talk but still
put in stuff about OLPC and volunteering.
 If you have a few minutes to look over my attached abstract and give me
suggestions for additions or corrections, I would really appreciated it!
 Thanks,
 Caryl
 ___
 IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
 IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
 http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions Needed!

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Tabitha...
Thanks for the great suggestions.  I think I will steal some of your words!  
Actually, CUE is for Computer Using Educators, but that doesn't mean they are 
computer saavy.  Basically they are all looking for a magic bullet that 
will make their lives easier and help their students get better test scores.
I think I will leave out Moodle entirely... there is usually someone who will 
cover that.  Last year when they did, they portrayed it as an inexpensive 
alternative to BlackBoard. No mention was made of constructionist pedagogy.  In 
fact... no one is really mentioning that much.  Getting students to do better 
on the standardized tests is what the teachers are interested in... their jobs 
may depend on it!  You have to sneak it in... and Sugar-coat it!  
I think I will revise my Abstract to show how using Sugar, and other portable 
software, can be tied to preparing students for the tests... alas! That is what 
folks seem to need right now.  We have to be stealth advocates of 
constructionist ideas. 
Too bad the focus is on prepping for tests, not prepping for life!
Caryl
BTW Teachers are definitely not in favor of teaching to the test, but it has 
become a scary fact of life whether they like it or not:
http://projects.latimes.com/value-added/
http://www.neontommy.com/news/2010/09/los-angeles-teachers-protest-against-los-angeles-times

http://projects.latimes.com/value-added/faq/

Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:38:59 +1300
Subject: Re: [IAEP] Suggestions Needed!
From: tabi...@tabitha.net.nz
To: cbige...@hotmail.com
CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-g...@laptop.org

Hi Caryl

The abstract does not paint a picture of it's an education project. This 
applies to the whole abstract. You can even use these words it's an education 
project if it helps you clarify that Sugar is all about the learning.


e.g. A. Moodle: similar to BlackBoard, but free.  You do pay for support if 
needed
Moodle is not similar to Blackboard - Moodle is based on a social 
constructionist pedagogy, you would find some similar theories to those 
floating around the education research office at MIT Media Labs.

Try writing: Moodle: a learning management system designed with a social 
constructionist pedagogy as a guide. It is distributed under GPL so is free to 
use and has a community of support available as well as paid support.


So now lets take the opening:
This presentation will focus on free educational software that can be run on 
most computers from a usb thumb-drive or live CD: Sugar on a Stick (SoaS).  
This software is helpful when no internet is available, you do not wish 
students to have access to the web, or you do not wish to permanently install 
something new on the computer.  


This presentation will focus on the education tool known as Sugar on a Stick 
(SoaS); a learning platform that can run from a USB thumb drive or live CD, 
without need for installing anything onto a schools computers. 

Then perhaps quote Sugar Labs website: 
The award-winning Sugar Learning
 Platform promotes collaborative learning through Sugar Activities that 
encourage critical thinking, the heart of a quality education. Designed 
from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers an alternative 
to traditional “office-desktop” software.
As far as I know CUE2011 is a conference for educators who use computers, so 
try to appeal more to the educators. 

Hope this helps. Good luck!


Kind regards
Tabitha Roder
eLearning specialist and olpc volunteer
tabi...@tabitha.net.nz
Cell +64 21 482229

http://tabitharoder.wordpress.com/ http://tabitharoder.blogspot.com/   




On 9 October 2010 12:14, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote:

 Hi Folks...
 I'm working on the abstract for my proposed presentation at CUE 2011 in Palm 
 Springs in March.  The filing deadline is Monday, but I was hoping to put it 
 in tomorrow morning since we will be traveling Sunday.  They asked for an 
 outline of the presentation in the abstract, that is why it is in that form.  
 I want to focus mainly on Sugar and SoaS for this talk but still put in stuff 
 about OLPC and volunteering.  

 If you have a few minutes to look over my attached abstract and give me 
 suggestions for additions or corrections, I would really appreciated it!
 Thanks,
 Caryl
 ___

 IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
 IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
 http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep


  ___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions Needed!

[Tim McNamara]

On 9 October 2010 12:14, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote:

  Hi Folks...

 I'm working on the abstract for my proposed presentation at CUE 2011 in
 Palm Springs in March.  The filing deadline is Monday, but I was hoping to
 put it in tomorrow morning since we will be traveling Sunday.  They asked
 for an outline of the presentation in the abstract, that is why it is in
 that form.  I want to focus mainly on Sugar and SoaS for this talk but still
 put in stuff about OLPC and volunteering.


My main suggestion would be to change the focus from free educational
software, e.g. no cost, to the benefits of the Sugar Learning Platform and
the other packages you're highlighting as quality educational tools in and
of themselves. I don't know if this makes sense, but I feel that promoting
free software as no cost cheapens it to a degree.

Tim
___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions Needed!

[forster]

Hi 

You might get some ideas from
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Walter#Libre_Planet_talk
or
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Tonyforster#Software_Freedom_Day_Melbourne_2010

Tony
___
IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep