It was suggested that I post a link to my commentary about Sugar and education to this list. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team#Commentary
A quick poll before I go on... how many actively participating teachers on this list or the wiki? From what countries? -------- The views expressed are my own and a byproduct of my energies to try and get teachers to incorporate computers into their curriculum for over four years. I built an LTSP lab sometime ago for my English class(I'm a certified English teacher in California.) That lab was an eye-opener for me.Though admins and parents and students loved what was happening in the class, the improved scores, the better writing, higher order thinking etc... _Not a single teacher accepted my offer_ at my school, or any other!, to help them get their own computer lab running. Admins couldn't convince OR force teachers to take what was free e.g. my offer to help build the LTSP labs. Sugar will get very little traction in schools without a seriously hard look at your biggest obstacle/opponent: the teachers. I need help in getting Sugar to be cool for kids and the easiest way _in my experience_ is to make it easy for kids to show off... make screencasting a FUNCTIONING and EASY to USE tool that can be launched from every activity. Please, if you're going to flame back, try to attack the argument (and parts of it may be flawed) and not me. thanks, Dennis _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep