On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Dennis Daniels<dennisgdani...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
Moddle has a very effective method of dealing with reluctant teachers; they don't worry about them! Moodle works very hard to insure that Moodle is effective even if only one teacher in a school uses it. Then, they let the kids do the selling:) If 25 kids successfully used Moodle in the third grade, those 25 kids become 4th graders and bug their new teachers to use Moodle. david > 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 > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep