Caryl, I really look forward to what comes next.
Gerald On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbige...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Gerald and all, > > I have invited the director of the project at Audubon MS to bring 3-4 of > the students to assist Jamaal and I in having a hands-on session for > teachers with the XOs at a CUELA/LAUSD tech fair. It happens in about 3 > weeks. If they come it will be great for them, and the teachers they will be > assisting. I'll take pictures and report. > > Caryl > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:04:55 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Photos From Audubon MS Project > From: gerald.ard...@gmail.com > To: cbige...@hotmail.com > CC: support-g...@laptop.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org > > > Caryl, > > Thanks for sharing about this project/program. > What is most interesting (and exciting) to me is that there are trends that > I see in our (5th grade) program and yours. > > Every time that the students get to become owners of the devices and/or > software, whether by re-imaging the machines or downloading new activities > or showing another student how to do something, the learning environment > changes. This is particularly interesting because I also see my 5th graders > owning the devices as well right from the start. They seem to relate to them > like they do their cell phone or iPod, and completely unlike how I see them > interact with typical computers. > > We should stay in touch as things develop. > > Best, > Gerald > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbige...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Hello Gerald, and anyone else who wants to know about the project at > Audubon MS. > > Things have changed a lot with the FAMLI after school program since they > started their Contributors Program project. They lost a lot of their > funding and went from 50+ students down to 20+. They have 10 XOs. The > students are in grades 6-8 (ages 11-14) with a couple of older students from > a nearby high school. The program runs after school from 3 pm to 6 pm on > school days and they also meet on Saturdays. They divide their time between > activities that are physically active to others that are quiet such as > tutoring and using the XOs. They are also learning music and dance that > comes from the Black American culture. Their director, Torre Reese is > wonderful and the students love him! > > The original idea was that, as much as possible, the students would be in > charge of the project. They have some very bright youngsters in the group > and this seems to be working out... under adult supervision. > > So far there hasn't been a lot of training. I visited them for the first > time last week (when I took the pictures), and found they had all mastered > using the mesh and chatting with the mesh. At that time they didn't have > internet for the XOs (now they do), but someone managed to download SimCity > using a router from some local business! > > The XOs haven't gone home with the students yet. Security is a *huge*concern. > This is south-central Los Angeles. We are discussing letting the > students check out the machines when a parent is picking them up and having > the parent sign it out. The students will help work out these details. > > With the help of a great IT professional, Ron Goodall, they now have > internet. Their hope is to make contact with students their age in other > countries via the internet. Meanwhile, they have given their XOs names of > different countries just for fun. > > When I arrived, I discovered they were still running build 767 which came > with their machines. I happened to have a usb key with 802 on it so I showed > one of the students (who had been asking all sorts of knowledgeable > questions about the Sugar OS) how to do it and left the usb key with him. > Torre reported that the next day he showed the other students how to do it > and they reflashed all of the machines. > > Now that they have updated their software, they will be able to try a lot > of other things. I have asked that they do a project for us, evaluating the > various Activities and suggesting ways that they could be used for learning. > They have agreed and we will set that up when I get back from Hawaii. > > If anyone knows of other secure email sites for children, in addition to > ePals, please let me know. EPals requires a teacher to register and monitor > the accounts. It may be difficult to find an overworked, underpaid LAUSD > teacher who has the time and is willing to do this. > > If you have other questions... just ask! > > Caryl > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:09:01 -0400 > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Photos From Audubon MS Project > From: gerald.ard...@gmail.com > To: cbige...@hotmail.com > CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org > > > Caryl, > > Thanks for sharing these pictures. > Can you share more details about this project, like: > How many XOs are there? > How many students? > Which grades/age groups? > How were the teachers/students trained? > > We should probably talk. > Gerald > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Caryl Bigenho <cbige...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Hi... > > Here is a link to the photos from the Audubon Middle School Contributors > Project. This is an after school program in south central LA that Jamaal > volunteers with. I mentor their Contributors Program project: > > *http://tiny.cc/kzXwn* <http://tiny.cc/kzXwn> > > Enjoy! > > Caryl > > P.S. I got an email from them today... they now have internet access. > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > >
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