On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Edward Cherlin <echer...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:42, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: >> ==Sugar Digest== > >> One of the nice things as you walk through the museum is that on >> almost every wall is a quote about play. They have a nice collection >> of quotes on line as well (See >> http://www.museumofplay.org/about_play/quotes.html). I read them a >> favorite quote from Marvin Minsky, which seemed to resonate with them: >> >> "The playfulness of childhood is the most demanding teacher we have." > > Thanks. I added that one to http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai/Quotes > >> We talked about how we might engage them in some informal learning >> activities using Sugar. > > I have had such talks with The Tech Museum of San Jose and the > Exploratorium, and intend to talk with others. The Tech invites > interactive exhibit designs. > >> I had written an NSF grant a while back: "Adding depth to and building >> community within informal education", which was rejected, but is worth >> pursing nonetheless. > > Would you be intereted i joii i a a appi >> I'd proposed to explore how children's activities at informal learning >> venues can be extended by providing learners with inexpensive, >> ubiquitous access to learning software (Sugar on a Stick). By >> designing, developing, and testing a proof of concept that combines >> informal learning activities with in-depth follow up at home or in the >> classroom we still hope to demonstrate a learning ecology that >> "increases public interest in, understanding of, and engagement with >> science, technology, engineering, and mathematics." >> >> Specifically, I proposed to leverage Sugar on a Stick to promote the >> use of Sugar in informal learning settings: prototyping Sugar-based >> exhibit kiosks in museums and libraries that will facilitate visitor >> interactions. Visitors will be given a Sugar-on-a-Stick USB storage >> device with which they can make bookmarks of exhibits that they >> visited, found interesting, or saved data from. Exhibit designers can >> use kiosks to collect visitor information and offer additional >> activities and data that visitors can work with when back at school or >> home. Activities can be downloaded to the Sugar-on-a-Stick device from >> the kiosk. The work done by visitors can be incorporated into the >> exhibit itself and featured on line, with the potential to reach a >> broader audience. >> >> I still hope to learn how the data- and instrumentation-rich >> facilities found in informal learning settings and Sugar might be >> combined to further engage the interest of learners in scientific and >> technological literacy. I hypothesized that by giving visitors the >> ability to take programs and data home with them, we will be able to >> challenge them with more in-depth and engaging problem solving. Giving >> them activities to take home, connecting these activities to other >> learning experiences and interests, and connecting these activities to >> a community of learners are significant enhancements to the status quo >> of informal learning. >> >> We need to evaluate the technical, logistical, and pedagogical impacts >> on the museum exhibit experience, library digital and human resources, >> and education programs s that we can develop an implementation guide >> for informal-learning professionals. >> >> === Help wanted === >> >> 2. We have a number of vacancies (See >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Vacancies). Many of these positions >> require organization as opposed to technical skills and only a >> commitment of a few hours per week. > > Clearly I should offer to take this one on: > > Document team coordinator: carries administrative tasks such as > organizing regular meetings, keep the TODO list updated, keep the > membership list, and makes sure that the team has clear goals and is > kept focused. I'll look over the latest at > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Documentation_Team and see if I have any > questions.
That would be excellent. There is a small team working on API documentation. For the next 6 months, they will be working on 'restructured text' API documentation for core sugar documentation. I believe that they have settled on sphinx as the preferred tool. I hope you find this a useful addition to the documentation team and useful addition to the Sugar Labs. david >> regards. >> >> -walter >> >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > > > -- > Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin > Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. > The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. > http://www.earthtreasury.org/ > _______________________________________________ > 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