Hi Steve, Using Speek is great. Speek chat is also great and the kids have fun. For some inspiration on how to teach (English) see Sugata Mitra's latest video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3jYVe1RGaU
Ian On 1 March 2013 06:00, <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. Sunjammer back online (Bernie Innocenti) > 2. Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading (Steve Thomas) > 3. Re: Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading > (Caryl Bigenho) > 4. Re: Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading > (James Simmons) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:32:13 -0500 > From: Bernie Innocenti <ber...@sugarlabs.org> > To: systems <syst...@lists.sugarlabs.org>, iaep > <iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org> > Cc: Nico Cesar <n...@fsf.org>, "Olson, Peter" <pe...@fsf.org>, Ward > Vandewege <w...@fsf.org> > Subject: [IAEP] Sunjammer back online > Message-ID: <512e977d.5010...@sugarlabs.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hello, > > today the FSF sysadmins went to the colo to upgrade the dom0 which > hosts, among other things, our VM sunjammer.sugarlabs.org. > > due to a BIOS issue, the outage was more prolonged than initially > projected. Anyway, now we're back in business, and with faster > processors too. > > Thanks to all the FSF staff for the hard work they did for us! > > -- > Bernie Innocenti > Sugar Labs Infrastructure Team > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Infrastructure_Team > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:09:38 -0500 > From: Steve Thomas <sthom...@gosargon.com> > To: iaep <iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org>, squeakland > <squeakl...@squeakland.org> > Subject: [IAEP] Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading > Message-ID: > < > caga9pab8kv4pxaxxmakmxrjqmrwz0tg-xu4kjfnbrtjgkk8...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/attachments/20130227/eca8a8e0/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:50:42 -0800 > From: Caryl Bigenho <cbige...@hotmail.com> > To: Steve Thomas <sthom...@gosargon.com>, IAEP SugarLabs > <iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org>, <squeakl...@squeakland.org> > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading > Message-ID: <blu176-w6c438e47fab2d3a6d5d58cc...@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/attachments/20130227/c88c1a6a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:41:34 -0600 > From: James Simmons <nices...@gmail.com> > To: Steve Thomas <sthom...@gosargon.com> > Cc: iaep <iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org>, squeakland > <squeakl...@squeakland.org> > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Suggestions needed for Learning(Teaching) reading > Message-ID: > < > can6vrwyfio0hmerjgj1bm_ecaj5bdyh+shemb0treucz5h4...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 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 > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/attachments/20130228/b4501cc2/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > End of IAEP Digest, Vol 59, Issue 31 > ************************************ > -- Ian Thomson e-Learning Fellow, USP Suva Fiji Phone +679 8640344 Wellington New Zealand Phone +64 (0)22 0946411
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