At Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:10:45 -0700,
Edward Cherlin wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > There was been strong Etoys experiment going in Illinois, especially
> > at Columbia College and UIUC.
>
> Excellent. Can you point us to some groups or
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There was been strong Etoys experiment going in Illinois, especially
> at Columbia College and UIUC.
Excellent. Can you point us to some groups or individuals, or
published documents, or whatever?
> I don't know how
There was been strong Etoys experiment going in Illinois, especially
at Columbia College and UIUC. I don't know how much olpc-chicago
overlaps with that group, but it would be nice to be able to say that
"we already have been doing the test of (a part of) software long time
in the state."
-- Yo
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Jameson Chema Quinn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is fascinating. I would say that the first triaging you should do to
> make this a reality for September is to reduce the number of grade levels
> you target to an absolute minimum. More than 3 would be crazy, two
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Bobby Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone looked into the Encyclopedia of the Earth / Earth Portal?
> http://www.eoearth.org/
>
> They have several ebooks and online textbooks, and peer-reviewed content (to
> edit, you have to apply, and all changes to the
This is fascinating. I would say that the first triaging you should do to
make this a reality for September is to reduce the number of grade levels
you target to an absolute minimum. More than 3 would be crazy, two is
better. Possibilities:
6/7: pros: 2/3 of the students in a junior high, yet you c
Has anyone looked into the Encyclopedia of the Earth / Earth Portal?
http://www.eoearth.org/
They have several ebooks and online textbooks, and peer-reviewed content (to
edit, you have to apply, and all changes to the public pages must be
approved by topic editors is my understanding). It could b
I talked with Ryan Croke of Illinois Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn's
office today. They are keen on this project, and would like to arrange
for us to assist in getting the program designed for the best possible
outcome. HB5000 is moving rapidly through the House, and will then go
to the Senate, whi
