+1, except not just PDFs. We have much better presentation formats, such as Scratch, Turtle Art Portfolio, and Etoys presentation objects.
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Caroline Meeks <carol...@solutiongrove.com> wrote: > Thank Martin! > Your email really helped me. > Here is my current thinking on lesson plans (not courses) > Dimension - Lesson Plans can be found. > Level 1 - People who did lesson plans have notes in varies places, if you > want to replicate what someone else has done you have to find them and ask > them to give you, then explain to you their notes. > Level 2 - Clear lesson plans are written up (often as pdfs) and posted but > everyone has their own place to post them. > Level 3 - > There is an official place to find printable lesson plans but there is no search and no categorization. > The location maybe language or country specific. > Level 4 - Pdf type lesson plans are gathered in one location that is managed > by a searchable database. You can search by language, grade level and other > keywords as well as full text. > > Dimension - Lesson Plans are easy to reuse with Sugar. > Level 1 - Lesson plans are in various formats on the internet. > Level 2 - Lesson plans are in neat easy to read and print pdfs > Level 3 - Lesson plans are more then pdfs they include sample files, > template files, links to what activities to download. > Level 4 - All the materials of the lesson are bundled into one file that > can be downloaded and loaded into your local Moodle instance making it ready > to go. And the search engine makes it easy to find suitable materials in the database. > I'll let Kellie put that into Rubric Language ;) > So Peru looks like they are at Level 3 and Level 2. > The GPA team is at Level 1 on both dimensions. Its Kellie's job to move us > up between now and January. > I agree that Level 4 integration with Moodle is a goal, but first we have to > have examples where we have used Moodle to manage the lesson flow, then we > have to take those examples and decide how to export and import them. I > don't think we will be there by this January. > Meanwhile on the Lesson Plans can be Found scale if we partner with > Curriwiki we can potentially get to Level 3. Plus for the teacher while > they are searching they may well find other lesson plans not specifically > designed for Sugar that can be adapted to Sugar. > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Martin Langhoff <martin.langh...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Some notes I think may be interesting. >> >> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Caroline Meeks >> <carol...@solutiongrove.com> wrote: >>> >>> For the Moodle advocates. I am a big Moodle fan. But I don't think its >>> our right now solution for the work we are talking about doing. >>> >>> Our target, elementary school teachers are not currently using either >>> Moodle or Sugar, adding both at once makes the learning curve even harder. >> >> Adding a 3rd system... easier? > >> >>> We are focusing on lesson plans in the 1 hour and even 20-minute >>> groupwork time frames. Moodle is more focused on longer time frames. >> >> I am about to include José Cedeno's new 'timeline' courseformat which >> should make classroom usage a bit better :-) >> >>> >>> We are focusing on what the teacher will do and what the class will do >>> both online and offline during the lesson as well as learning goals, >>> standards, help for the teacher in differentiating the lesson etc. Think >>> the teachers guide for the text book. Moodle is more focused on what the >>> student is doing online. Its not a very natural fit. >> >> That sounds a lot like the paper-based materials Peru is putting together. >> A booklet for the teacher that guides a (probably multi-day) "lesson" >> called "XO-Reporter" that covers lots of things, from choosing a topic to >> report on, asking good questions, writing in "news style" with inverted >> pyramid -- some parts involve using the XO. >> >> http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/olpc/archivos/Fasc_PERIODISTA.pdf >> >> More like that (though of varied depth) >> http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/olpc/OLPC_fichasfasc.html >> >> For new teachers, and in agreement that we are snowing them with a ton of >> new things, these docs seem to be most useful _on paper_. >> >> I cry a bit for the lost trees, but we do need these stepping stones. And >> heck, I like my key guides / books / references to be on paper. If things to >> aid & support computer use want to use the same screen I am trying to use >> for something else, it's a losing proposition. >> >>> Moodle has tremendous promise in terms of reducing teacher workload. >>> Here is an example of what I hope that in the future Moodle will be able >>> to: >>> >>> Provide a link that students click and they open a Write document that is >>> a template/scaffolding for a specific assignment, say writing a scientific >>> argument. >> >> I have _just_ published a Moodle update on Friday that should do this. If >> a teacher creates a template and uploads it as part of Moodle topic >> >> >>> >>> When the document is saved it is automatically turned in as Homework in >>> Moodle allowing the teacher to review and comment on the document from >>> anywhere, even on days when the class does not see the science teacher. >> >> That's a bit harder :-) but doable. >> >> >>> >>> However, I still see Moodle as just one format teachers will use. >> >> Of course :) >> >> >> >> >> >> m >> -- >> martin.langh...@gmail.com >> mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect >> - ask interesting questions >> - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first >> - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > carol...@solutiongrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > i...@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. 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