On 12 May 2009, at 23:23, John Tierney wrote: > Hello All, > > Would like commentary from the community on how we can try and > showcase the abilities of Turtle art Portfolio > along with the things each of us are working on. The email below > came from my inability(due to my confusing question) > to start the thread in our IRC marketing meeting today. I hope those > of you going to Paris get a chance to spend some time > on this subject. This is an important piece of our Educational > Outreach and a capability that all community members > can showcase. Therefore, I have cross-posted to IAEP, Developer, and > Marketing-please pass along to > others who can be of help to the conversation.
My main question would be; can we easily upload activity states from the journal to the web/wiki or some other location (perhaps Moodle)? I keep meaning to go through some of the activities and upload their state to make sure they can be re-downloaded again to the Journal in a useful manor. If that virtuous circle is complete it allows much easier content creation and asynchronous sharing direct from Sugar. I'm guessing there are mime hurdles for some activities, i.e. I know Labyrinth (I look after this one) is not yet specifying a custom mime type for the Journal content it creates, and I'm not 100% sure how best to proceed. Taking Labyrinth as an example I could easily see a range of sample mind-maps over various subjects being useful references (i.e with my geek hat on, I use some mind-maps for reminding me of obscure vi keyboard shortcuts, git commands, etc). From a more lesson plan direction, creating template mind-maps, or mind-maps with unanswered questions at the leaf nodes, could make a good educational process. Students could then provide final pdf's** of their edited work to the teacher for feedback***. ** I have pdf working from Labyrinth now, just some glitches if raster image thoughts are in the mix – still working on it... *** some simple pdf annotation features in Read would rock. Regards, --Gary > Thanks, > John Tierney >> Hi Walter,>Sorry I wasn't so clear in my question was just trying >> to start thread about importance of Showcasing >> TA Portfolio-The Journal and TA Portfolio combination for Teachers >> ability to see child's work and progression is one >> of the themes we should push. > >> The idea that every activity integrates > with the Portfolio is great selling point for teachers. When > developers >> and activity designers discuss and describe their work > mentioning it integrates with TA portfolio reinforces >> key concepts of > reflection and critique and allows for children to showcase their > creativity for Parents, Teachers, Peers >> and Community. > >> From the non-technical/developer world I am not sure if it works >> with all activities. Showcasing and featuring the >> TA Portfolio as an additional assessment source which allows >> children to let their creativity shine is an important >> thing to get across. Allowing all community members to market this >> ability(Helps or Works with TA Portfolio) will >> help bring many more Teachers and others into the fold. > >> Having a little session with the members at Sugar Camp Paris and >> with OLPC France about TA Portfolio and its ability >> to help Teachers and Students and the Programs ability would be >> very beneficial, even more so if it was recorded. > >> Much like Evangeline's and your presentation at Sugar Camp it was >> one of the most instructive pieces on how this> >> ability can make a true difference in the classroom. Now that the TA > Portfolio activity has been realized, putting forth >> it's usability seems advantageous.>Just an idea-Spot on. The reason >> why I give all my talks using Turtle Art is > exactly to make this point of closing the loop. > > -walter_______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel