It was pointed out by Andres that the link included in the Gould Grant is not working. As I recall it should have redirected to:
http://www.moma.org/collection/works/110267?locale=en regards. -walter On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was asked to repost the Statement of Work for the Gould grant. Please > see below: > > Description of the specific project for which funding is requested, > including goals and objectives. > > This grant would support Sugar Labs in implementing a pilot of the “Sugar > on a Stick” program at the Gardner Pilot Academy (GPA) in the Allston > neighborhood of Boston. Sugar itself is in use in tens of thousands of > classrooms around the world, but this would be the first school to make > Sugar available to children using inexpensive USB memory sticks instead of > laptop computers. If successful, it will serve as a model that will greatly > expand the reach of Sugar and the pedagogical models upon which it is based. > > Sugar Labs has created a system that can store Sugar and a computer > operating system on a 1GB USB (memory) stick. Each student will be provided > with a preloaded stick, which they can simply insert into any computer, > restart, and be immediately connected to their personal suite of > collaborative, creative and Web 2.0 learning tools. Students will have “any > time, any computer” access to learning. A server at the school will store > and back up student's work allowing students to easily receive a new USB > stick in case theirs break or is lost. Sugar on a Stick also comes with > journal and portfolio assessment components that allow teachers and parents > to monitor student work. > > If funded, our Gould Foundation project will allow us to provide each > student at Gardner Pilot Academy with Sugar on a Stick. Students at the > GPA, as at many other US schools, need greater and more affordable access > to computing. Sugar on a Stick allows students to use Sugar on computers in > the classroom, at home, at grandma’s, anywhere and everywhere there is a > computer. By deploying it on a USB stick we believe we have the potential > to easily reach an order of magnitude more children than are currently > being reached by one-to-one laptop programs. > > Sugar is a completely different visual experience and so we recommend that > you watch a demo of the program in action to get a feel for how it's > different from other computing experiences. We offer you a link to the demo > created for an exhibit on design at the Museum of Modern Art: > http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=gallery&page=media_01 > > There are hundreds of different, free, open-source activities and books > that can be added to Sugar (www.activities.sugarlabs.org). These include: > > word processing > > artistic expression by creating graphics and rich media > > journals and portfolios to use for reflection, assessment, and discussion > > web browsing and interactive web activities > > playing as well as making movies and music > > reading electronic books > > creating and playing games with other students in their class > > programming > > > The Gardner Pilot Academy is the flagship full-service community school > within the Boston Public Schools (BPS). The school's vision is to educate > the minds and develop the characters of all students in partnership with > families and community. To achieve this GPA provides high quality teaching > along with a range of social, emotional and enrichment programs delivered > by means of partnerships with an array of community organizations and > individuals. Over the past twelve years, GPA has developed strong > associations with four universities, several health and mental health > agencies, the YMCA, and various organizations teaching visual and > performing arts. As one of just 20 pilot schools in the BPS, GPA is exempt > from district mandates. Therefore, GPA has autonomy in the areas of budget > and personnel, along with the freedom to implement innovative curricula, > assessments, and interventions. > > GPA is located only a few blocks from Harvard Business School and so is > convenient for project development participants who may be students at one > of Boston’s many universities. > > The school currently has a single computer lab with older computers > running Windows 2000. We will be soliciting donations of used equipment > from local business to supplement these existing resources. Sugar can be > used at all elementary levels and curriculum areas. > > Sugar is free software, based on Linux and licensed under the Gnu Public > License (GPL). All the software, documentation and curriculum we create > during this project will be freely available to anyone to use, improve, and > redistribute. > > regards. > > -walter > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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