Presentation on Sugar and OLPC in two US elementary schools in Croton-on-Hudson in New York and Boston and an RIT course on developing for OLPC and on Open Source and HFOSS. Presented at New York State Computer and Technology Educators association's annual conference 2009
Presentation by Andreas Schleicher Tackling the School Absenteeism Crisis 30 ...
Sugar in the Classroom, Nyscate 2009
1. Sugar in the Classroom Gerald Ardito Stephen Jacobs Caroline Meeks NYSCATE 2009
2. What is Sugar? http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=gallery&page=media_01 From: http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=gallery&page=media_01 “ Sugar is the core component of a worldwide effort to provide every child with equal opportunity for a quality education. Available in 25 languages, Sugar’s Activities are used every school day by one-million children in more than forty countries. Originally developed for the One Laptop per Child XO-1 netbook, Sugar runs on most computers. Sugar is free/libre and open-source software.” From http://www.sugarlabs.org /
5. Think of “Free Speech,” not “Free Beer.” Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software movement From: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Logo From: http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=page&page=learners
6. A Tale of Two Cities from http://www.iaes.org/conferences/future/boston_68/city_info/boston.jpg Boston Croton on Hudson from http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/images/fig205.jpg
7. A Tale of Two Strategies from http:/wiki.sugarlabs.org Boston Croton on Hudson from http://www.flickr.com/photos/52989811@N00/3220027435/sizes/l/in/set-72157612861201537/