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I want to team up with you so we can
I want to team up with you so we can
* gather usable and free educational resources and content (K-12+4, that is, including professional teacher training)
* gather usable and free educational resources and content (K-12+4, that is, including professional teacher training). And not just more of it (quantity), but best of it, when it focuses toward better attitudes and values (quality)
* figure and set up best practices
* figure and set up best practices
* deliver it for free, or as close as possible for free
* deliver it for free, or as close as possible for free
I want to meet with those who want to make it count, to put their skills and gumption to nothing less than changing the world, as kids everywhere can as they grow up, if just given the chance.
I want to meet with those who want to make it count, to put their skills and gumption to nothing less than changing the world, as kids everywhere can as they grow up, if just given the chance.
[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Yamaplos Yamandú Ploskonka's profile in laptop.org]
In many ways this aims '''beyond Sugar as a purpose in itself''', to something like '''seeing Sugar as a tool for a purpose'''. I am not much of a programmer, I sincerely am in awe at those who can manage the nitty gritty of coding and putting things together. I barely have found some success in working communication with the Sur list and OLPC News. I've been a classroom teacher over 15 years, in Uruguay, the US...
My proposal is that we will listen to the needs of the teachers, of kids and families, and focus our assembled geek abilities to help them achieve quality education, definitely not just what we think it means, but rather what they actually need as priorities thatw e can help with.
Longer [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Yamaplos Yamandú Ploskonka's profile in laptop.org]