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User:Owl Jr. Project/semesterproject1 (view source)
Revision as of 17:28, 27 February 2012
, 17:28, 27 February 2012→PAVING THE WAY FOR LITERACY THROUGH THE OWL JR.
Dr. Dana Driscoll - Oakland University
Dr. Dana Driscoll - Oakland University
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-Dr. Driscoll
-Dr. Driscoll
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== Student Learning Goals ==
== Student Learning Goals ==
When we think about the core goals and values of our field, our department, and our university, the intersections of literacy, technology and civic engagement become crucial. This course project asks you, as students to:
When we think about the core goals and values of our field, our department, and our university, the intersections of literacy, technology and civic engagement become crucial. This course project asks you, as students to:
== Project Goals ==
== Project Goals ==
To develop a set of literacy resources, targeted toward the 3rd – 5th grade level, to be housed on the Sugar OS, and possibly the Internet. To introduce Sugar OS users to the writing process, writing to learn, reflective writing, and rhetorical concepts.
To develop a set of literacy resources, targeted toward the 3rd – 5th grade level, to be housed on the Sugar OS, and possibly the Internet. To introduce Sugar OS users to the writing process, writing to learn, reflective writing, and rhetorical concepts.
== Project Goals for WRT394 ==
== Project Goals for WRT394 ==
A project of this magnitude cannot take place in one semester. As the first class at Oakland University working on the OWL Jr. project, our goal will be to lay the groundwork for future content developers, usability testing, and eventually implementation of this initiative.
A project of this magnitude cannot take place in one semester. As the first class at Oakland University working on the OWL Jr. project, our goal will be to lay the groundwork for future content developers, usability testing, and eventually implementation of this initiative.
== Teams ==
== Teams ==
Each team will tackle different aspects of the project—the first I have determined in advance; later aspects will be determined by the class and/or individual teams. After our first month of the project, we will re-evaluate our needs, the progress of the project, and will reassess our current teams.
Each team will tackle different aspects of the project—the first I have determined in advance; later aspects will be determined by the class and/or individual teams. After our first month of the project, we will re-evaluate our needs, the progress of the project, and will reassess our current teams.
== Team 1: Introducing Understanding Sugar Labs and the Sugar OS (software) ==
== Team 1: Introducing Understanding Sugar Labs and the Sugar OS (software) ==
(Focus: Research, Multimedia Content Development)
(Focus: Research, Multimedia Content Development)
• Deliverable: Developed report/video and short presentation to the class.
• Deliverable: Developed report/video and short presentation to the class.
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== Team 2: Introducing the OLPC Initiative & the XO Laptop (hardware) ==
(Focus: Research, Multimedia Content Development)
(Focus: Research, Multimedia Content Development)
• You should also include information on why this initiative is important. o Deliverable: Developed report/video and short presentation to the class.
• You should also include information on why this initiative is important. o Deliverable: Developed report/video and short presentation to the class.
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== Team 3: Investigating the Sugar OS to find a place for OWL Jr. ==
== Team 3: Investigating the Sugar OS to find a place for OWL Jr. ==
(Focus: Software/Usability/User Needs Assessment)
(Focus: Software/Usability/User Needs Assessment)
• Communicating with Sugar Labs Technical mentor (TBD).
• Communicating with Sugar Labs Technical mentor (TBD).
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== Team 4: Investigating the Common Core and Literacy Needs ==
== Team 4: Investigating the Common Core and Literacy Needs ==
(Focus: Education, Ethnographic Research, User Needs Assessment)
(Focus: Education, Ethnographic Research, User Needs Assessment)
• Coordination with our Sugar Labs Educational Mentor John Tierney.
• Coordination with our Sugar Labs Educational Mentor John Tierney.
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== Team 5: The Face of the Project ==
== Team 5: The Face of the Project ==
(Focus: Web development, Graphic Design, Multimedia)
(Focus: Web development, Graphic Design, Multimedia)
• Develop a website to house the content that other teams are producing. o Create a logo for the project.
• Develop a website to house the content that other teams are producing. o Create a logo for the project.
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