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==Gardner Pilot Academy==
==Gardner Pilot Academy==
Boston Public Schools - Allston http://www.rabbitnet.net/gpa/
Boston Public Schools - Allston - http://www.rabbitnet.net/gpa/ (not working as of 2010-03-10)
GPA is partnering with Solution Grove and Sugar Labs to pilot [[Sugar on a Stick]].
GPA is partnering with Solution Grove and Sugar Labs to pilot [[Sugar on a Stick]].
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.
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.
What we learned about what we need [[to do to improve Sugar on a Stick]] Next Steps
==Current computers at GPA==
==Current computers at GPA==
* A computer lab with about 20 EVO D500 1.7 GHz Pentium 4, 500 MB RAM computers running Windows 2000
* A computer lab with about 20 EVO D500 1.7 GHz Pentium 4, 500 MB RAM computers running Windows 2000
* 20 new Apple laptops in a mobile cart (OSX, hardware details unknown, no Parallels)
* 20 new Apple laptops in a mobile cart, a.k.a. a [[What is a COW?|COW]], (OSX, GPA [[Student Macbooks hardware details]], no Parallels)
* Each teacher has a MacBook with Parallels 3.0
* Each teacher has a MacBook with Parallels 3.0
* 4th Grade teacher who wants to do portfolios
* 4th Grade teacher who wants to do portfolios
* Science Teacher who wants to pilot with the 5th grade to support a new district mandate for writing in Science
* Science Teacher who wants to pilot with the 5th grade to support a new district mandate for writing in Science
==Prep for the Fall==
Classes Start Sept 10th.
We are putting computers into the 4th grade classroom on Sept 4th. This is our first experience [[preparing donated computers]] for Sugar on a Stick use. We will use the wiki to record our experiences so its easier for the next deployment.
What do we want to ask for?
* A workshop run by the kids we worked with in the fall.
* To have open computer lab hours during whatever time parents might visit the school
* To run an afterschool Sugar club?? How many days per week? - YES from 5-6pm any day.
ToDo
* Solicit Stick Donations
* Parent communication letters
* Backup and Restore
* New Stick format
* VM for the Macs
==The Summer Program==
==The Summer Program==
The goal of the first project will be to label a map of where they do the clean up with what they find during their cleanup.
The goal of the first project will be to label a map of where they do the clean up with what they find during their cleanup.
After kids get their keys and boot up, enter their name and colors we will have them go to Turtle Art. We will prepare maps and preload them on the sticks and show them how to bring them into Turtle Art. Then we'll show them how to have the turtle label them. Next week, after their cleanup they can label what they find on the clean-up.
Map: http://screencast.com/t/kLcW3O7Tyb4
===3rd Grade===
===3rd Grade===
We are hoping that the kids can create a US version of the Uruguay geography/facts game. Any ideas on how to make that easy to do? The vision is they will learn things in class then make them into questions to put into the game. We will meet with the third grade on Thursday afternoons.
We are hoping that the kids can create a US version of the Uruguay geography/facts game. Any ideas on how to make that easy to do? The vision is they will learn things in class then make them into questions to put into the game. We will meet with the third grade on Thursday afternoons.
===Class notes===
===Class notes===
* 22 July GS - [[GPA-Notes-July-22]]
* [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-August/007546.html 5 August GS]
* 21 July CM - http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05750.html
* [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-July/007436.html 29 July GS]
* 15 July - http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg06470.html
* [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-July/007406.html 28 July AG]
* 14 July GS - http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg06412.html
* [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-July/007284.html 23 July AG]
* 14 July AG - http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05651.html
* [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2009-July/016963.html 22 July GS] - [[GPA-Notes-July-22]]
* 09 July - http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05561.html
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05750.html 21 July CM]
* 08 July - http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05534.html
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg06470.html 15 July]
* 07 July - http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05529.html.
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg06412.html 14 July GS]
* 07 July XS report - http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg06104.html
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05651.html 14 July AG]
* 01 July - http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05416.html
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05561.html 09 July]
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05534.html 08 July]
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05529.html 07 July]
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg06104.html 07 July XS report]
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg05416.html 01 July]
* [http://picasaweb.google.com/solutiongrove/SugarWorkSamples Photos of work samples]
==Looking for Summer Volunteers and Work-Study Students==
==Looking for Summer Volunteers and Work-Study Students==
=== More Detailed Sub Goals ===
=== More Detailed Sub Goals ===
From our Balanced Score Card: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=px5yPvIlUlLtsrYpZdVG_EQ
From our [https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=px5yPvIlUlLtsrYpZdVG_EQ Balanced Score Card]:
The Student Learning Section is copied here:
The Student Learning Section is copied here:
Notes on Curriculum from conversation with Assistant principal.
Notes on Curriculum from conversation with Assistant principal.
* Fundations for Phonics K-3 - http://www.fundations.com/
* [http://www.fundations.com/ Fundations] for Phonics K-3
* Making Meaning and Being a Writer for 1 - 5 fluency - http://www.devstu.org/being_a_writer/using_mm_with_baw.html
* [https://www.devstu.org/being_a_writer/using_mm_with_baw.html Making Meaning and Being a Writer] for 1 - 5 fluency
* [https://investigations.terc.edu/ Investigations] for K-5 math
* Foss program for science - http://www.fossweb.com/
* [http://www.fossweb.com/ Foss program] for science
* Massachusetts Curriculum guidelines - http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html
* [http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html Massachusetts Curriculum guidelines]
=== Sugar Computer Lab Lesson Plans ===
=== Sugar Computer Lab Lesson Plans ===
After defining lesson plans here, we can quickly extract SW features and bug fixes which will facilitate this classroom interaction.
After defining lesson plans here, we can quickly extract SW features and bug fixes which will facilitate this classroom interaction.
====Other lesson plan suggestions====
Please add links to other lesson plans for Sugar which have worked well. We welcome any plans or ideas for any subject, grades 3,4, and 5 for use in the fall at GPA. Just add a link to your lesson plan here and we will consider if/how we can incorporate it in to the work at GPA.
==== Context ====
==== Context ====
The class starts with the kids sitting on the carpet. The Sugar teacher projects their screen on a projector and talks about the plan for the class. Typically the kids do an interim step on the computer (e.g. find your computer, start activity n, use it a little) then they go back to the carpet for more direction. Sometimes there are several interim steps and the kids go back and forth from the carpet several times.
The class starts with the kids sitting on the carpet. The Sugar teacher projects their screen on a projector and talks about the plan for the class. Typically the kids do an interim step on the computer (e.g. find your computer, start activity n, use it a little) then they go back to the carpet for more direction. Sometimes there are several interim steps and the kids go back and forth from the carpet several times.
==== 3rd Grade Lesson Plans ====
==== 2nd Grade Lesson Plans ====
Turtle Art Lesson Plans
2nd Graders:
Day 1 (7/7):
* Introduce kids to Turtle Art and basic functions - forward, back, etc.
* Kids explore Turtle Art on their own by playing around with different blocks
Day 2 (7/9):
* Give kids formal introcduction to Turtle Art - breifly explain UI
* Kids learn to insert text and use different colors and change pen size
* Introduce concept of number lines using Turtle Art
* Briefly explain Cartesian coordinate system (discuss x and y values of the turtle's position)
* Demonstrate how to load an image into Turtle Art
Day 3 (7/14):
* Kids learn to label different parts of the map
* Kids learn more about how the ordering of bricks affects the turtle's path
* Kids attempt to import the map and label the school all as one series of blocks.
Day 4 (7/16):
* Kids continue playing with the map to better understand the coordinate system
* Kids practice labeling different parts of the map
* Upload pictures of the school's fieldtrip online
* Share Browse activity so kids can easliy access pictures
Day 5 (7/21) (I wasn't here on this day but this is what I think happened):
* Introduce collaboration in Browse activity
* Kids download images of their Charles River fieldtrip into their journals
* Kids label different parts of the map using images
Day 6 (7/23):
* Brief Ancient Egyptions and Babylonians history lesson on time
* Kids learn about time by using Turtle Art
* Kids play with Turtle Art to make turtle go in the direction of different hours
===== Science =====
==== 3rd Grade Lesson Plans ====
===== Social Studies and History =====
===== Social Studies and History =====
* Brainstormed ideas for games
* Brainstormed ideas for games
* Use Wikipedia to get images for game and use Write to plan ideas for game
* Use Wikipedia to get images for game and use Write to plan ideas for game
==== 4th Grade ====
===== Journal =====
The goal of this class is to create a Journal of their work, save and share it. (need a lot more detail, creating a place now to add info as it becomes available).
====5th Grade ====
Science Notebook (need a lot more detail, creating a place now to add info as it becomes available).
==Technical Architecture==
==Technical Architecture==
* Access to Internet (bw?)
* Access to Internet (bw?)
* 1 x 1GB USB stick (model?) per kid
* 1 x 1GB USB stick (model?) per kid
* Sugar on a Stick, Strawberry release - http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Strawberry
* Sugar on a Stick, Strawberry release - [Sugar on a Stick/Strawberry]
'''Status for the Computer Lab'''
'''Status for the Computer Lab'''
Note: please add version numbers if anyone has them.
Note: please add version numbers if anyone has them.
==Liabilities==
*What is the school's policy on photos of students/teachers being taken by anyone in the class?
*What is the school's policy of video of students/ teachers being taken by anyone in the class?
*Are grades based on students producing electronic work? If yes, how is the school securing copies of same?
*Are parents aware that their children are being involved in an experimental piece of software?
**Have they given consent for this?
==Cognitive abilities==
How have the students been pre tested before Sugar roll out?
:If you don't have study numbers you will not get administrators or superintendants elsewhere to EVEN consider your project. Test early, test often. If Sugar is good, then it'll show in the tests...right? If it doesn't show up in the tests then Sugar, in its current form, in America, will never see too many public schools. All funding comes from test scores... courtesy of [http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml NCLB]. --23:20, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
==Critical Path Technical Issues==
==Critical Path Technical Issues==
* [[http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/75 Ticket 75]]Backup and Restore of user data on a USB Stick - We need to be able to reburn the sticks with new code without losing student work. Also sticks are failing and kids are losing their work.
* {{bug|75}} Backup and Restore of user data on a USB Stick - We need to be able to reburn the sticks with new code without losing student work. Also sticks are failing and kids are losing their work.
* There had been a problem with cloning sticks that had been booted (in order to load drivers and add journal content). It is necessary to delete the owner keys and the user profile data as per
rm ~/.sugar/default/owner.key*
rm ~/.sugar/default/gconf/desktop/sugar/user/*
== How you can help - Technical Tickets ==
== How you can help - Technical Tickets ==
[https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&order=priority&keywords=~GPA All GPA tagged tickets]
See also Greg Smiths [http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg08770.html message] on sugar-devel.
High level deployment issues are listed on [[Sugar on a Stick/TODO]].
The following tickets will help this deployment.
The following tickets will help this deployment.
* Sugarized Tux Paint
* Sugarized Tux Paint
* [[http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/74 Ticket 74]] Clone a Stick. Let a teacher customize a Sugar Stick then clone it, without files or personality, for students to use.
* {{bug|74}} Clone a Stick. Let a teacher customize a Sugar Stick then clone it, without files or personality, for students to use.
* Can't get Computer Lab Machines to Boot from USB''' - The BIOS says it should be trying to boot from the USB but its not looking at the USB. A google search confirms that this is not a sugar problem, its an EVO D500 problem. I'm hoping we find a solution. http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/599
* Can't get Computer Lab Machines to Boot from USB''' - The BIOS says it should be trying to boot from the USB but its not looking at the USB. A google search confirms that this is not a sugar problem, its an EVO D500 problem. I'm hoping we find a solution. {{bug|599}}
Google Search on EVO D500 usb boot gives this result: http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1237587827991+28353475&threadId=1038476
Google Search on EVO D500 usb boot gives this result: http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1237587827991+28353475&threadId=1038476
* Boot Helper Floppy - This is easier then a CD because the computer has to be turned on to open the CD Drawer and put in the CD then you have to turn it off again and reboot.http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/597
* Boot Helper Floppy - This is easier then a CD because the computer has to be turned on to open the CD Drawer and put in the CD then you have to turn it off again and reboot. {{bug|597}}
* {{bug|579}} We have several donated computers. A requirement for the donations was that we wiped the harddrives. Thus it would be great if we had an installable operating system enabled quick user switching between USBs. This is also impacted by {{bug|907}}, described below.
* [[http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/579 Ticket 579]]. We have several donated computers. A requirement for the donations was that we wiped the harddrives. Thus it would be great if we had an installable operating system enabled quick user switching between USBs. This is also impacted by 907, described below.
* {{bug|598}} and {{bug|907}}. One way to enable faster switching between Windows and Sugar is a Virtual Machine solution that will allow students to put in their USB Sticks and use all the personal data from the Sticks so they can use any computer. To do this we need to change the way we put data onto the USB and use different partitions for the boot and the data (Ticket {{bug|907}}).
==== Sugar Feature Requests ====
==== Sugar Feature Requests ====
This link records an in process list of priorities for Sugar development with a focus on success at the Gardner Pilot Academy: <br>
This link records an in process list of priorities for Sugar development with a focus on success at the Gardner Pilot Academy: <br>
[[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Goals]]
[[Sugar on a Stick/Goals]]
Other feature requests by {{PAGENAME}} are in [[:Category:Features requested by Gardner Pilot Academy]]
Other feature requests by {{PAGENAME}} are in [[:Category:Features requested by Gardner Pilot Academy]]
It is extracted from this thread on the Sugar Devel List: <br>
It is extracted from [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2009-July/016205.html this thread] on the Sugar Devel List.
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2009-July/016205.html
Please propose additional suggestions on that list. After clarifying and validating the Feature Requests, add them to the Goals page.
Please propose additional suggestions on that list. After clarifying and validating the Feature Requests, add them to the Goals page.
Also, on the pages describing features that {{PAGENAME}} request, add <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Features requested by Gardner Pilot Academy]].
Also, on the pages describing features that {{PAGENAME}} request, add <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Features requested by Gardner Pilot Academy]].
==Final report==
See [[Gardner Pilot Academy/Final report]]
[[Category:Project]]
[[Category:Project]]