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We got some further insight into how Sugar is being used in the classroom from a data-driven presentation given by Plan Ceibal (See [http://www.anep.edu.uy/anepweb/servlet/main004?403]). While it was not surprising to see that Browse, Write, and Record were among the most used activities, and that the children enjoy Tuxpaint and games, it was heartening to see that Etoys and Turtle Art are also popular. There was a skew in the statistics between poor, rural schools and more well-to-do urban schools. In the latter, the use of Etoys and Turtle Art was much greater.
We got some further insight into how Sugar is being used in the classroom from a data-driven presentation given by Plan Ceibal (See [http://www.anep.edu.uy/anepweb/servlet/main004?403]). While it was not surprising to see that Browse, Write, and Record were among the most used activities, and that the children enjoy Tuxpaint and games, it was heartening to see that Etoys and Turtle Art are also popular. There was a skew in the statistics between poor, rural schools and more well-to-do urban schools. In the latter, the use of Etoys and Turtle Art was much greater.
We had a discussion about how to best reach out to teachers—for sharing best practice and so I asked if they had any data on where the Uruguayan teachers hang out. (There is lots of material available in our wiki, but apparently the teachers are not finding it. I think we need to go to where the teachers are rather than expect them to come to us.) Alas, there are no data yet that we can leverage.
We had a discussion about how to best reach out to teachers—for sharing best practice and so I asked if they had any data on where the Uruguayan teachers hang out. (There is lots of material available in our wiki—Valerie Taylor is leading a discussion as to how we can make it more useful to teachers—but apparently the teachers are not finding it. I think we also need to go to where the teachers are rather than expect them to come to us.) Alas, there are no data yet that we can leverage.
The real take-away for me was the growing demand for better channels of communication between teachers and the broader Sugar community.
The real take-away for me was the growing demand for better channels of communication between teachers and the broader Sugar community.