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Owl Jr. Project
Joined 7 October 2011
→Welcome to our class counterpart of the Sugar Labs wiki.
== Welcome to our class counterpart of the Sugar Labs wiki. ==
== Welcome to our class counterpart of the Sugar Labs wiki. ==
The Owl Jr. Project is modeled after the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL), which provides literacy help guides for college students. However, the Owl Jr. is aimed at a younger audience and will provide command of language materials for K-12 students. It was initiated by faculty and students from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, under the guidance and direction of John Tierney.
This PDF contains a detailed description of our class project:
As part of the service learning coursework in a ''Literacy, Technology and Civic Engagement'' course, our class divided into teams and completed multiple projects over one semester. Our objective was to investigate Sugar strategies and challenges to classroom use, while also finding creative ways to circumvent common problems. In doing so, our goal was to expand SugarLabs' efforts by providing additional literacy resources.
This project was conducted in two parts. The first half of the semester, five teams conducted preliminary research and background investigations. During the second half, the class was reconfigured into seven teams who produced reports, multi-media presentations, educational materials, a petition and game ideas. Links to each of these materials can be found in the following sections of this page.
These PDFs contain detailed descriptions of our class projects:
[[File:Class_Project_Description-First_Half.pdf]]
[[File:Class_Project_Description-First_Half.pdf]]