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Subject: Re: [sugar] 9.1 Proposal: Report cards on XO
From: "Samuel Klein" <meta.sj () gmail ! com>
Date: 2008-10-31 22:30:30
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We should make sure that this works in the case of the 'xs' machine being a
disk attached to a teacher's xo, including the more limited times of
availability and bandwidth implied.
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Tony Anderson <tony_anderson@usa.net>wrote:
> All of this is already implemented in Moodle which will be installed in XS.
>
> Tony
>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Eben Eliason <eben.eliason@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I'm not sure that such an idea actually requires a special activity,
> > > or a "report card" template with preset fields. It seems to me that
> > > the item of importance is the ability for the teacher to give each kid
> > > an immutable object which they may then view on their XO, and take
> > > home to show their parents. This object might be a .pdf, or it might
> > > be an image, or it might be something else, but the teacher could
> > > create such an object in Write, or in a spreadsheet activity, or in
> > > whatever suits their needs best.
> > >
> > > It seems to me that the more interesting part of this problem is the
> > > distribution method. Unlike a homework assignment where the teacher
> > > could share an activity, or (in the future) send an object to everyone
> > > in the class group, there is need to distribute files individually to
> > > the kids by some unique identifier. Perhaps this is the place where
> > > an "Evaluate" activity does have it's place. If done well, a fresh
> > > instance of the activity could provide a way for a teacher to fill out
> > > evaluations (or import in their desired format!) and identify which
> > > kid each belongs to. Then, upon sharing that single evaluation
> > > activity with the class, each kid would receive *only* their own
> > > evaluation from the shared instance. That instance would then, every
> > > time they open it, simply be a viewer for that particular evaluation.
> > > This is a good example where the master-slave (usually discouraged in
> > > Sugar) would actually work.
> > >
> > > - Eben
>
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We should make sure that this works in the case of the 'xs' machine being a \
disk attached to a teacher's xo, including the more limited times of availability \
and bandwidth implied. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 \
at 10:10 PM, Tony Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:tony_anderson@usa.net">tony_anderson@usa.net</a>></span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, \
204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> All of this is already \
implemented in Moodle which will be installed in XS.<br> <font color="#888888"><br>
Tony<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Eben Eliason <<a \
href="mailto:eben.eliason@gmail.com">eben.eliason@gmail.com</a>><br> wrote:<br>
> > I'm not sure that such an idea actually requires a special \
activity,<br> > > or a "report card" template with preset \
fields. It seems to me that<br> > > the item of importance is the ability \
for the teacher to give each kid<br> > > an immutable object which they \
may then view on their XO, and take<br> > > home to show their parents. \
This object might be a .pdf, or it might<br> > > be an image, or it \
might be something else, but the teacher could<br> > > create such an \
object in Write, or in a spreadsheet activity, or in<br> > > whatever \
suits their needs best.<br> > ><br>
> > It seems to me that the more interesting part of this problem is \
the<br> > > distribution method. Unlike a homework assignment where \
the teacher<br> > > could share an activity, or (in the future) send an \
object to everyone<br> > > in the class group, there is need to \
distribute files individually to<br> > > the kids by some unique \
identifier. Perhaps this is the place where<br> > > an \
"Evaluate" activity does have it's place. If done well, a \
fresh<br> > > instance of the activity could provide a way for a teacher \
to fill out<br> > > evaluations (or import in their desired format!) and \
identify which<br> > > kid each belongs to. Then, upon sharing that \
single evaluation<br> > > activity with the class, each kid would receive \
*only* their own<br> > > evaluation from the shared instance. That \
instance would then, every<br> > > time they open it, simply be a viewer \
for that particular evaluation.<br> > > This is a good example where the \
master-slave (usually discouraged in<br> > > Sugar) would actually \
work.<br> > ><br>
> > - Eben<br>
<br>
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