"It's an education project." Summary: (1) Learning practice and theory need to evolve as technology evolves; we are discussing constructionist (and other learning theories) research and practice; (2) We are engaging in an open dialog between the overlapping communities of software developers and educators; (3) We are guiding Sugar software development, as it serves as a tangible structural underpinning for the application of 1 and 2 above; and (4) We are examining and discussing Sugar's educational importance.

Sugar reinvents how computers can be used for education. It promotes sharing and collaborative learning and gives children the opportunity to use their laptops on their own terms.

iStoa is a learning environment with emphasis on interactive activities through artifacts, recording of student activities for further analysis, curriculum modeling with oriented graphs and learner modeling.

I'm also a third grade teacher--in a school near St. Louis. Unfortunately, I don't have access to any XO laptops, but I've been interested in its development for awhile. I fiddle around a bit with Squeak Smalltalk, which I believe comes installed on the XO in the form of Etoys. I'll try to contribute bookmarks for any XO resources I come across.

Tyson

Mark Ahlness wrote:
> Hi all. Thanks for dropping by. I hope this forum will be a good place to exchange ideas and share experiences using the XO laptop (http://laptop.org) in the classroom.
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> I'm a third grade teacher in Seattle, and I'm lucky enough to have 4 XO laptops in my classroom right now. My kids and I are having an amazing time with them - currently we are still in an exploration stage...
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> If you have a minute to introduce yourself and indicate what your interest in the XO laptop is, please do so by replying to this message. Thanks! - Mark