squeakland August 2009

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ENC: [etoys-america-latina] SqueakFest 2009
by Marta Voelcker 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Hello all! Pictures from Squeakfest Brasil ( three days, including workshops) http://picasaweb.google.com.br/pensamentodigital/Squeakfest2009?feat=directl ink kind regards, marta De: america-latina-bounces(a)squeakland.org [mailto:america-latina-bounces@squeakland.org] Em nome de Sabrina Silveira Enviada em: terça-feira, 4 de agosto de 2009 14:04 Para: america-latina(a)squeakland.org Assunto: [etoys-america-latina] SqueakFest 2009 <http://www.pensamentodigital.org.br> Prezados (as) Agradecemos a presença de vocês na Squeakfest 2009. Foi o maior sucesso ! Mais de 300 pessoas compareceram ao evento. Nos 3 dias, aconteceram 19 oficinas, com média de 22 participantes em cada, sendo que o limite era 20 pessoas para cada oficina! Mais uma vez obrigada a todos, principalmente ao pessoal da organização e Parceiros (Procempa, UFRGS, Dell, Intel, Positivo, Pensamento Digital, Viewpoints Research Intitute, Embaixada Americana, OLPC)! Segue link com fotos do evento: http://picasaweb.google.com.br/pensamentodigital/Squeakfest2009?feat=directl ink Sabrina Silva da Silveira Coordenadora de Projeto Fones: (51) 3433.5150 e 3433.5151 E-mail ana(a)pensamentodigital.org.br Av. Ipiranga, 6681, Prédio 94, sala 13 Partenon Porto Alegre - RS Brasil CEP 90619.900

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Squeakfest schedule online
by Rita Freudenberg 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Hi everyone, the schedule for Squeakfest USA is now online! Have a look at it here: http://squeakland.org/squeakfest/usa/schedule/ Registration is still open here: http://squeakland.org/squeakfest/usa/register/ Rita Freudenberg rita(a)squeakland.org

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Hello from Porto Alegre
by Marta Voelcker 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

Hello, I would like to thank the Etoys team that came to Porto Alegre and have joined us at Squeakfest Brasil and World Conference on Computers in Education www.wcee2009.org >From July 23 to 25th we had around 300 people attending Sqeuakfest Brasil at UFRGS Porto Alegre. The conference was held in an auditorium for 250 people and 3 rooms ( located near the auditorium) each room with 20 laptops each. Hands on workshops on these rooms were always crowded. Colleagues from our local research group, Teachers from Uruguay, Kathleen Harness, Kathleen Smith and Avigail Snir ( from Etoys Illinois) and Randall Caton and children form Luciana de Abreu School, have conducted hands on workshops. One of the rooms had focus for developers ( since most attendees were educators), there Yoshiki, Scott Wallace, Alex Warth, Bert and Rita Freudenberg, plus Gonzalo Sabala ( Argentina) and Jecel ( Brasil) conducted activities for developers or activities related to robotics. On the main room there was several kinds of presentations, from a PhD Thesis (Edson Lindner) to high school student sharing their experiences. Local reports like Sdenka Salas Pilco from Peru, and many friends from Uruguay where great! Lea Fagundes pleased us with a great presentation Why powerful ideas? and ended the conference with many plans to disseminate the one to one modality among the more than 20 municipalities attending the conference. The Squeakfest had a great and friendly atmosphere. This was the first time that I organized a conference like this, I could be nervous, but I had the constant feeling that I was among friends! I look forward to lead the organization of the second Squeakfest Brasil for July 2010! >From July 27th to 31st I, Tim, Rita, Bert, Scott, Yoshiki, Alex Warth, Kathleen Harness, Kathleen Smith, Avigail Snir attended WCCE in Bento Gonçalves, a city near Porto Alegre. There, we have interacted with many other researchers and students working in different areas on ICT for Education. We conducted a Workshop and a Panel about Squeak Etoys. Well, two weeks ago few people in Brasil new about squeak etoys. Now we end the week with a new mailing list America-latina(a)squeakland.org with more than 230 participants and many plans for this new local community, for that and for your friendship and support I want to say thank you for all those that came to Proto Alegre, and for those that couldn´t come, you can start planning for 2010 J, cause we are certainly going to gather again! Kind regards and a I wish you a great Squeakfest in Los Angeles, Marta

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Thanks - Our Squeakfest 2009 Report - Obrigado
by Carlos Rabassa 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

Marta Voelcker from Pensamento Digital, Porto Alegre, recently posted this article in the Squeakland America-Latina forum. Here is the translation: Hello all! Prior to Squeakfest Brazil, I had contact via e-mail with a nice couple of uruguayans. They had introduced themselves as a couple who had resided in NYC for 40 years and now, back in Uruguay, they enjoy voluntary work, helping their country. We met in person during Squeakfest. I was most pleased with Carlos and Nenny´s charm, but I was asking myself: how are they going to help? maybe they have experience in education or computer science? If you want to see our answer to Marta´s questions, it is at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AWvT7eWSEb_YZGc3cTc5Y3hfMzcyY21qeDRrZnM&h… We continue with the translation of Marta´s message. And ... The first big piece of help is already at the end of this message. It is a very rich report on Squeakfest Brasil. Their dedication and the help we are already receiving from them has pleasantly surprised me. Thanks, Carlos and Nenny, for participating in Squeakfest and for recording and sharing your impressions and suggestions with us. Hugs, Marta De: Carlos Rabassa [mailto:carnen at mac.com] Enviada em: segunda-feira, 27 de julho de 2009 20:00 Para: Marta Voelcker Assunto: Thanks - Our Squeakfest 2009 Report - Obrigado Marta, English version: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7q79cx_346c96dngg9 Versión española: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg7q79cx_359dpcwqzgd Carlos and Nenny Rabassa Voluntarios RAP Ceibal, Uruguay

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Teaching Communication vs Talk
by Carlos Rabassa 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

"They learn to talk by themselves. Teach them to communicate." This is from a TV commercial we recently watched, in Montevideo, in spanish, believe it was from the government, addressed to parents and tutors. After all we learned at Squeakfest Brazil 2009, we thought, "this is exactly what the nice teachers we met are doing!" The children learn very quickly to find the right keys to push, almost by themselves. Very quickly they learn how to get knowledge transferred to their screens for them to read and watch. The many good teachers we listened to, told us about the E-Toys projects they use to teach the kids how to think rather than to passively watch another TV-like device. Once again it became obvious to me, the new computers and programs, such as the XO and E-Toys, will allow teachers to use their specialized knowledge focusing in the areas where it will bear most fruit: Teaching to communicate rather than to talk. __________ Versión española disponible en america-latina: http://lists.squeakland.org/pipermail/america-latina __________

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