Hallo Christoph,<br><br>danke für deine interessanten Hinweise!<br><br>Das mit dem mesh network ist natürlich wichtig, damit wir uns nicht gleich am Anfang doppelte Arbeit machen müssen.<br><br>Das Handbuch ist auch ein toller Tip. Die devel-Liste jedenfalls habe ich im Auge ;-)<br>
<br>Soviel für heute,<br><br>Johannes.<br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/3/8 Christoph Derndorfer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:e0425826@student.tuwien.ac.at">e0425826@student.tuwien.ac.at</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">Hallo Johannes,<br>
<br>
klingt nach einem sehr interessanten Projekt! :-)<br>
<br>
Ein Wort vielleicht zum Mesh-Netzwerk: Leider hat sich herausgestellt, dass es hier einen ganzen Haufen Schwierigkeiten gibt weshalb in vielen Schulen jetzt doch eher auf klassische Infrastruktur mit Access Points gesetzt wird. Das Mesh-Netzwerk wird, soweit ich das beurteilen kann, aktuell nur eher im begrenzten Rahmen eingesetzt.<br>
<br></div>
Bezüglich der Collaboration-Infrastruktur wird sich auf Softwareebene in den nächsten Monaten in Sugar wohl auch einiges ändern, siehe dazu diesen Blog-Eintrag von Tomeu Vizoso: <a href="http://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2010/03/my-focus-during-090-collaboration.html" target="_blank">http://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2010/03/my-focus-during-090-collaboration.html</a> bzw. würde ich empfehlen diesbezüglich auch die sugar-devel Mailingliste (<a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a>) im Auge zu behalten.<br>
<br>
Last but not least, James Simmons arbeitet seit einiger Zeit an einem sehr ausführlichen Handbuch zur Programmierung von Activities. Der letzte Stand der Dinge ist unter <a href="http://objavi.flossmanuals.net/books/ActivitiesGuideSugar-en-2010.03.05-04.59.13.pdf" target="_blank">http://objavi.flossmanuals.net/books/ActivitiesGuideSugar-en-2010.03.05-04.59.13.pdf</a> zu finden und ich denke der Inhalt könnte für euer Team recht interessant und hilfreich sein.<br>
<br>
Liebe Grüsse aus Wien,<div class="im"><br>
Christoph<br>
<br>
Zitat von Johannes Ponader <<a href="mailto:johannesponader@googlemail.com" target="_blank">johannesponader@googlemail.com</a>>:<br>
<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">
Hallo,<br>
<br>
anbei sende ich euch einen Projektantrag für ein<br>
Activity-Entwicklungsprojekt und bitte euch um euer Feedback.<br>
<br>
Wir werden den Antrag in den nächsten Tagen beim contributors program<br>
einreichen und sind für Tips, Hinweise etc. dankbar.<br>
<br>
Vielleicht kennt ihr Menschen, die an etwas ähnlichem arbeiten, vielleicht<br>
habe ich etwas übersehen (z. B. dass doch schon eine Laptop Lending Library<br>
in Deutschland gibt o.ä.?)<br>
<br>
Vielleicht hat auch jemand von euch Lust, das Projekt als Mentor und/oder<br>
Tester zu begleiten.<br>
<br>
Ich freue mich auf euer Feedback, gern auch auf<br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Competitive_Learning" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Competitive_Learning</a><br>
<br>
Der Antragstext ist dort auch zu finden unter<br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Competitive_Learning" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Competitive_Learning</a><br>
<br>
Johannes Ponader.<br>
<br>
--<br>
<br>
Project Title & Shipment Detail<br>
<br>
*Name of Project:*<br>
<br>
Competitive Learning within a Mesh Network<br></div><div class="im">
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</div><div class="im">
] Team Participants<br>
<br>
*Name(s) & Contact Info: (include all email addresses & phone numbers)*<br>
<br>
Johannes Ponader, programmer (development), pedagogue for game/drama/theatre<br>
in education<br>
<br>
Mathias Krebs, programmer (testing), pedagogue<br>
<br>
Patrick Hupka, programmer (interface design, usability), web programmer<br>
<br>
*Employer and/or School:*<br>
<br>
Project KUSS (?Kinder, Unterricht und Systeme für Schulerfolg? - Children,<br>
Teaching and Systems for Success at School), provided by the City of Munich<br>
<br>
*in partnership w/:*<br>
<br>
ETC - Euro Trainings Centre<br>
80331 München<br>
<br>
*and*<br>
<br>
Hauptschule an der Bernaysstraße<br>
80937 München<br>
<br>
*Past Experience/Qualifications:*<br>
<br>
In our team, the following qualifications come together:<br>
<br>
Application development (C, C++, Python, Java, Perl), server/web development<br>
(PHP, Javascript, Ajax, Flash/Actionscript), database development (MySQL,<br>
Access), web design, interface design, interaction design & animation,<br>
learning research, learning techniques, drama/theatre and games in education<br>
<br></div><div class="im">
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</div>
] Objectives<br>
<br>
*Project Objectives: (WEB-PUBLISHED <<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>>)*<div class="im"><br>
<br>
The project's aim is to develop an activity framework for competitive<br>
learning/training activities over the mesh network.<br>
<br>
Two or more teams within a learning environment compete against each other.<br>
They can see the learning/training effort of their own and of the other<br>
teams, compare their own achievements, gain awards for achieving teacher<br>
defined learning/training goals. They see in real time which team members of<br>
their own or other teams are actively learning at the moment and which<br>
challenges their team and the other teams are actually facing.<br>
<br>
By getting immediate feedback over the learning/training effort - as well<br>
over their own, as over their team's and as over the effort of the competing<br>
team(s), pupils can be motivated to learn in a special way.<br>
<br>
Into the activity framework for competitive learning/training a model<br>
learning/training activity will be integrated. This highly customizable<br>
question/answer activity can be used to train foreign or first language<br>
vocabulary, maths, or any other knowledge that can be training in a<br>
sophisticated question/answer style.<br>
<br>
The learning/training activity uses experience from learning research to<br>
gain a maximum of learning effect within the given time dedicated to<br>
learning by the pupils. As well as the pupils, the teacher(s) can see the<br>
training achievements of the class and can retrieve detailed reports about<br>
the successes and the learning gaps of the class - via the mesh network<br>
he/she can even see from home in the evening which lessons are understood by<br>
the pupils and which have to be deepened the next day.<br></div><div class="im">
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] Plan of Action<br>
<br></div>
1. Basic development of activity framework for competive<div class="im"><br>
learning/training over a mesh network.<br></div>
2. Internal tests and development within the team.<br>
3. Integration of a simple model activity into the framework.<br>
4. Beta release to the public and pledge for public testing/bug reports.<br>
5. Development and integration of a demo interface design attractive to<br>
the first target group.<div class="im"><br>
6. Intensive testing within a class of 15 pupils.<br>
7. Integration of a sophisticated model training/learning activity.<br>
8. RC and Pledge for public suggestions for additional interface designs.<br>
<br>
9. Further development<br>
<br>
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] Needs<br>
<br>
*Why is this project needed?*<br>
<br>
Competitive training is a highly motivating technique for pupils to train<br>
their knowledge. In combination with the XO mesh network this technique can<br>
be smartly established together with real time performance monitoring.<br>
<br>
*Locally?*<br>
<br>
In our class 15 pupils are altogether. They all have some bigger gaps in<br>
their basic knowledge in several subjects. To close these gaps, standard<br>
training techninques (vocabulary cards etc.) are limited in their effect,<br>
because the pupils lack motivation and/or basic selforganization skills to<br>
use these techniques. In addition to that, the parents do not always have<br>
the ressources to help the pupils in their daly home training quota.<br>
<br>
On the other side, our pupils are very open to standard score-point-like<br>
and/or competing team motivation techniques. The competitive training<br>
activity shall motivate the pupils to close the gaps and to achieve better<br>
success in school, without the need of an intensive parents' help or the<br>
help of private tutors.<br>
<br>
*In the greater OLPC/Sugar community?*<br>
<br>
Other pupils around the world have the same need for a highly motivating<br>
learning environment, which can be easily used without the help of parents<br>
or tutors. In some countries there even aren't the ressources to have<br>
vocabulary cards or the personal coaches for every pupil, but there could be<br>
one laptop per child to do this job.<br>
<br>
*Outside the community?*<br>
<br>
The motivation technique used in this project can be a model even for<br>
learning environments outside the OLPC community.<br>
<br>
*Why can't this project be done in<br></div></div>
emulation<<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO</a>>using non-XO<div class="im"><br>
machines?<br>
*<br>
<br>
The project makes use of the XO-specific mesh network and shall be<br>
integrated into the XO philosophy, with one laptop per child in the class.<br>
To see how the motivation increases when the pupils use the activity on<br>
their own XO device, original material should be used.<br>
<br>
*Why are you requesting the number of machines you are asking for?*<br>
<br>
We need four laptops to establish two competing client teams consisting of<br>
two devices each. One laptop should host the teacher's console.<br>
<br>
*Will you consider (1) salvaged/rebuilt XO Laptops:* Yes.<br>
<br>
*Will you consider (2) damaged XO Laptops?:* No.<br>
<br>
*Which generation of XO Laptops do you need (XO-1.0 or XO 1.5)?* Please<br>
provide at least one or two 1.5 devices to be able to test the activity on<br>
the latest hardware.<br></div><div class="im">
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] Sharing Deliverables<br>
<br>
*Project URL?where you'll report specific ongoing progress:*<br>
<br>
- Alpha state: Learning Within A Mesh Network<br></div>
<a href="http://www.johannesponader.de/Competitive_Learning_Within_A_Mesh_Network" target="_blank">http://www.johannesponader.de/Competitive_Learning_Within_A_Mesh_Network</a><<a href="http://www.johannesponader.de/Competitive" target="_blank">http://www.johannesponader.de/Competitive</a>><br>
- Beta and RC-State: OLPC Git Repository (<a href="http://dev.laptop.org/git" target="_blank">http://dev.laptop.org/git</a>)<div class="im"><br>
<br>
*How will you convey tentative ideas & results back to the OLPC/Sugar<br>
community, prior to completion*<br>
<br>
- Community mailing list<br>
- OLPC wiki<br>
- wiki on Project URL<br>
<br>
*How will the final fruits of your labor be distributed to children or<br>
community members worldwide?*<br>
<br>
- Open Source<br>
- RPM-Package<br>
<br>
*Will your work have any possible application or use outside our community?*<br>
<br>
Yes. An internet server could to some extent take over the functionality of<br>
the mesh network, if the framework shall be ported onto different platforms.<br>
<br>
<br>
*How will these people be reached?*<br>
<br>
- Open source<br>
- Packages<br>
<br>
*Have you investigated working with nearby XO Lending<br></div>
Libraries<<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries</a>>or<br>
Project<br>
Groups <<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Groups" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Groups</a>>?*<div class="im"><br>
<br>
Unfortunately, there are no Lending Libraries in Germany. We are in contact<br>
with the German and Austrian Grassroots Group.<br></div><div class="im">
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</div><div class="im">
] Quality/Mentoring<br>
<br>
*Would your Project benefit from Support, Documentation and/or Testing<br>
people? *Yes (see above - 4. Plan of Action).<br>
<br>
*Teachers' input into Usability? *Yes.<br>
<br>
*How will you promote your work?*<br>
<br>
We will be embedding the project into a class of 15 pupils, which is part of<br>
the so-called "KUSS"-Project. As the KUSS-Project is a model school project<br>
provided by the City of Munich, reports about the project reach the Munich<br>
City Council in regular periods. When we are successful, we can think about<br>
establishing a XO Lending Library in Munich or to introduce a major OLPC<br>
model project in one or more municipal school(s) in Munich.<br>
<br>
*Can we help you with an experienced mentor from the OLPC/Sugar community?<br></div>
(WEB-PUBLISHED <<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a>>)*<div class="im"><br>
<br>
Yes, that would be cool. We appreciate mentoring from an experienced<br>
pedagoge who is actually working in a school somewhere around the globe, so<br>
that he/she knows the challenges of daily work at schools and can think<br>
himself into the benefits of the targetted project from a practical view.<br></div><div class="im">
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] Timeline (Start to Finish)<br>
<br>
*Please include a Proposed timeline for your Project life-cycle: (this can<br>
be in the form of Month 1, Month 2, etc rather than specific dates)*<br>
<br>
- Month 1: Start of development<br>
- Month 2: Framework alpha, tested locally<br>
- Month 3: Framework beta, can be tested for larger networks by the<br>
community<br>
- Month 4: Implementation of vocabulary trainer alpha<br>
- Month 5: Vocabulary activity beta - local testing by pupils and<br>
teacher(s)<br>
- Month 6: RC - Bugreports from the community<br>
- Month 7: V 1.0 - encouraging the community to integrate other<br>
activities into the framework<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Johannes Ponader<br>
0162/94 64 94 0<br>
<br>
</div></blockquote>
<br>
<br><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<br>
--<br>
Christoph Derndorfer<br>
co-editor, olpcnews<br>
url: <a href="http://www.olpcnews.com" target="_blank">www.olpcnews.com</a><br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:christoph@olpcnews.com" target="_blank">christoph@olpcnews.com</a><br>
<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Johannes Ponader<br>0162/94 64 94 0<br>