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This is the project page for Education-related activities at Sudo Room. Please feel free to add ongoing activities, meetings, readings, groups working in similar areas, and any other ideas. <br /><br />
This is the project page for Education-related activities at Sudo Room. Please feel free to add ongoing activities, meetings, readings, groups working in similar areas, and any other ideas. <br /><br />


Local Relevant Organizations:
===== Local Relevant Organizations: =====


[http://olpcsf.org One Laptop Per Child - San Francisco]<br>
[http://olpcsf.org One Laptop Per Child - San Francisco]<br>
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[http://ca.mousesquad.org/aboutus/ourstory/index.html Mouse Squad] - teaches students how to act as tech support for their own school.<br/>
[http://ca.mousesquad.org/aboutus/ourstory/index.html Mouse Squad] - teaches students how to act as tech support for their own school.<br/>
[http://otxwest.org/ OTX West] provides Pentium 3 & 4 computers with Windows XP Professional to any Oakland students in grades 6-12. To earn a computer, the student and parent/adult must register and attend a 3 hour THCP class. Classes are held at OTX-West at least twice per month from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm, usually on a [http://otxwest.org/calendar.html Thursday or a Saturday] 9am-12pm. Classes start promptly so please arrive early.  
[http://otxwest.org/ OTX West] provides Pentium 3 & 4 computers with Windows XP Professional to any Oakland students in grades 6-12. To earn a computer, the student and parent/adult must register and attend a 3 hour THCP class. Classes are held at OTX-West at least twice per month from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm, usually on a [http://otxwest.org/calendar.html Thursday or a Saturday] 9am-12pm. Classes start promptly so please arrive early.  
'''Reading Materials'''
* Connected Learning Research Network [http://boingboing.net/2013/01/16/must-read-report-on-maker-driv.html report on maker-driven education].


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'''sudoKids'''<br />
[[sudoKids]]<br />
A more kid centric sudo room<br />
A more kid centric sudo room<br />
'''Manipulatives (toys)'''<br />
-legos <br />
-robotic legos <br />
-cardboard boxes <br />
-bubble wrap <br />
-wooden blocks <br />
-wooden science oriented toys (telescope, microscopes, stethescopes) <br />
-wooden molecules, double helix <br />
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'''Activities'''<br />
-scratch based computer games<br />
-cardboard box imaginarium<br />
   -cities & homes<br />
   -things that go (fast) rocket ships, cars, light cycles<br />
   -stores and lemonade stands<br />
-theater of squishy<br />
   -obleck: cornstarch n water<br />
   -gack: borax and glue<br />
-paleolithic tech<br />
   -fire from friction - bow drill method<br />
-video with special fx<br />
-stop motion movie<br />
   -character design<br />
   -costuming<br />
   -set design<br />
   -lighting design with LEDs<br />
   -scriptwriting<br />
   -editing<br />
-soldering<br />
-whittling with sharp knives ;)<br />
-creating density columns<br />
-astronomy telescopes - navigation from stars, astrolabs, compass<br />
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'''Art supplies'''<br />
-glitter<br />
-house made playdoughs (glow in the dark)<br />
-markers<br />
-Popsicle sticks n tongue depressors<br />
-pipe cleaners multiple colors and in glitter<br />
-crayons (house made)<br />
-butcher paper<br />
-protractors, rulers, compasses<br />
-paint, brushes, smocks (large shirts)<br />
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'''SCIENTIFIC PROCESS'''
1. ) State the problem : concise accurate terms that describe the problem
2. ) Research : Find research or related research that has been done previously on stated problem
3. ) Observation :  Use accurately calibrated tools to describe the process of the problem
4.)  Hypothesis :  a tentative idea about how to solve the problem
5. ) Experiment : test the hypothesis unbiasly
6. ) Analysis : record all of the steps and results of the experiment
7. ) Conclusion :  compare hypothesis to the conclusion

Latest revision as of 10:00, 26 January 2013

This is the project page for Education-related activities at Sudo Room. Please feel free to add ongoing activities, meetings, readings, groups working in similar areas, and any other ideas.

Local Relevant Organizations:

One Laptop Per Child - San Francisco

Partimus - providing computers and Free Software system administration support to several San Francisco Bay Area schools.

DIY.org's skills
Mouse Squad - teaches students how to act as tech support for their own school.
OTX West provides Pentium 3 & 4 computers with Windows XP Professional to any Oakland students in grades 6-12. To earn a computer, the student and parent/adult must register and attend a 3 hour THCP class. Classes are held at OTX-West at least twice per month from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm, usually on a Thursday or a Saturday 9am-12pm. Classes start promptly so please arrive early.

Reading Materials




sudoKids
A more kid centric sudo room

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